Welsh Book Store
There seems to be a bit of a revolution in the book world happening at the moment. Lots of people, retailers, especially [...]
Poetry
Jocelyn Simms Wins The International Poetry Book Awards
The contest organisers have announced the winners of their prestigious contest, judged by Welsh poet and writer Dave [...]
How to Sell Your Poetry Books
Getting your poetry book published (or self published) was the easy bit. Now the real work begins – trying to get people [...]
Poetry Book Awards
Founded in Pontypridd, South Wales the international ‘Poetry Book Awards’ gives self published writers and small [...]
Sheila Aldous Wins The International Poetry Competition!
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
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
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
The Poetry Book Awards is an annual, international book award given to the best poetry books produced by indie writers, self [...]
Welsh Authors
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
Welsh writer Dave Lewis’s new poetry collection – ‘Scratching The Surface‘ is now available for [...]
Damen O’Brien Wins Welsh Poetry Competition!
The International Welsh Poetry Competition 2019 organisers have announced the winners of the 13th contest, judged by [...]
Creating the Right Atmosphere for Writing
Writer’s block is a much-talked-about condition, and it’s something that most poets can relate to. There’s nothing [...]
How To Get Your Poetry Published
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
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?
What a strange question! OK, maybe not. For what it’s worth, here’s what I think… I often wonder what constitutes good [...]
