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Welsh Writer Cynan Jones Offers 'The Fart' FREE on Amazon!!!

2012-01-29T18:53:00.001-08:00

A message from Cynan Jones:- It’s been a long January here in Wales! So, I felt it appropriate to lighten the mood a little. I’ve released THE FART … a (very) short story, FREE on Amazon.co.uk from Monday 30th Jan – Friday 3rd Feb*...

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The Great American Songbook - Interview With Daniel and Laura Curtis

2012-01-28T11:53:00.000-08:00

Daniel & Laura Curtis AmeriCymru: Hi Dan and Laura and many thanks for agreeing to be interviewed by AmeriCymru. What is 'The Great American Songbook' and what inspired the project? Dan & Laura: If you were to Google the term ‘The Great American Songbook’ the most common...

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'Guardian Angel" by Brian John - A Review - Is There Life After Death?

2012-01-26T17:22:00.000-08:00

Read our interview with Brian John HERE Guardian Angel Is there life after death? For Mistress Martha Morgan this becomes a very real and urgent question after her supposed demise in Volume 5 of the Angel Mountain Saga. Since to reveal more would constitute a 'spoiler' I will...

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New Edition of Hedd Wyn's Poems - An Interview With Daffni Percival of Merilang Press

2012-01-18T21:21:00.000-08:00

Daffni Percival has lived in Wales since 1985. She writes poetry and children's books and publishes both from Merilang Press.She lives in an ancient farmhouse with two border collies. two cats. three pet sheep and a dozen or so ducks.She is partly retired but teaches occasional crash courses in...

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An Interview With Nancy Wright - American Welsh Poet

2012-01-16T14:13:00.000-08:00

AmeriCymru spoke to Nancy Wright, American-Welsh poet and WNAA Board of Trustees member about her poetry and her involvement with the North American Welsh Choir .Nancy was the winner of first place prize in the 2011 West Coast Eisteddfod Poetry Competition. To read her winning entry go here:-...

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Click Your Way Into the Top Ten on the AmeriCymru Welsh Directory!

2012-01-15T17:00:00.000-08:00

If you have added a listing to the brand new AmeriCymru Welsh Directory or if you are planning to, you might be interested in our latest new promotional feature. Here's how it woks:- 1. Create your listing Go to this page:- Add Entry ( or here if you want to read some brief...

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Claim your FREE listing on the new AmeriCymru Directory NOW!

2012-01-11T11:00:00.000-08:00

Claim your listing on the new AmeriCymru Directory NOW! It only takes a minute and it's completely FREE! AmeriCymru Welsh Directory Three Reasons to Add Your Business/Society Listing to our Directory The listings are all integrated with the DisQus commenting system which means that they...

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Interview With Welsh Photographer Graham Williams

2012-01-01T22:37:00.000-08:00

AmeriCymru spoke to Graham Williams a Welsh photographer based in Bangor, Gwynedd. Graham's ambition is to photograph the world starting with his own small part of it in North Wales. AmeriCymru: Hi Graham and many thanks for agreeing to be interviewed by AmeriCymru. What sparked your...

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Ten Questions With Welsh Writer, Cynan Jones

2011-12-27T22:46:00.000-08:00

Cynan Jones lives near Aberaeron in west Wales. His first book, 'The Long Dry 'was published in June 2006. The novel , which won a Betty Trask Award in 2007 is set on a Mid Wales farm. His second book 'Everything I Found on The beach' is also set in West and North Wales. AmeriCymru dpoke...

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Welsh Double Agent Arthur Owens - An Interview With Madoc Roberts, Author of 'Snow'

2011-12-10T16:01:00.001-08:00

Snow SNOW is the codename assigned to Arthur Owens, one of the most important British spies of the Second World War. Described by MI5 as a typical 'Welsh underfed type' he became the first of the great double-cross agents who were to play a major part in Britain's...

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West End Star, John Owen Jones Is Latest Addition To Llangollen 2012 Lineup

2011-12-06T13:58:00.000-08:00

John Owen Jones Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera star John Owen-Jones is the latest big name star to join the 2012 Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod concert series line-up. Owen-Jones, who is originally from Burry Port, will feature in the Grand finale musical extravaganza on...

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Alun Wyn Jones’s World Cup Year

2011-11-16T19:03:00.001-08:00

“If there is an image that captures how the passion of Welsh rugby and the pride of Welsh identity cannot be separated, it is Alun Wyn Jones singing the national anthem” Carolyn Hitt. 2011 has been an exceptional year for Welsh rugby. As Wales narrowly missed out on a place in the World Cup Final,...

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A Message From The 'Meriwether Lewis Memorial Eisteddfod Foundation' ( Please Circulate )

2011-11-09T19:14:00.001-08:00

Hello, We're sending this to everyone in our address book and if this isn't of interest to you or you can't remember who the heck we are or why we'd be writing you, our sincere apologies! We run an Oregon arts and culture non-profit, the Meriwether Lewis Memorial Eisteddfod Foundation....

