A brief introduction and a few shared thoughts on my book choice for Reading Wales 2023: Birdsplaining by Jasmine Donahaye.
Reading Wales
Join us as we read literature by and about writers from Wales.
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.
DEWITHON ‘23: Llyfrbabble (Bookbabble) #1
The first this year in a series of short posts highlighting cultural and literary chatter from the land of poetry and song.
Reading Wales 2023
Reading Wales 2023 has started! Here we display your Dewithon-related posts. Please share your reviews, features, interviews etc. with the book blogging community. Check back often for updates.
A Poem for St. David’s Day by Gillian Clarke
We commence the first week of Reading Wales 2023 (and celebrate St. David’s Day) with a poem written by Gillian Clarke, the National Poet of Wales 2008-2016.
Are You Looking Forward to Reading Wales 2023?
Ahead of Dewithon 2023, which commences on 1st March (Saint David’s Day), we make reading plans, discuss our national flower and invite members of the international book blogging community to immerse themselves in the literature of Wales.
DEWITHON 22: Sugar and Slate by Charlotte Williams
A brief introduction and a few shared thoughts on my book choice for Reading Wales 2022: Sugar and Slate by Charlotte Williams.
DEWITHON 22: Llyfrbabble (Bookbabble) #2
The second in a series of short posts highlighting cultural and literary chatter from the land of poetry and song.
A Poem by R. S. Thomas
We head into the second week of Dewithon 2022 with a poem from a fiery Welsh nationalist poet and Anglican priest who believed in “the true Wales of my imagination”.
DEWITHON 22: Llyfrbabble (Bookbabble) #1
The first this year in a series of short posts highlighting cultural and literary chatter from the land of poetry and song.
Reading Wales 2022
Reading Wales 2022 has started! Here we display your Dewithon-related posts. Please share your reviews, features, interviews etc. with the book blogging community. Check back often for updates.
A Poem by Hedd Wyn
We commence the first week of Reading Wales 2022 with a poem written by a Welsh-language poet of the First World War, Hedd Wyn.
Are You Looking Forward to Reading Wales 2022?
Ahead of Dewithon 2022, which commences on 1st March (Saint David’s Day), we make reading plans and discuss a sinister face in an old lady’s shawl!
DEWITHON 21: Llyfrbabble (Bookbabble) #2
This is the second in a series of light-hearted Dewithon posts concerning literary happenings from the land of poetry and song.
DEWITHON 21: My Favourite Stories of Wales
My book for Dewithon 2021 is My Favourite Stories of Wales, edited by the late Jan Morris, one of the finest writers Wales has produced in the post-war era.
A Poem by Gwyneth Lewis
In week three of Wales Readathon 21, we look at a poem about the lure of the open sea by the first National Poet of Wales.
DEWITHON 21: Llyfrbabble (Bookbabble) #1
This is the first in a series of light-hearted Dewithon posts concerning literary happenings from the land of poetry and song.
A Poem by Ifor ap Glyn
We celebrate the first week of Wales Readathon 2021 with a poem written by the current National Poet of Wales.
Wales Readathon 2021
Wales Readathon 2021 has started! Here we display your Dewithon-related posts. Please share your reviews, features, interviews etc. with the book blogging community. Check back often for updates.
Are You Ready for Wales Readathon 2021?
Ahead of Dewithon 2021, which commences on Saint David’s Day, we make reading plans and discuss some rather unusual goats!