Past Issues

 

CURRENT ISSUE

Issue #48 June July August 2008 Includes a special supplement on Wales’ new National Poet Gillian Clarke. The Wales Book of the Year 2008 Short List is announced. Catrin Dafydd writes about the importance of bridging the linguistic gap in literature. Herbert Williams pays tribute to author John Idris Jones who celebrated his 70th birthday in 2008.

Issue #47 April - May 2008
Book of the Year 2008. Includes a special feature on the Wales Book of the Year 2008 Long List. Writer Phil Carradice explains the background to The Whitchurch Project, a new creative writing project in the mental health sector. The new National Poet is announced.

 

Issue #46 January - March 2008
Belfast meets Wales. Includes a feature about the forthcoming Academi conference, to be held in Belfast, in association with the Welsh branch of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain. Tom Davies describes what led him to establish his own publishing house.

 

Issue #45 November / December 2007
Special issue on the Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Nigel Jenkins writes about the experience of editing the Encyclopaedia. Includes extracts from the Encyclopaedia, information about the editors. Plus the usual news, opportunities for writers and events.

 

Issue #44 September / October 2007
Including Owen Sheers on the challenge of writing in different genres and Robin Chapman says farewell to writing biographies, for now.

 

 

Issue #43 Spring Summer 2007
Including Including David Llewellyn on the impact of technology on our lives and on writing, and Gwyneth Glyn looks back at her year as Welsh Children’s Poet Laureate. The Longlist for the Wales Book of the Year 2007 is revealed and we look ahead to a season of literary festivals in Wales.

 

Issue #42 January / February /March 2007
Cynan Jones on urban and rural writing and Eurig Salisbury on the impace of technology on writing. Jan Carew on an author’s life.

 

 

Issue #41 November / December 2006
Featuring: John Barnie writes in English on Welsh literary festivals and Dafydd Pritchard writes in Welsh on his view of Welsh literary festivals. 

 

 

Issue #40 September / October 2006
Featuring Gwyn Thomas, the new National Poet for Wales, Rhys Hughes on being a penniless writer in Wales, new writer Llwyd Owen on the hype and hysteria surrounding his controversial first Welsh novel.

 

 

Issue #39 June / July / August 2006
Featuring the Wales Book of the Year 2006 Short List. Robert Minhinnick outlines his vision for his remaining editorship of Poetry Wales, Catrin Dafydd describes the compulsion to narrate a story, and the new Welsh Children’s Poet Laureate is unveiled.

 

Issue #38 April / May 2006
Featuring the Wales Book of the Year 2006 Long List. Grahame Davies discusses the process of translating literature for a different audience. Mererid Hopwood looks back at her year as Welsh Children’s Poet Laureate.

 

 

Issue #37 January/February/March 2006
Kathryn Gray argues the case for funding for Welsh writers outside Wales and Menna Elfyn looks back at the development of the modern Welsh language poetry tours.

 

 

Issues published during 2005

Issue #36 November/December 2005
Dai Smith introduces The Library of Wales and Aneirin Karadog surveys the Welsh language poetry and rap scene.

 

 

Issue #35 September/October 2005
Ric Hool writes about Thirteen years of Poetry at the Hen and Chicks, and Iwan Llwyd discusses the importance of travel for poets and authors.

 

 

Issue #34 – June/July/August 2005
Nia Môn offers advice to novice performance poets on competing in the annual Academi Stomp, and travel writer and broadcaster Mike Parker presents his guide to the summer’s literary festivals in Wales.

 

 

Issue #33 - April/May 2005
Academi’s Bay Lit Festival, Clare Potter reveals how winning the John Tripp Award for Spoken Poetry 2004 has affected her life and Fflur Dafydd discusses the relationship between music and words.

 

 
Issue #32 - January/February/March 2005
Canu’n Rhydd/Songs of Freedom - looking ahead to Academi’s Conference in Llandudno, children’s author Jenny Sullivan gives an insight into working with and for children and Tudur Dylan Jones talks of his experiences as Welsh Language Children’s Poet Laureate.

 

 

 
Issues published during 2004

Issue #31 - November/December 2004
Menna Elfyn and John Williams voice their opinion on abolishing the Arts quangos, The Dylan Thomas Festival in Swansea and Academi’s new home in the Wales Millennium Centre.

 

 

Issue #30 - September/October 2004
Main articles by Jerry Hunter and Niall Griffiths, winning authors of the 2004 Book of the Year Award.

 

 

Issue #29 - June/July/August 2004
Tim Rhys dicsusses writing in cafes, Gwyneth Glyn is unsure whether a wrtier can ever truly escape from his or her work and Academi introduces the 6 Book of the Year 2005 judges.

