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Review: The Thirty-Third Owl by Jane Burnard

Jon Gower Shape-shifting is at the heart of this rollicking adventure for young readers – shape-shifting being that mysterious ability…

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Review: Pugnacious Little Trolls by Rob Mimpriss

Jon Gower This collection of freely and fiercely inventive short stories takes its title from the critic A. A. Gill’s…

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How Wales and Welsh mythology inspired legends of ’70s rock

Leon Barton The 1970s were – amongst other things – the decade of rock ‘n’ roll decadence.  An era of…

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Review: The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros

Jon Gower I would never play poker against Manon Steffan Ros. On the day she won the prestigious Prose Medal…

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‘Rediscovered’ painting by renowned Welsh artist to be displayed at renovated Maesteg town hall

   A “rediscovered”  painting by a renowned Welsh artist is set to be displayed in Maesteg’s redeveloped town hall.…

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Tidy: introducing the fiction of John Sam Jones & his selected stories Kiss & Tell

David Llewellyn I first encountered the stories of John Sam Jones in my first few months of living in Cardiff.…

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Watch: Welsh mythology-inspired film ‘Blot-deuwedd’ made by Welsh children to be shown at COP26

A film made by young schoolchildren from Wales which hopes to demonstrate the power of culture to change attitudes towards…

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Watch: Singer’s beautiful Welsh language version of Fleetwood Mac classic

The Welsh singer who taught Good Morning Britain presenters how to sing Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau is back with her…

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Welsh learner launches digital channel to teach Welsh through the medium of Chinese

YuQi Tang, originally from Shanghai in China, has started a digital channel that teaches Welsh through the medium of Chinese…

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American medieval historian explains how Tolkien inspired her love for Welsh folk tales

An American medieval historian has explained how J. R. R. Tolkien inspired her love for Welsh folk tales. Rebecca Fox…

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Review: Lady Charlotte Guest is an elegantly written portrait of a remarkable female Industrialist and patron of Welsh literature

Jon Gower Visiting the Dowlais Ironworks in 1852 a reporter for the Bristol Times and Mirror, whilst reeling from the…

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National Library to reopen doors to exhibition visitors

The National Library will reopen its doors to exhibition visitors this month, for the first time in over a year.…

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