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'...an uplifting account of how Gosia was able to find acceptance of her past and build a life of love in wales.'
Thrilled to see Gosia Buzzanca's 'There She Goes, My Beautiful World' as one of Stylist's 8 Memoirs to Change How You See the World!
Discover more: www.stylist.co.uk/books/best-m...
Gosia Buzzanca Emerging Polish-Welsh writer. Emerging Polish-Welsh writer Gosia Buzzanca shares her books, There She Goes, My Beautiful World, and her journey from post-communist Poland to South Wales, ac part of Art on the Hill. Fel rhan o Art on the Hill, Bydd Gosia Buzzanca, awdur Pwylaidd-Gymreig sy'n dod i'r amlwg, yn rhannu ei llyfr, There She Goes, My Beautiful World, a'r thaith o Wald Pwyl ol-gomiwnyddol i Dde Cymru. Starts at 7:30pm on Friday, November 28th 2025 at the Cwtsh. Admission Β£3 Licensed Bar available. Disabled Access. Yn dechrau am 7:30pm ddydd Gwener, Tachwedd 28ain 2025 yn y Cwtsh. Mynediad Β£3. Bar trwyddedig ar gael. Mynediad i'r Anabl.
Join author Gosia Buzzanca at Cwtsh, Newport! Gosia will be speaking about her debut memoir 'There She Goes, My Beautiful World' π
π’ 7:30pm
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28 November
ποΈ Β£3
π Cwtsh Community & Arts Centre, Newport
Books that document the power of human journeys π
Top 5 books about migration and personal journeys chosen by Gosia Buzzanca, author of 'There She Goes, My Beautiful World'.
Read in @bigissue.com here: www.bigissue.com/culture/book...
Calan Gaeaf Hapus and happy #Halloween! π
In need of some last minute costume inspiration or perhaps you prefer spending Halloween night curled up with a good #book?
We have plenty of otherworldly tales and characters for you to discover...ππ»
Book Tour There She Goes, My Beautiful World. 1 November - Book Space, Cardiff 2 November - Aberaeron Literary Festival 6 November - Griffin Books, Penarth 28 November - Cwtsh, Newport
New Events!
Author Gosia Buzzanca will be at events throughout November, discussing her debut memoir 'There She Goes, My Beautiful World' π
Join author Gosia Buzzanca at @bookspacecardiff.bsky.social this Saturday!
Gosia will be speaking about her debut memoir 'There She Goes, My Beautiful World' π
π‘ 6:30pm
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Saturday 1st November
π Bookspace, Cardiff
Buy your ticket here: www.bookspacecardiff.co.uk/products/the...
Gosia Buzzanca will be in Bookspace #Cardiff this weekend with her gorgeous #memoir 'There She Goes, My Beautiful World' π I'll be catching her on Sunday in #Aberaeron & I'm so looking forward to it! π
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Text reads Out Now! Book cover which is a pale blue and features a polaroid photo of a you Gosia playing with a guitar.
What does βhomeβ mean? Is it where you come from, or is it somewhere that you have to create for yourself, building brick by brick on the ruins and treasures of everything that has gone before? In this compelling memoir, Gosia Buzzanca tells the story of a young woman who leaves Poland at the age of nineteen in search of a bigger life, hoping to leave the traumas of her teenage years behind her. After studying in England, she finds a rich new tapestry of experience awaiting her in Wales, with intertwined threads of love and literature, hope and despair. Motherhood brings new joys, but the pain of the past must be faced before this new life by the seaside can truly feel like home. With the fearless honesty of a poet, Gosia offers her account of an extraordinary ordinary life where every flavour is tasted, every moment lived to its fullest. This story of a lifelong quest for home will call to anyone who has ever felt lost or incomplete, and who yearns to find a place where they belong.
Out now!
Gosia Buzzanca's memoir of her extraordinary ordinary life is available now!
Pick up your copy now from your favourite local bookshop or via the link below π
www.uwp.co.uk/book/there-s...
