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BOOKS
This issue, we feature a selection of books from Gomer Press
and Siop y Fro, Barry.
Gomer Press is Wales’s largest independent publisher, supplying books from Wales,
about Wales, in both Welsh and English language.
They publish over 120 new titles every year,
for children and adults,
in both languages.
For more info visit www.gomer.co.uk
Use it or lose it!
Please support your local book seller. If you find a book you like online ask your local bookshop to source it.
You’ll be supporting a local business and, in turn, helping to preserve the quality of our high streets. |
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ST DONATS ARTS CENTRE
Book Club with Ian McMillan
Mon 12 May 2pm
Ian McMillan is one of the UK's best known contemporary poets and a performer of great wit and charm. Aside from his books, you’ll have heard his ‘fruity Barnsley accent’ on BBC radio (recently listed the 22nd most powerful person in radio) as well as his weekly hit show The Verb on BBC Radio 3.
This special Book Club event is the culmination of ‘Looking Over The Hill’ as part of Gwanwyn – the Wales festival of arts and creativity for older people. A variety of groups have taken part by writing short pieces of poetry or prose on the subject of the present and the future.
If you would like to submit a piece contact Phil Thomas on
02920 431540.
Tickets £4, £3 (includes free tea and cake)
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ROBERT HUDSON, ET AL
From East to West and Dawn to Dusk: Photographs of the Glamorgan Heritage Coast
£18.99
ISBN 9780955726309
Rob Hudson portrays the journey along the Glamorgan Heritage Coast, from Aberthaw in the east to Porthcawl in the west. The 18-mile of seashore and footpath is revealed from stunning cliffs to ancient castles. Always taken at either dawn, sunrise, dusk or sunset, the photographs reveal the landscape in a new light.
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DAHLIAN KIRBY
The Urban Turbans
£3.99
ISBN 9781843238072
Megan hates music, at least the kind made by her music mad family.
It takes a move to the big city to make Megan realize that not all music is the same. Drawn to the magical sound of the Urban Turbans, a band of Indian drummers, Megan is enchanted. She fulfils her dream by joining Mr Singh’s drum class, but soon her worries begin. She may be passionate about her drumming but can an eleven year old Welsh girl really be an Indian Drummer? Dahlian Kirby lives in the Vale of Glamorgan. She was inspired to write the book after watching children enjoy Indian Drumming in Cardiff. .....................................................................................................................
SIMON WESTON
A Nod from Nelson
£5.99
ISBN 9781843238133
A Nod from Nelson is Falklands hero Simon Weston’s first novel
for children.
Full of warm-hearted characters and laugh-out-loud humour. When Mike the Milk has problems operating his new milk float, faithful carthorse Nelson finds himself called out of retirement. With an oil spill heading towards the pond, Nelson and the other animals must find a way to halt its progress before disaster strikes. But can a talking horse, an undercover frog, a couple of rats, a duckling rugby team and a lost pigeon really save the day?
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POEMS OF
Love and Longing
£7.99
ISBN 9781843238157
A poetry collection to tug the heartstrings and stir the soul.
With contributions from Wales’ leading poets including Gillian Clarke, Grahame Davies, Christine Evans, Catherine Fisher, Gwyneth Glyn, Rex Harley, Chris Kinsey, Julie Rainsbury, Susan Richardson, Owen Sheers and Jenny Sullivan.
The poems all grow from the central theme of love, from teenage heartbreak to a connection to nature, exploring every aspect of love and longing. .....................................................................................................................
VARIOUS
On This Mountain
£19.99
ISBN 9781843239161
In this stunningly beautiful book, ten writers share the secrets of the mountains that are dear to them.
Rugby hero the late Ray Gravell, birdman Iolo Williams, and mountainclimber Jim Perrin are among the contributors. All love a certain tract of mountain and know it secrets. And yet, fascinating though their stories are, the stars of the show are the mountains themselves: pictures from awardwinning photographer Ray Wood make this collection of essays and images a delight. .....................................................................................................................
HYWEL WYN OWEN/RICHARD OWEN
Place Names of Wales
£29.99
ISBN 9781843239017
Have you ever been intrigued by a place name in Wales?
Have you wondered where the name of your city, town or village comes from? If so, then the Dictionary of the Place Names of Wales is just the book for you. Thousands of place names from across the country fill over 500 pages of this sumptuous hardback book, with their derivation and meanings carefully explained. So if you’d like to know where Sully, Wick, Ewenny and numerous other names originated, pick up a copy from your local bookshop and find out today.
If you have a book or poem you would like featured or reviewed please email jennifer@valelife.co.uk or write to;
The Editor, Vale Life Cardiff House, Cardiff Road,
Vale of Glamorgan CF63 2AW |
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