Welsh Book Store 10 December, 2020 // 0 Comments There seems to be a bit of a revolution in the book world happening at the moment. Lots of people, retailers, especially [...]
Jocelyn Simms Wins The International Poetry Book Awards 4 November, 2020 // 0 Comments The contest organisers have announced the winners of their prestigious contest, judged by Welsh poet and writer Dave [...]
How to Sell Your Poetry Books 10 September, 2020 // 0 Comments Getting your poetry book published (or self published) was the easy bit. Now the real work begins – trying to get people [...]
Poetry Book Awards 1 September, 2020 // 0 Comments Founded in Pontypridd, South Wales the international ‘Poetry Book Awards’ gives self published writers and small [...]
Sheila Aldous Wins The International Poetry Competition! 20 July, 2020 // 0 Comments Huge congratulations to Sheila Aldous, who takes top prize in the 2020 contest! A fantastic poem, Sheila also came 4th with [...]
Covid-19 and 2020 Contest 1 June, 2020 // 2 Comments As most of the world is aware we have had to deal with Covid-19 these last few months. In fact, through all of the timeframe [...]
Poetry Exercise 30 March, 2020 // 0 Comments First of all I have to admit I rarely do this kind of thing myself. I will certainly research facts and figures if I have [...]
International Poetry Book Awards 7 January, 2020 // 0 Comments The Poetry Book Awards is an annual, international book award given to the best poetry books produced by indie writers, self [...]
Welsh Authors 4 December, 2019 // 0 Comments We mentioned Goodreads in a previous post. Well here is another list for you to vote in or add some of your favourite [...]
New Poetry Collection 25 October, 2019 // 0 Comments Welsh writer Dave Lewis’s new poetry collection – ‘Scratching The Surface‘ is now available for [...]
Damen O’Brien Wins Welsh Poetry Competition! 21 June, 2019 // 0 Comments The International Welsh Poetry Competition 2019 organisers have announced the winners of the 13th contest, judged by [...]
Creating the Right Atmosphere for Writing 9 April, 2019 // 0 Comments Writer’s block is a much-talked-about condition, and it’s something that most poets can relate to. There’s nothing [...]
Welsh Writers Database 1 March, 2019 // 0 Comments Over the last thirteen years, against all the odds, we’ve always tried to promote and encourage Welsh writers, [...]
Welsh Poetry Traditions 14 January, 2019 // 0 Comments It’s written in history that Wales has one of the earliest literacy traditions in Northern Europe, which stretches back as [...]
Goodreads 10 January, 2019 // 0 Comments A good website to check out poets, authors, books and all things writing-related is Goodreads. Although I’ve signed up [...]
How To Get Your Poetry Published 25 November, 2018 // 5 Comments Getting your poetry published is a tricky business. Hundreds of years ago it was easy. You just needed to be posh, get sent [...]
Red Poets – A History 30 October, 2018 // 0 Comments It seems astonishing to think that Red Poets have produced 24 issues (to date) representing 24 years of our existence, when [...]
How do you write a good poem? 5 October, 2018 // 12 Comments What a strange question! OK, maybe not. For what it’s worth, here’s what I think… I often wonder what constitutes good [...]
Welcome 1 October, 2018 // 0 Comments Hi poets Welcome to our news page where we hope to post interesting articles from around the poetry world. If you have a [...]