Autumn 2010

Browse our Bookcases, selected annually by the Exchange as a window to recent Welsh literary works which we recommend for translation. 

Into Suez

Stevie Davies

'Her prose has a marvelous lyricism whether she is describing the heat of Ismailia or the rain in Wales.' The Times Literary Supplement

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Cyffesion Geordie Oddi Cartref (Confessions of a Geordie Exile)

Tony Bianchi

'One of the most exciting writers working in Wales today.' Taliesin

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Self-Portrait as Ruth

Jasmine Donahaye

'Donahaye's existential quest takes many routes that lead to arresting poems, the best of which catch you by the throat.' Dannie Abse

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West: A Journey Through The Landscapes of Loss

Jim Perrin

'Its hand grasps your heart so violently as to leave thumbprints.' The Independent

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A Hospital Odyssey

Gwyneth Lewis

'One of the most gifted writers of her generation.' Poetry Review

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Jilted City

Patrick McGuinness

'McGuinness's poems never waste your time and never overstay their welcome.' The Times Literary Supplement

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Sixteen Shades of Crazy

Rachel Trezise

'Unflinching and extremely funny.' Dan Rhodes

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True Things About Me

Deborah Kay Davies

'Davies has captured the malaise of the virtual age.' The New York Times

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