1st-31st March

Welcome to the first ever Wales Readathon (aka Dewithon 19), a month-long event beginning on Saint David’s Day, during which book bloggers from all parts of the world are encouraged to read, discuss and review literature by and about writers from Wales.

For more in-depth information on this reading jolly, head over to DHQ (Dewithon Headquarters) – should you wish to take part in the official readalong, please follow this link. You can also share your thoughts and posts on Twitter by using the hashtags #dewithon19 and/or walesreadathon19.

Here we display your Dewithon-related posts. Please leave your links in the comments below or drop me a line with the URL.

Mwynhewch ddarllen! (Enjoy reading!)

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DEWITHON POSTS

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP

• Chapters 1-7 – From ‘Childhood’ to ‘Law in America’ – Book Jotter
• Chapters 8-14 – From ‘A Prisoner His Own Judge’ to ‘The House Boat’ – Book Jotter
• Chapters 15-21 – From ‘A Lynching’ to ‘London’ – Book Jotter
• Chapters 22-28 – From ‘The Ark’ to ‘On Tramp Again’ – Book Jotter
• Chapters 29-34 – From ‘A Day’s Companion’ to ‘A House to Let’ – Book Jotter
• Super-Tramp! – Lizzie Ross
• The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp by W H Davies – A Corner of Cornwall

BOOK REVIEWS

• A classic in the making – Calmgrove
• “A fo ben, bid bont”/“If you want to be a leader, be a bridge” (Welsh proverb) – Madame Bibi Lophile Recommends
• A ‘novel’ novel – Calmgrove
• A real page-turner – Calmgrove
• A remarkable narrator – Calmgrove
• A Welsh Witch by Allen Raine (1902) – Beyond Eden Rock
• The Adulterants by Joe Dunthorne – Annabookbel
• Among Others by Jo Walton – Consumed by Ink
• Book review – Laura Kemp – “The Year of Surprising Acts of Kindness” – Adventures in reading, running and working from home
• Death and the maiden – Calmgrove
• Dylan Thomas ‘Under Milk Wood’ Wales Readathon 2019 – Thoughts Become Words
• Elidor – Howling Frog Books
• The Green Hollow by Owen Sheers: How to talk about it – A Corner of Cornwall
• The Grey King, and a bonus – Howling Frog Books
• The Grey King, Susan Cooper (1975): Wales Readathon 2019 – Relevant Obscurity
• Historical Musings #48: The Welsh Edition – She Reads Novels
• How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn – Brona’s Books
• How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn – She Reads Novels
• I have tried to be honest with you, – the [blank] garden
• I want to go to there – Lizzie Ross
• Ifor y Peiriant … who? – Calmgrove
• In Welsh hills – Lizzie Ross
• The Island of the Mighty – Calmgrove
• The Last Dragonslayer – Howling Frog Books
• ‘The Long Dry’ by Cynan Jones – Life and Death on the Farm – Tony’s Book World
• ‘The Mabinogian: How Culhwch Won Olwen’ (Dewithon19) – Intermittencies of the Mind
• New Stories from the Mabinogion: The Tip of My Tongue by Trezza Azzopardi – Annabookbel
• None So Blind (The Harry Probert-Lloyd Mysteries) by Alis Hawkins –  Booker Talk
• Of shreds and patches – Calmgrove
• The Owl Service by Alan Garner – My Book-a-logue
• Passant on a green and white field – Calmgrove
• Primitive catastrophe – Calmgrove
• Reading Welsh short stories for the #dewithon19 – Cath Humphris
• Reading Welsh short stories for the #dewithon19 – Part 2 – Cath Humphris
• The Snow Spider Trilogy by Jenny Nimmo – A Corner of Cornwall
• Wings over Wales – Calmgrove
• Winter Sonata – Dorothy Edwards (1928) – Heavenali

FEATURES

• A Dewithon 19 Taster – Book Jotter
• A fictive Principality – Calmgrove
• Bookish town – Calmgrove
• Crime fiction authors unite to fight for Wales – BookerTalk
• Dewithon Diary – A Corner of Cornwall
• Dewithon Diary ii: Welsh Tracery – A Corner of Cornwall
• Dewithon Diary iii: rounding off – A Corner of Cornwall
• Happy St David’s Day –  Brona’s Books
• Middle Earth and Mid Wales – Calmgrove
• Suggestions for authors from Wales – BookerTalk
• Thorne Moore visits Cwtch Corner – BookerTalk

POETRY

•  A Poem by W.H. Davies – Book Jotter
• Children’s Song by R. S. Thomas –  Typings
• Dullness by George Herbert – Typings

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Categories: Reading Wales

Tags: #dewithon19, Dewithon, Reading Wales, Wales Readathon 2019, Welsh Authors, Welsh Novelists, Welsh Poets, Welsh Writers