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Max Boyce strikes once again! A fantastic morning of book singings, albeit a bit drizzly spent with the wonderful Max Boyce at Cardiff Waterstones.

Ever undeterred by typical bad Welsh weather, Max Boyce fans came out in their crowds to meet Max and to pick up a copy of Hymns & Arias.

This week we're talking all things poetry in the lead up to #NationalPoetryDay this Thursday on the 6th of October. We are delighted that Pearl & Bone by the wonderful Mari Ellis Dunning has been met with some great reviews since its launch last Saturday. 'This is a brave, complex, powerful, angry, and loving book, full of poems that argue, discuss, share, and reject the abuse of power that women and children are constant victims of' - Tears in the Fence Dunning's second full poetry collection explores themes of motherhood and femininity using her own intimate moments of becoming a mother during a global pandemic...

Emily Vanderploeg and Rae Howells launch their debut poetry collections at a launch night hosted at the Elysium Gallery.

'The dry rustle of hands shoved into coat pockets is an act of protection, hugs are replaced by nervous nods, and to step out into the crisp sunshine more than once is to break the law. Social media is a flickering buzz of news articles, virus-related memes, and screenshots of Zoom meetings, a glass of stockpiled Chablis tilted wryly towards the camera. The line graph of confirmed cases skews alarmingly upwards. 'We are living in strange and unexpectedly challenging times. In between breaking news updates and frightening Covid-19 statistics, there is a sudden influx of articles trying to get us...

Please join us to celebrate the launch of Christina Thatcher's second poetry collection How to Carry Fire on 6 April at The Gate, Keppoch Street, Cardiff. There will be a reading and Q&A as well as music by Steven Kenward (a.k.a. The Warden) who will be playing songs based on the collection. Free entry, all welcome. 7.30pm.