Vibrant - Gwyneth Lewis A Moving exploration of identity - Jessica Andrews Enchanting - Rachel Tresize Fearless - Ariel Gore Richly Poetic - Hanan Issa Beautiful - Lucia Osborne-Crowley Vulnerable, melancholic but unafraid - Anthony Shapland
What does βhomeβ mean? Is it where you come from, or is it somewhere that you have to create for yourself, building brick by brick on the ruins and treasures of everything that has gone before? In this compelling memoir, Gosia Buzzanca tells the story of a young woman who leaves Poland at the age of nineteen in search of a bigger life, hoping to leave the traumas of her teenage years behind her. After studying in England, she finds a rich new tapestry of experience awaiting her in Wales, with intertwined threads of love and literature, hope and despair. Motherhood brings new joys, but the pain of the past must be faced before this new life by the seaside can truly feel like home. With the fearless honesty of a poet, Gosia offers her account of an extraordinary ordinary life where every flavour is tasted, every moment lived to its fullest. This story of a lifelong quest for home will call to anyone who has ever felt lost or incomplete, and who yearns to find a place where they belong.
One week to go!
Pre-order your copy of 'There She Goes, My Beautiful World', Gosia Buzzanca's debut memoir. This story of a lifelong quest for home will call to anyone who has ever felt lost or incomplete, and who yearns to find a place where they belong.
π www.uwp.co.uk/book/there-s...
Come browse Calon books at Frankfurt!
You can find a range of our latest #books and pick up a catalogue to discover our upcoming spring titles too π
Itβs Frankfurt Book Fair set up day! Look at all the lovely books from @uniwalespress.bsky.social and @calonbooks.bsky.social π π€©
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Cover of Hafren which features a colourful illustration of the Severn Bridge at sunset.
Wonderful to hear author Sarah SiΓ’n Chave speak about her new book on Radio Bath's Earth Matters!
Listen from 7:11 www.mixcloud.com/radiobath/ea...
The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts is a well researched exploration of paranormal folklore throughout Welsh history with a heavy focus on stories not as commonly known in English speaking communities.
Available in store and online via: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Starts 7:30pm on Friday, October 3rd 2025 at the Cwtsh. Admission Β£. Licensed bar available. Disabled access. Yn dechrau am 7:30pm nos wener, Hydref 3ydd 2025 yn y Cwtsh Mynediad Β£3 bar trwyddedig ar gael. Mynediad i'r anabl.
π New event! π
Join author Marc P. Jones who will be speaking about his book 'The Long Unwinding Road: A Journey Through the Heart of Wales' at The Cwtsh Arts Centre, Newport.
Coming Soon! 23 October
What does βhomeβ mean? Is it where you come from, or is it somewhere that you have to create for yourself, building brick by brick on the ruins and treasures of everything that has gone before? In this compelling memoir, Gosia Buzzanca tells the story of a young woman who leaves Poland at the age of nineteen in search of a bigger life, hoping to leave the traumas of her teenage years behind her. After studying in England, she finds a rich new tapestry of experience awaiting her in Wales, with intertwined threads of love and literature, hope and despair. Motherhood brings new joys, but the pain of the past must be faced before this new life by the seaside can truly feel like home. With the fearless honesty of a poet, Gosia offers her account of an extraordinary ordinary life where every flavour is tasted, every moment lived to its fullest. This story of a lifelong quest for home will call to anyone who has ever felt lost or incomplete, and who yearns to find a place where they belong.
Coming soon!
Gosia Buzzanca's debut memoir 'There She Goes, My Beautiful World' will be publishing on 23 October.
Pre-order now from your favourite local bookshop or through the link below π
www.uwp.co.uk/book/there-s...
Join @carwyngraves.bsky.social, author of 'Tir' and 'Welsh Food Stories' at this year's Abergavenny Food Festival, speaking about 'The Lost Language of Welsh Food' ππ½οΈ
π§12:30 - 1:15
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21 September
π Local & Vocal Stage - Castle Grounds
For more:
Ymunwch Γ’ @carwyngraves.bsky.social, awdur 'Tir' a 'Welsh Food Stories' yng NgΕ΅yl Fwyd y Fenni eleni! Bydd Carwyn yn siarad am 'Iaith Goll Bwyd Cymreig'
π§12:30 - 1:15
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21 Medi
π Local & Vocal Stage - Castle Grounds
Mwy o wybodaeth:
Heno! Tonight!
Pob lwc to Calon author Gwyneth Lewis who has been nominated for the Sky Arts Literature Award!
