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Edited by Susie Wild
Founded in 1988, New Welsh Review is Wales’ foremost literary magazine in English. For over thirty years, it has been central to the Welsh literary scene in offering a vital outlet for the very best new fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry, a forum for critical debate and a rigorous and engaged reviewing culture. Today, New Welsh Review holds true to its original mission statement: to be dynamic, curious, lively and outward-looking, to commemorate the past but to celebrate contemporary excellence and new directions.
CONTENTS:
Editorial: Susie Wild
Extract: Odette Debono’s debut memoir White Sheep tells tales of an unreachable girl born into the narrow dockland streets of late-sixties Newport.
In Conversation: Alex Hubbard & Amy Grandvoinet
An abridged live transcript from the launch of Alex Hubbard’s gothic debut novel, Storm, in Aberystwyth.
ESSAYS:
Muted Neon Dreams (Osaka, Japan)
Elin Gruffydd explores simple beauty, intimacy and femininity, capturing quiet moments in dreamy spaces through the nostalgic lens of film.
For the Thrill of It
Carole Burns on the mysteries of masterful storytelling in new fiction from Fflur Dafydd, Tristan Hughes and Cynan Jones.
In Translation: Slate gods
Angharad Price finds new powers in disobedience on a fifteen-minute walk around the block with her father.
The Rheidol Prize Shortlist: Hon Oedd Fy Ninas (This Was My City)
Potter and allotment gardener Louise Denham explores the virtuous and ominous sides of water, from building healthy soils to rising sea levels, asking what lessons can be learnt from our present-day efforts to tackle the climate and nature emergency.
The Garden is This Garden
Catrin Menai explores absence and renewal through the lens of mothering and ecological restoration.
¡Ojalá!
Lewis Davies seeks the human side of politics in three recent memoirs from Chris Bryant, Nicola Sturgeon and Simon Hart.
FICTION:
Tide Diana Powell
The Escape Keza O’Neill
In Translation: Mum from the future Markéta Pilátová (trans. Isabel Stainsby)
POETRY:
Endangered Jessica Mookherjee
Moonstripe Stephen Payne
Drive Safe Natasha Gauthier
Case Study: Hirtles Beach, Nova Scotia Emily Vanderploeg
Cover art: ‘Proper Treats’ by Zena Blackwell
Design: Olwen Fowler
