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Buy the book: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/My-Year-of-Reading-Welshly-by-Alex-Johnson/9781915279781
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From novels to poetry to non-fiction, Alex explores a rich and eclectic spread of books. Covering famous favourites such as Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood and Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin's Ivor the Engine, through to contemporary hits such as Manon Steffan Ros's The Blue Book of Nebo and Tiffany Murray's My Family and Other Rock Stars, Alex's 'Reading Welshly' list spans decades and genres.
It's not just about mines and farming (though there are plenty of those), but a window onto Welsh culture in all its complexity and diversity. Discover with Alex how Welsh books both reveal modern Wales and speak to universal themes of love, social struggle and identity.
Complete with discussion questions about each book and space to chart your own Reading Welshly progress, this is the ideal companion for readers and book groups to discover Wales through its rich and varied literature.
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Alex's Reading List:
Five Pubs, Two Bars and a Nightclub by John William - Currently, out of print. Please investigate secondhand retailers!
The Hiding Place by Trezza Azzopardi - blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Hiding-Place-Picador-Classic-by-Azzopardi-Trezza/9781447275824
Travels in an Old Tongue by Pamela Petro - blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Travels-in-an-Old-Tongue-by-Pamela-Petro/9780006550105
Jampot Smith by Jeremy Brooks - blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Jampot-Smith-by-Jeremy-Brooks/9781905762507
Collected Poems by Lynette Roberts - blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Collected-Poems-by-Lynette-Roberts-Patrick-McGuinness/9781857548426
One Moonlight Night by Caradog Prichard - blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/One-Moonlit-Night-by-Caradog-Prichard-author-Philip-Mitchell-translator/9781782116769
Framed by Frank Cottrell-Boyce - blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Framed-by-Frank-Cottrell-Boyce-author-Steven-Lenton-illustrator/9781035042531
Border Country by Raymond Williams - blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Border-Country-by-Raymond-Williams/9781902638812
Buy the book: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/My-Year-of-Reading-Welshly-by-Alex-Johnson/9781915279781
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From novels to poetry to non-fiction, Alex explores a rich and eclectic spread of books. Covering famous favourites such as Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood and Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin's Ivor the Engine, through to contemporary hits such as Manon Steffan Ros's The Blue Book of Nebo and Tiffany Murray's My Family and Other Rock Stars, Alex's 'Reading Welshly' list spans decades and genres.
It's not just about mines and farming (though there are plenty of those), but a window onto Welsh culture in all its complexity and diversity. Discover with Alex how Welsh books both reveal modern Wales and speak to universal themes of love, social struggle and identity.
Complete with discussion questions about each book and space to chart your own Reading Welshly progress, this is the ideal companion for readers and book groups to discover Wales through its rich and varied literature.
________________________________________________________________
Alex's Reading List:
Five Pubs, Two Bars and a Nightclub by John William - Currently, out of print. Please investigate secondhand retailers!
The Hiding Place by Trezza Azzopardi - blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Hiding-Place-Picador-Classic-by-Azzopardi-Trezza/9781447275824
Travels in an Old Tongue by Pamela Petro - blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Travels-in-an-Old-Tongue-by-Pamela-Petro/9780006550105
Jampot Smith by Jeremy Brooks - blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Jampot-Smith-by-Jeremy-Brooks/9781905762507
Collected Poems by Lynette Roberts - blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Collected-Poems-by-Lynette-Roberts-Patrick-McGuinness/9781857548426
One Moonlight Night by Caradog Prichard - blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/One-Moonlit-Night-by-Caradog-Prichard-author-Philip-Mitchell-translator/9781782116769
Framed by Frank Cottrell-Boyce - blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Framed-by-Frank-Cottrell-Boyce-author-Steven-Lenton-illustrator/9781035042531
Border Country by Raymond Williams - blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Border-Country-by-Raymond-Williams/9781902638812
