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.
This week we celebrate International Women’s Day, look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce Wyrd & Wonder 2025 and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
Since it is the first Sunday in March, as well as the second day of Karen’s month-long Reading Wales 2025 event, I will share a poem written by Gillian Clarke about the joys of rising early one Sunday morning before turning to the daily papers and there finding news of war, famine, cruelty and terrorism.
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.
This week we read a fruity poem, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, look ahead to German Literature Month and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
As we reach the final week of Wales Readathon 2020, we look at a poem by an award-winning Welsh writer.