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Interview With Dave Lewis - Welsh Author of 'Ctrl-Alt-Delete' - "...good old fashioned sex and violence"

2011-11-03T15:56:00.000-07:00

"Dave Lewis is a writer and poet based in Pontypridd, south Wales. He also lectures IT & Photography, designs web sites and is a keen photographer. He has always lived in Wales except for a short spell in Kenya in 1993-94 and enjoys travelling to different parts of the world. He writes content...

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An Interview With Sarah Woodbury - King Arthur, Time Travel And Medieval Mystery

2011-11-01T10:25:00.000-07:00

Sarah Woodbury "With two historian parents, Sarah couldn’t help but develop an interest in the past. She went on to get more than enough education herself (in anthropology) and began writing fiction when the stories in her head overflowed and demanded she let them out. Her interest in...

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Made in Wales - Halen Môn

2011-10-27T17:28:00.000-07:00

Reproduced with kind permission of Cymru Culture Magazine Neither of us can quite remember how we first came to hear of Halen Môn. But we'd definitely heard of it before we tasted it. We remember deciding, while we were on the island, to combine a visit to the Anglesey Sea Zoo with a look...

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An Interview With Welsh Writer Lloyd Jones - Electric Sheep And A Small Mouse

2011-10-21T13:00:00.000-07:00

AmeriCymru: Hi Lloyd and many thanks for agreeing to be interviewed by AmeriCymru. You have recently finished your second Welsh language novel Y Daith Care to describe the book for our readers? Lloyd: The book begins and ends with Mog Morgan washing up at the sink on the morning after his...

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An Interview With Welsh Writer Brian John - Author of 'On Angel Mountain'

2011-10-12T17:08:00.000-07:00

Brian John AmeriCymru: Hi Brian, and many thanks for agreeing to be interviewed by AmeriCymru. You have been both a field scientist and a Geography lecturer in your time. What inspired you to write fiction? Brian: It's a great pleasure to talk to you -- I always enjoy chatting about the...

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'Random Walk' – the debut novel of dancer-turned-writer, Alexandra Claire

2011-10-03T10:04:00.000-07:00

Random Walk It is 2035, and as lives collide, choices have to be made between the real and the virtual worlds. “Brave New World meets Big Brother meets The Road – this is a future world both strangely familiar and edgily strange.’ Jon Gower “Welcome to...

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Seren Books is 30 Years OId!

2011-09-16T12:17:00.000-07:00

Seren News - September 2011 Seren is 30 years old! Seren is celebrating 30 years of publishing this year and what better way to mark the occasion than a good old fashioned street party. We invite you to help celebrate at the Seren offices in Bridgend at 11am - 4pm on 1st October...

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As the Welsh team are in New Zealand battling for the Rugby World Cup, the Rugby Zombies are making a comeback here in Wales!

2011-09-15T08:16:00.000-07:00

Rugby Zombies 2 Following his sensational win against Aberscary RFC, things should be going better for arwel. But at the start of the sequel to The Rugby Zombies, it’s quite the reverse. Two shocking performances, one for the school team and the other for the Aberscary firsts, leave Arwel...

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Llangollen Eisteddfod Appoints New Music Director

2011-09-14T17:04:00.000-07:00

Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod are pleased to announce that they have appointed Eilir Owen Griffiths, the highly successful conductor and composer, as their new Music Director to follow Mervyn Cousins who has left to take a senior post with the Associated Board of Royal Colleges of...

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Centenary of a Welsh great’s birth celebrated with two new books - Pennar Davies

2011-09-14T16:33:00.000-07:00

November 12, 2011 marks the the centenary of the birth of one of the great figures in twentieth-century Wales. Pennar Davies was a coal miner’s son, who was born into sheer poverty in Mountain Ash. Educated there, he later obtained a double First Class Honours degree at University...

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Peter Freeman - On Stage At The West Coast Eisteddfod

2011-09-11T14:35:00.000-07:00

Peter Freeman This is the latest in an occasional series highlighting performers and contestants at the September 2011 'West Coast Eisteddfod- Welsh Festival of Arts' at the Barnsdall Art Park , Los Angeles . In this post we are proud to feature Welsh story teller,...

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The Fron in New York - Welsh Choir Survives Earthquake and Hurricane Irene to Give 9/11 Memorial Concert

2011-09-10T22:16:00.000-07:00

Click above to visit the Fron Choir's New York visit photo album. AmeriCymru spoke to David Thomas Jones , the Press and Publicity officer of the Fron Choir following their recent successful and dramatically eventful visit to New York. AmeriCymru: The Fron just visited New York City,...

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