 


Issue #28 - April/May 2004
Book of the Year 2004 Bumper Issue: Ivor Thomas discusses Stump, by Niall Griffiths, Rocet Arwel Jones gives his view on the Welsh language books in the running for the 2004 Award and Harri Pritchard Jones, Joint-Chair of Academi introduces his bookshelf.

 

 

Issue #27 - January/ February/ March 2004
Paul Ferris, former Book of the Year winner and judge, gives a behind the scenes view of Academi’s Book of the Year Award. Ceri Wyn Jones discusses his role as Bardd Plant Cymru.

 

 

Issues published during 2003

Issue #26 - November/ December 2003
Meg Elis discusses the role of the writer and Chris Torrance on The Death of the Poem.

 

 

 

Issue #25 - Septemeber/ October 2003
Robert Minhinnick and Twm Morys discuss the pitfalls and pleasures of translating Welsh medium literature into English
 

 

 

Issue #24 - June/ July/ August 2003
Jo Mazelis and Alison Layland discuss the beauty of the short story.

 

 

 

Issue #23 - April/ May 2003
Ifan Prys on south versus north Wales. Darren Floyd defends the genre of horror writing.

 

 

 

Issue #22 - January/ February/ March 2003
Carol Rumens discusses free speech and Aled Jones Williams on writing from the edge.

 

 

 

Issues published during 2002

Issue #21 - November/ December 2002
Menna Elfyn discusses her new role as Wales’ Children’s Poet (Bardd Plant Cymru) and Gillian Clarke brings storytellers into the payment for authors debate.

 

 

Issue #20 - September/ October 2002
Jim Perrin on regional publishing and the marketability of books, Eurig Wyn on his latest literary prize.

 

 

 

Issue #19 - June/ July/ August 2002
Robert Minhinnick raises questions about writers’ payment.

 

 

 

Issue #18 - April/ May 2002
Myrddin ap Dafydd discusses a place to write and Anna Davis reflects on how to be a ’proper’ Welsh writer.

 

 

 

Issue #17- February / March 2002
Tony Curtis defends the right to teach Creative Writing, Sabine Heinz tries to find a platform for Welsh literature abroad.

 

 

 
Issue #16 - November / December / January 2001/2002
Jane Dorner explains the e-book.

 

 

 

Issues published during 2001

Issue #15 - September / October 2001
Hywel Teifi Edwards reflects on past Eisteddfods and Janet Dubé disusses the relationship between Cardiff and the rest of Wales.

 

 

 

Issue #14 - June / July / August 2001
Dylan Iorwerth and Niall Griffiths discuss writing in Wales now.

 

 

 

Issue #13 - April / May 2001
John Williams discusses the surge in English fiction writers in Wales

 

 

 

Issue #12 - February / March 2001
Richard Lewis Davies and Manon Rhys wrties about the experience of being on the margins.

 

 

 

Issue #11 - November / December / January 2000/2001
Remembering R.S.Thomas. Myrddin ap Dafydd raises a few questions and Catherine Merriman on publishing.

 

 

 

Issues published during 2000

Issue #10 - September / October 2000
Colin Jones asseses some literary events. Pamela Cockerill describes her experiences during a "helluva day".

 

 

 

Issue # 9 - June / July / August 2000
Meic Stephens celebrates the literary landscape and an article by Jane Aaron on Glamorgan University.

 

 

 

Issue #8 - April / May 2000
Reaction to Mario Basini, Writing and Technology and more.

 

 

 

Issue #7 - February / March 2000
Feature on the Bay Lit Festival, main article by Mario Basini and Meic Stephens remembers Gwyn Jones.

 

 

 

Issue #6 - November / December 1999 / January 2000
Sheenagh Pugh claims some writers would be better off working part-time on a Tesco check-out, Twm Morys and Iwan Llwyd’s Eldorado tour o Wales.

 

 

 

Issue #5 - September / October 1999
Wales Millenium Centre competition, Claire Powell on literature in Swansea. 

 

 

 

Issue #4 - June / July / August 1999
John Barnie on Poetry Games, the Eisteddfod in Anglesey.

 

 

 

Issue #3 April / May 1999
Welsh literature websites, Nigel Jenkins on literature as public art, Iwan Llwyd on A470.

 

 

 

Issue #2 February / March 1999
Jon Gower surveys the Welsh literature scene, Robert Minhinnick on publishing in Wales.

 

 

 

Issue #1 December 1998 - January 1999
Herbert Williams on bilingualism, Wil Owen Roberts on creative writing.