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Happy New Year! Have you blown out the cobwebs yet or are you still in the post Christmas/New Year delirium?  We had a fantastically busy year in 2025, so before we look ahead to the new years let's take a quick wizz around the writing that 2025 brought us. Tristan Hughes and Tyler Keevil launched their books with style, canoeing the River Avon from Bristol to Bath to Mr's B Emporium Boundary Waters and Take Three Canadians in tow. In line with Richard Burton's centenary celebrations, historian Angela V. John brought out the meticulously researched biography Behind the Scenes bringing the...

We've had some goblins amiss it seems, and locked out of our own shopify advent.

So like one of those lucky days that you've realised you've got four teeny chocolates to scran at once, here's four short stories to read amongst the last minute shopping madness. 

Crystal Jeans sits down at her keyboard to talk with editor of Folding Rock Kathryn Tann to talk about her upcoming collection of essays Blueprints. Read their old-school email-exchange here. 

We are delighted to reveal the cover for the latest edition of literary magazine New Welsh Review —  #139 Journeys, out in February 2026. Cover art is 'Proper Treats' from award-winning artist Zena Blackwell. Get free UK postages on all orders of this issue, up until the New Year. Just use code ADVENT18. Edited by Susie Wild, this issue will feature an extract from Odette Debono's debut memoir White Sheep,  Alex Hubbard & Amy Grandvoinet in conversation at the launch of Hubbard's gothic debut novel Storm, photo essay Muted Neon Dreams from Elin Gruffydd and much more. Order your copy...

Winner of the 2025 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition, Keza O’Neill, joins The Wyn Thomas File to talk about her winning story The Man on the Train.