As some of you may know, Literature Wales, whose job is to promote Welsh writers, also sends a newsletter out. Although they rarely seem to want to promote grass roots projects like this one, or the two international poetry contests we run they do sometimes have to justify their funding by asking people what they think of their service. Well, now is your chance to do just that. The Literature Wales Newsletter is currently under […]
Hi all Just a quick post to list the most viewed pages on our website so far, amongst the ‘writers’ pages. It’s early days yet of course but interesting to see who the public are looking at. Unique page impressions correct as of 8th April 2020. Louise Shelley – 450 John Evans – 272 Iris Gower – 253 Harri Webb – 250 Bernard Knight – 249 Dave Lewis – 248 Kate Roberts – 243 Chris […]
The International Welsh Poetry Competition 2020 is now open and accepting entries. The contest is the biggest in Wales and now in its 14th year. Set up by Welsh writer Dave Lewis in 2007, the competition is now a regular fixture in the literary calendar and respected throughout the world for the high quality of winning poets it uncovers. The organisers will be offering the following prizes: 1st Prize – £500 2nd Prize – £250 3d […]
The Poetry Book Awards is an annual, international book award given to the best poetry books produced by indie writers, self published authors or books published by independent or small presses. Even though more and more people are enjoying and participating in creative writing it is becoming increasingly difficult to become traditionally published, especially in the poetry world. Most of the top book prizes and competitions do not allow self published authors to enter. If they […]
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You may or not have heard of ‘Goodreads’ but if you like books, writers and literature then maybe you should take a look. It’s the world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations. Their mission is to help people find and share books they love. Goodreads launched in January 2007. A Few Things You Can Do On Goodreads See what books your friends are reading Track the books you’re reading, have read, and want to […]
Losing a loved one can be a very difficult time in anyone’s life. It is very hard dealing with the grief surrounding the loss of a loved one but this is usually combined with the process of arranging the funeral service. The stress involved with arranging a funeral service can make it really difficult to focus on the things that really matter to you. Choosing the right funeral director can make the entire planning of […]
Although we knew when we started this little project that it would take a long time to populate the database with even a handful of Wales’ best writers we have already reached an important milestone. Upon counting we have just realised that we’ve already passed 100 authors. In fact at time of writing we have 119 great Welsh writers on board with more to come as soon as our sore and aching typing fingers can […]
One of Wales’s best known authors has just launched her new website. Designed by South Wales web design company – www.webdesignwales.net the site showcases all her previous novels plus has links to a number of videos from the making of there Tanabi Films production of ‘By Any Name’. To find out more about Catrin see her listing on our website – click here.
OK, you’ve written a great book but no-one has bought it yet? How do you get people to see your work of art? Below are lots of simple, free ways to promote your book. Tweet about it Ask your readers to send in images of them with your book and then share them on social media Comment on threads in Facebook groups or on other people’s threads to build your reputation as an expert in […]