Morlais is Alun Lewis's lost novel from the 1930s, a Lawrentian story of a young boy growing up in the poverty stricken industrial valleys of south Wales. Lewis (1915-1944) was the outstanding writer
The Great War marked a profound change in attitudes to war and the conduct of it. Six million men from the British Isles served in it, 720,000 (12%) were killed. Junior offices had a 20% survival rate
The Harvey family is persuaded to leave the UK for a dream life in the Australian outback. But when they arrive in the small mining settlement of Akarula they begin to realise how much of the dream is
From England to Europe, Africa to South America, these stories from prizewinning short-story writer Graham Mort explore relationships: father and child; man and wife; man and his environment. A rising
"This collection of essays draws together radio writers and producers to comment on and explore the various genres and techniques in broadcast writing. Their varied experiences and personal insights i
"This fascinating study of the life and work of W. H. Davies, a nature poet and seeker of social justice, focuses on themes of ethics, sex, creativity, national identity, and class and English society
What It’s Like to Be Alive: Selected Poems marks a career milestone for the highly-acclaimed Liverpool-based poet, Deryn Rees-Jones. Readers will find generous selections from her previously published
Mametz marks the centenary of this Great War battle with thought-provoking new photographs of the battlefield, which even today bears the scars ? and other evidence ? of the attack in which 4000 of th
In the latest in the Real series Ian Spring walks the streets, parks, pubs, workplaces, past and present of Glasgow, Scotland’s alleged second city in an exploration of the peaks and troughs of its hi
Forbidden Lives is a fascinating collection of portraits and discussions that aims to populate LGBT gaps in the history of Wales, a much neglected part of Welsh heritage. In it Norena Shopland reviews
In Real Barnsley, Ian McMillan delves into the past of the Barnsley area in which he was born and still lives, exploring its history and recalling his various experiences of this particular patch of S
Brendan Stuart Burns is best known for his paintings over the last decade inspired by a small, isolated beach in west Wales. The paintings have won many accolades. They continue to evolve in style and
A tour of the obvious and the oblique, the monumental and the downright quirky, this guide to Swansea explores and uncovers the eclectic, gritty, whimsical, and rich history of the city in postindustr
This third collection of stories from Jerwood Prize-winning author Jo Mazelis ups the tension by introducing an elusive strand of the otherworldly; whether the ghostly as in Caretakers and Storm Dogs,
Dear Mona, Letters from a Conscientious Objector is a book of many parts. These are the letters of 20 year old Len Jones to his mentor and would-be partner Mona Lovell, who worked with him in Newcastl
Try the Wilderness First is the story of controversial artist Eric Gill's artistic and religious community in the Black Mountains of Wales during the 1920s, told through the character and work of Gill
A secret she promised to keep, a boy with hair like fire, and a terrible accident –they’re all connected, if only May could remember how. May’s lost memories compel those close to he
From the sea of the poet's childhood to the stillness of a canal walked in middle age, The Glass Aisle moves between rage and stillness, past and present, music and silence. In the book's title poem,
Claire Williamson's Visiting the Minotaur is full of artful reflections, refractions, and re-workings of incidents that reveal a fraught childhood and adolescence, a family riddled with dark secre
Conflict, War and Revolution: My Life, the memoir of Baroness Alessandra Koslowska (1892-1975), is a vivid retelling of her life from childhood to the end of the Second World War. It begins with her l
