Utopias and dystopias predominate in this selection of novella extracts from Wales. Includes the winners and nominations in the New Welsh Writing Awards 2019 Aberystwyth University Prize for a Dystopian Novella, plus a photo essay by Tim Cooke and Ben Absalom on the Bridgend estate, Wildmill, and a column by editor and translator Gwen Davies on her adaptation of Caryl Lewis’ gothic, evocative novel of possession and surrogacy, The Jeweller. With fourteen photographs.
Table of Content
Winners of the Aberystwyth University Prize for a Dystopian Novella:
The Word: JL George
The Significance of Swans: Rhiannon Lewis
Adrift: Rosey Brown
Me, I’m Like Legend, I Am: Dewi Heald
Water, Water, Nowhere: Heledd Williams
The Chosen: Thomas Pitts
Text & Photography:
Views of the Wildmill Estate: Tim Cooke & Ben Absalom
Channelling Marilynne: Translation as Possession, Envy and Belonging: Gwen Davies talks about her new translation of Caryl Lewis’ novel, recently published as The Jeweller
About the author
Rosey Brown lives in Cardiff, where she works as a coordinator of community arts
and education projects. She makes zines, sometimes makes music in bands, and has performed with and written for experimental music ensemble New Celf. She is also part of Sull, a new collective of eleven artists who are running a new arts space/studio in
the Capitol Centre. She was part of the Hay Festival Writers at Work scheme in 2016 and 2017. Her entry, ‘Adrift’, was runner-up in summer 2019’s New Welsh Writing Awards: Aberystwyth University Prize for a Dystopian Novella, awarded at Hay Festival.
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