Make sure to tune in to Sky Arts (channel 36 on Freeview) from 9pm for the results!
Read more here: skyartsawards.sky
Discover more of how the River Severn has been the source of so much great art in βHafren: The Wisdom of the River Severnβ by Sarah SiΓ’n Chave.
www.uwp.co.uk/book/hafren-...
Ceiriog, a Welsh poet and musicologist, spent his final years on Hafrenβs banks at Caersws, Powys. I feel a connection reaching back to him to him as I listen to the piano notes and rushing water blend.
The natural world is so often the inspiration for art, music, and poetry. βThe Rising of the Larkβ was collected in the 1870s by Welsh poet and musicologist John Ceiriog Hughes.
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What a beautiful waterfall near Hafrenβs source! In Celtic traditions, sources of water provide wisdom and streams and rivers are a way that such wisdom is spread and communicated. Waterfalls are places where wisdom is intensified. But we have to pause, listen to what rivers are communicating, and, as the poet Mary Oliver argues, βunstuff our ears of selfhoodβ.Β
In βHafren: The Wisdom of the River Severnβ, author Sarah SiΓ’n Chave visits a waterfall along the route of the #river to experience its intensity.
www.uwp.co.uk/book/hafren-...
Waterfalls are ethereal places and have long been significant in #folklore. They are often the places where people pause for rest on long walks and are spaces of quiet contemplation.
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Cover of Nightshade Mother which features a nightshade plant tightly wrapping around the title.
In this extraordinary memoir, Gwyneth Lewis recounts her toxic upbringing at the hands of her controlling, coercive mother. 'Nightshade Mother' is a book about the power of art, language and, ultimately, about homecoming after a lifetime of exile from herself.
www.uwp.co.uk/book/nightsh...
'Remarkable' Adam Phillips 'Dangerous' M. Wynn Thomas 'Moving' Rowan Williams 'Astonishing' Pascale Petit 'Extraordinary' Tom Bullough 'Compelling, radical and moving' alice hiller
ππ SHORTLISTED! ππ
We are absolutely delighted that Gwyneth Lewis's bold and honest memoir 'Nightshade Mother' has been shortlisted for the Sky Arts Literature award!
Make sure to tune in to the ceremony on 16 September!
www.skygroup.sky/en-gb/articl...
Wynn Thomasβs grief anthology
Day 26 - @sealeychallenge.bsky.social The Art or Losing Ed M. Wynn Thomas, @calonbooks.bsky.social
#poetry #writing #books #readers
In Welsh folklore these pools formed when the giant who slumbers under Pumlumon awoke and, on looking around, shed tears as there were no pools or rivers crossing his land. He nurtured the peatland, the pools and the nymphs, his daughters, who lived in the pools, until the nymphs grew up, became rivers, including Hafren and set off on their journeys to the sea We, too, need to appreciate and value peatlands. Estimates indicate peatlands cover 3% of the worlds surface but hold 30% per cent of the stored store. Twelve percent of the worldβs peatlands are in the UK.
Did you know that the source of Hafren, the River Severn, is rainwater? This gathers into pools on the high Pumlumon peatland plateau in the Cambrian Mountains, mid Walesβ¦
Discover more in βHafren: The Wisdom of the River Severnβ by Sarah SiΓ’n Chave, available in your favourite local bookshop π
Stack of Shaping the Wild paperbacks
Welsh Women on This Day
Loud Medicine
In need of some last minute plans for the long weekend? Your local bookshop has everything you need π
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Out now!
Discover the secret history of the River Severn in βHafren: The Wisdom of the River Severnβ by Sarah SiΓ’n Chave.
Pick up your copy from your favourite local bookshop or through the link below!
π www.uwp.co.uk/book/hafren-...
Reserve your spot here: chepstowbooks.co.uk/collections/...
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27 August - Griffin Books 2 September - Chepstow Books 7 September - Shrewsbury Lit Fest 27 September - Hawkesbury Upton Lit FestΒ 16 November - Clifton Lit Fest
π Hafren Book Tour! π
Join Sarah SiΓ’n Chave at bookshops and festivals along and around Hafren this summer and autumn!
First stop at Griffin Books is now sold out so make sure to snap up your free spot for Chepstow!
π 7pm
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2 September
ποΈ FREE
π Chepstow Library
