Roland Mathias is one of the most important writers to emerge in Wales since the Second World War. His work as a short-story writer, editor and literary critic is highly regarded, and he has made a notable contribution to the cultural life of Wales as a scholar and historian. However, he is first and foremost a poet. His poetry, which focusses on the intertwined concerns of family, mutability, history and landscape, is characterized by verbal inventiveness, skilful use of metre and honesty of observation.
"The Collected Poems of Roland Mathias" traces his poetic development, from his...
Roland Mathias is one of the most important writers to emerge in Wales since the Second World War. His work as a short-story writer, editor and lit...
Welcome to Wakefield. Population 1,534 eccentric people and one exasperated reporter. T.D. Duff is a reporter at the only newspaper in the postage-stamp Southern town of Wakefield. He's a got a degree in journalism, a dead-end job, and a wickedly dry sense of humor. But then, he's not alone in Augusta County. There's Clarence (with one syllable), proud owner of a potato that looks like Tom Selleck; Nosh Jones, who is locked in mortal combat with Roger Shepherd for the title of The Most Famousest Snake Hunter in Augusta County; and Bug Wake, T.D.'s eccentric boss. Join T.D. and his buds, a...
Welcome to Wakefield. Population 1,534 eccentric people and one exasperated reporter. T.D. Duff is a reporter at the only newspaper in the postage-sta...