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Winding Up the Week #326

An end of week recap “The light that radiates from the great novels time can never dim, for human existence is perpetually being forgotten by man and thus the novelists’ discoveries, however old they may be, will never cease to astonish.” – Milan Kundera (born 1st April 1929) This is a post in which I summarise books read, reviewed and currently on my TBR shelf. In addition to a variety of…

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Winding Up the Week #325

An end of week recap “To live in Wales is to be conscious at dusk of the spilled blood that went into the making of the wild sky.” – R. S. Thomas This is a post in which I summarise books read, reviewed and currently on my TBR shelf. In addition to a variety of literary titbits, I look ahead to forthcoming features, see what’s on the nightstand and keep readers abreast of various book-related…

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DEWITHON 23: Birdsplaining: A Natural History by Jasmine Donahaye

A brief introduction and a few shared thoughts on my book choice for Reading Wales 2023 “I mistrust the love of wild places, and ideas of the natural world. I mean my own love of wild places, of the idea of the wild, as much as anyone else’s.” When Jasmine Donahaye speaks of ‘birdsplaining’, she is aware that some readers may object to the term, finding it judgemental, perhaps even threatening…

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Winding Up the Week #324

An end of week recap “It was an American who said that while a Frenchman’s truth was akin to a straight line, a Welshman’s truth was more in the nature of a curve, and it is a fact that Welsh affairs are entangled always in parabola, double-meaning and implication. This makes for a web-like interest...” – Jan Morris Our Irish cousins celebrated St Patrick’s Day on 17th March, so I thought you may…

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A Poem by Vernon Watkins

We end the third week of Dewithon 2023 with a poem written in 1958 by the Welsh poet, translator and painter Vernon Watkins “[Watkins is] the most profound and greatly accomplished Welshman writing poems in English.” – Dylan Thomas Born in Maesteg in 1906, Vernon Watkins studied at Repton School and Magdalene College, Cambridge University before moving to Cardiff and taking a job in a bank. In…

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Winding Up the Week #323

An end of week recap “Welsh mutates initial consonants. Actually all languages do, but most of them take centuries, while Welsh does it while your mouth is still open.” – Jo Walton This is a post in which I summarise books read, reviewed and currently on my TBR shelf. In addition to a variety of literary titbits, I look ahead to forthcoming features, see what’s on the nightstand and keep readers…

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DEWITHON ‘23: Llyfrbabble (Bookbabble) #1

A series of short posts highlighting recent cultural and bookish chatter from Wales This is the first Llyfrbabble post of D23 in which we look at literary and other cultural goings-on (Welsh speakers may prefer sgwrsio llenyddol Cymraeg) from the land of poetry and song. ****************************  New Board Game Recreates Glyndŵr’s Fight for Independence  Following up on a tweet posted by…

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Winding Up the Week #322

An end of week recap “To be born in Wales, not with a silver spoon in your mouth, but with music in your blood and with poetry in your soul, is a privilege indeed.” – Brian Harris This is a post in which I summarise books read, reviewed and currently on my TBR shelf. In addition to a variety of literary titbits, I look ahead to forthcoming features, see what’s on the nightstand and keep readers…

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