A Clwyd Anthology

Dewi Roberts

From the Airbus at Broughton to the castle at Rhuddlan; from the resorts of the coast to the International Eisteddfod at Llangollen; from the farms of the Vales to the mountains of Hiraethog; from the English of Wrexham to the Welsh of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, the county of Clwyd - the soon to disappear Clwyd - encompasses hugely differing cultures within its boundaries ...

Coal

Tony Curtis

For the first time the literature of mining has been gathered together in a book which celebrates the industry while it still exists.
Contributors include miners themselves and writers moved or inspired by the industry ...

Cohabitation

Kate Bingham

A brisk wit and intelligence characterises these poems by Kate Bingham. Her subjects are friends, family, work, the experiences of any day, but her keen and compassionate focus brings these moments vividly to life....

Collected Poems of Leslie Norris

Leslie Norris

Leslie Norris has long been known as a nature poet and elegist of rare expression. Lyrical and individual, to his closely observed poems, each word weighted and in its correct place, Norris introduces a strong metaphysical element, which makes, as Edward Lucie-Smith has noted, the poems ’much larger than the sum of their parts’ ...

Collected Stories of Alun Lewis

Alun Lewis

Alun Lewis (1915-1944) was one of the few great British writers of the Second World War. His early death at the age of twenty-eight robbed Wales of its most promising poet and story writer ...

Collected Stories of Leslie Norris

Leslie Norris

Leslie Norris was born in Merthyr Tydfil in 1921. Formerly a teacher and headmaster, he has for many years taught literature and creative writing in American universities, most recently at Brigham Young, Utah, where he...

Cometary Phases

Christine Evans

Cometary Phases is Christine Evans’ first collection of poetry for six years. It builds on the lyrical and unsentimental portrayal of rural life which is a feature of her work, but includes a striking new imaginative power ...

Commons Knowledge

Paul Flynn

Most MPs do not achieve the great offices of State; some do not aspire to them. As backbenchers they have an influential role in the making of legislation, the conduct of government and the welfare of their political party. Commons Knowledge makes the case for the active, rigorous backbench MP. From taking the oath to resigning, it offers advice for new and veteran backbenchers alike …