A brief introduction and a few shared thoughts about my book choice for Reading Wales 2026: ‘My Year of Reading Welshly’ by Alex Johnson.
Anglo-Welsh Writing
Winding Up the Week #461
In this celebratory St David’s Day special, I explore the literary landscape with a distinctly Welsh twist, revisit books read and reviewed, uncover some of the finest writing about literature across the blogosphere, mark a variety of literary anniversaries (including National Essay Day and National Reading Month), spotlight past posts worth rediscovering and share fascinating features from around the Internet.
Time to Say ‘Hwyl’
Here I share a few thoughts and feelings about Dewithon (aka Reading Wales) and its future.
DEWITHON ‘24: 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 2024
Reading Wales 2024 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.
Prepare for Reading Wales 2024
Ahead of Dewithon 2024, which commences on 1st March (Saint David’s Day), we make reading plans and invite members of the international book blogging community to immerse themselves in the literature of Wales.
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.
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.
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.
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.
READING WALES LIBRARY: On Our Shelves
Discover ‘The Complete Dewithoner’s Reading List’: An index of titles reviewed and discussed during Dewithon – an annual celebration of Welsh writers and their works.
‘A Pocket Guide: The Literature of Wales’ by Dafydd Johnston
In this, the third of my occasional features about Wales to be posted in the run-up to Dewithon 2019, we look at an informative little book about Welsh literature.
DHQ: Dewithon 2019-2024
Welcome to DHQ (Dewithon Headquarters), which was the official nerve centre for Reading Wales from 2018 to 2024.