The Books Council would like to fund a new magazine, offering a bigger budget than the money Planet magazine New Welsh Review and Wales Arts Review had been asking for for over a decade to do all the things the BCW is requiring in the tender before it let all 3 existing mags fold.

This is something I'll be working on over the next few months. Telling the story of Wales Arts Review in response to readers' questions. I'll answer everything and anything as honestly as my memory and perspective will allow.

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COVER REVEAL! 📣 Extremely excited to reveal the cover of my new book, out from calonbooks in May 24. It’s been quite the ride to write, and should be to read. And nobody, least of all me, was expecting to end with a cartoon Gary.

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It’s that time of year again!

With Christmas nearing and 2023 drawing to a close, we at Wales Arts Review have put our heads together to select our top recommendations for Welsh film and television of 2023.

As 2023 draws to a close, we continue our look back at some of the best art and cultural offerings to come out of Wales this year.

Today, we’re reflecting on the best Welsh visual art of 2023 and revisiting some of our favourite exhibitions from this year.

'Rheam writes beautifully and skilfully about people whose lives have been affected by waves of migration and immigration.'

Eluned Gramich reviews a vibrant new collection of short stories from one of Zimbabwe's leading writers in the form, Bryony Rheam.

The Arts Council of Wales has called an end to the appeals process phase of the funding investment review after it rejected the appeal of National Theatre Wales.

It’s that time of year again!

With Christmas nearing and 2023 drawing to a close, we take a look back at some of the best art and cultural offerings to come out of Wales this year.

Today, we’re naming our favourite Welsh poetry collections and anthologies from 2023.

As we look back at the Welsh arts in 2023, today we’re naming our favourite Welsh non-fiction of the year.

From the inequalities the birdwatching community poses, to King Charles' relationship with Wales - this year's Welsh non-fiction selection has been anything but boring.

With Christmas nearing and 2023 drawing to a close, we take a look back at some of the best art and cultural offerings to come out of Wales this year.

Today, we’re naming our favourite Welsh Opera of 2023.

It’s that time of year again! With Christmas nearing and 2023 drawing to a close, we take a look back at some of the best art and cultural offerings to come out of Wales this year.

Today, we’re reflecting on the best Welsh fiction of 2023.

It’s that time of year again! With Christmas nearing and 2023 drawing to a close, we take a look back at some of the best art and cultural offerings to come out of Wales this year.

Today, we’re reflecting on the best Welsh albums of 2023.

The Books Council of Wales' latest review of funding has led to a cut in financial support for long-standing Welsh arts magazines Planet magazine and New Welsh Review, according to statements released by the publications.

'What I’ve learned is that editorial skills are the most crucial. Subjective self-criticism even when it hurts. Especially when it hurts.'

Richard John Parfitt, 60 Ft. Doll turned writer, discusses his inspirations and the process for writing his debut novel, #StrayDogs .

It’s that time of year again! With Christmas nearing and 2023 drawing to a close, we take a look back at some of the best art and cultural offerings to come out of Wales this year.

Today, we’re reflecting on the best Welsh theatre of 2023.

In the first of a two-part mini-series Christina Thatcher, Garry Fabian Miller, Brennig Davies, Dr Sophie Buchaillard - Assimilation, reflect, critically and creatively, on Garry Fabian Miller’s 'Môrwelion I The Sea Horizon' photography exhibition.

'Shifts is a novel which helps us to know where we are now...'

As #Shifts by Christopher Meredith becomes number 53 in the Library of Wales series, Professor Diana Wallace introduces the new edition of this classic novel of Welsh literature.

In our Books: 2023 writers' recommendations, we bring you the hottest recommendations from a year in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, chosen by some of Wales's top writers and commentators.

'The album feels like an explosion of creativity.'

Gary Raymond reviews the new album from the latest indie pop supergroup, 'The Secret to Life' by FIZZ.

'An artist I return to? It has to be Paul McCartney.'

Songwriter and electro pop star Ani Glass shares with us her relationship with creativity, how to interview Croatian football legends, and why Paul McCartney says it all.