Into Suez

Stevie Davies

1949, and Ailsa Roberts and her little daughter Nia are on a troop ship sailing to Egypt to join her husband Joe, a sergeant in the RAF. Already the Suez crisis is brewing and with it a crisis for…more

Cyffesion Geordie Oddi Cartref (Confessions of a Geordie Exile)

Tony Bianchi

Tracing his life from his childhood in an Italian-English family on Tyneside to his current incarnation as a Welsh-speaking freelance writer in Cardiff, Eisteddfod-winning author Tony Bianchi leads…more

Self-Portrait as Ruth

Jasmine Donahaye

The conflicting, parallel lives and narratives of Israel and Palestine form the core of Jasmine Donahaye's second volume of poetry. Drawing on her own experiences as a Jewish woman, now…more

West: A Journey Through The Landscapes of Loss

Jim Perrin

Within a single year Jim Perrin, the eminent writer on landscape and nature, suffered two catastrophes: his son committed suicide and his wife died of cancer. West does far more than record and…more

A Hospital Odyssey

Gwyneth Lewis

When her beloved husband Hardy becomes desperately ill in hospital with cancer, Maris is terrified at the prospect of losing him. Armed only with her fear and her love, she embarks on an…more

Jilted City

Patrick McGuinness

Transitions, states and places in between, the constant shifting of the ground beneath our feet, form an unsettling continuum in this impressive third volume by acclaimed poet Patrick…more

Sixteen Shades of Crazy

Rachel Trezise

Three women are thrown together as a result of their relationships with members of valleys punk band, The Boobs. Each one, for different reasons, is unsatisfied with her way of life. There is the…more

True Things About Me

Deborah Kay Davies

She works in a benefit office; one day a new claimant appears and minutes after leaving the office she is in an underground carpark having rough sex with him. Alone at home afterwards, she notices…more