Barbara Hughes-Moore
Barbara Hughes-Moore Twitter Lnr-graduation-hat Link Barbara Hughes-Moore is a writer and law lecturer from Cardiff. Her research, teaching, and creative writing is concerned with the Gothic, haunted by ghosts and the specters of lives, and loves, unled. Her short stories have been published by Horror Scribes, Roath Writers and The Folks. Your browser does not support the audio element. Your browser does not support the audio element. Read More… These Pages Sing: Autumn 2024 Published in 2024 Autumn 2024 Issue of These Pages Sing Literary Magazine: a curated collection of poetry and short fiction from writers with a Welsh connection. Autumn 2024 Wordsmiths: Sue Moules, Gareth Writer-Davies, Carolyn Thomas, George Sandifer-Smith, Sheila Jacob, Catrin Mari, Sue Regan, Angela Graham, Elizabeth Lockwood, Angela Arnold, Charly White, M.R.Smith, Barbara Hughes-Moore, Guinevere Clark, Catrin Lawrence, Rebecca Elizabeth Roberts, Rosy Adams, Jonah Jones. Cover Illustrated by Kornelia Urbaniak. Read TPS
Charly White
Charly White Link Instagram Book-open Charly White is a poet, author and musician from Wales. Her writing focuses on mindfulness, nature, and well-being. She released her first poetry book: A Collection of Wildflowers (Arkbound UK) in March 2024. Her poems are featured in the anthology Mental Health and Poetry for Mental Health (Robin Barratt), the online literary journal Poemstellium, and the literary magazine Coffee People Zine. You can follow her journey @the.poetrygarden on instagram. Your browser does not support the audio element. Read More… ‘A Collection of Wildflowers’ by Charly White A Collection of Wildflowers is an eccentric amalgamation of poems, thoughts, questions and simple words written during the authors expeditions around the world. From Welsh mountains, Parisian cafés, temples in Thailand and train journeys in Canada, these words offer the reader a sanctuary to escape the constantly shifting world and to connect with nature, their own mind and the people around them. This collection of poetry invites the reader to join the author in her journey to acknowledge every experience, however mundane, every emotion, however raw, and the undeniable beauty that exists both within us and within nature. MENTAL HEALTH It is undeniable that putting thoughts, feelings and emotions into words, on paper, either with poetry or in a short story format, can be both therapeutic and an incredibly effective method of self-help and healing. In this brave and uncompromising collection, 99 writers and poets around the world explore the themes of mental health, either from their own personal perspectives and experiences, or from the experiences of friends, family and people close by. Covering a broad range of mental health issues, an anthology on this subject is undoubtedly thought-provoking and emotional, but also positive and uplifting too as, for many, putting their feelings into words has set many on the road to creativity, healing and ultimately recovery. Forget Me Not: Poems on Loss Poems written in the aftermath of losing loved ones, from ‘The First Day’ to reflections surfacing years later. We all experience loss in some form during our lifetimes, and those we hold close always leave the biggest mark, whenever their time comes to leave. These words act as the marks left by my grandparents in my own life. I hope they offer some comfort in a chance to come together and connect via the grief and devastation that we all must bear. Thank you for being here. These Pages Sing: Autumn 2024 Published in 2024 Autumn 2024 Issue of These Pages Sing Literary Magazine: a curated collection of poetry and short fiction from writers with a Welsh connection. Autumn 2024 Wordsmiths: Sue Moules, Gareth Writer-Davies, Carolyn Thomas, George Sandifer-Smith, Sheila Jacob, Catrin Mari, Sue Regan, Angela Graham, Elizabeth Lockwood, Angela Arnold, Charly White, M.R.Smith, Barbara Hughes-Moore, Guinevere Clark, Catrin Lawrence, Rebecca Elizabeth Roberts, Rosy Adams, Jonah Jones. Cover Illustrated by Kornelia Urbaniak. Read A Collection of Wildflowers Read MENTAL HEALTH Read Forget Me Not: Poems on Loss Read TPS
M. R. Smith
M. R. Smith M.R.Smith is a poet and fiction writer from South Wales. Her work has been published in Zines’ such as Myth & Lore Zine and themed Zines from Coin Operated Press. M.R.Smith loves writing about her relationship with nature and adores all things folklore. She hopes to publish her first chapbook of poetry this year. Your browser does not support the audio element. Read More… These Pages Sing: Autumn 2024 Published in 2024 Autumn 2024 Issue of These Pages Sing Literary Magazine: a curated collection of poetry and short fiction from writers with a Welsh connection. Autumn 2024 Wordsmiths: Sue Moules, Gareth Writer-Davies, Carolyn Thomas, George Sandifer-Smith, Sheila Jacob, Catrin Mari, Sue Regan, Angela Graham, Elizabeth Lockwood, Angela Arnold, Charly White, M.R.Smith, Barbara Hughes-Moore, Guinevere Clark, Catrin Lawrence, Rebecca Elizabeth Roberts, Rosy Adams, Jonah Jones. Cover Illustrated by Kornelia Urbaniak. Read TPS
Angela Arnold
Angela Arnold Desktop Twitter Spider Angela Arnold’s poetry has been published widely in print magazines as well as online, in the UK and elsewhere. Her poems have also been included in anthologies produced by Templar, Frogmore Press, Eyewear, Arachne Press and others, including the The Best of new British and Irish Poets 2019-2021. First collection In|Between , about ‘inner landscapes’ and relationships (Stairwell Books, 2023). She is also an artist, a creative gardener and an environmental campaigner who lives in North Wales. She enjoys her synaesthesia and language/s and is currently learning Welsh. Your browser does not support the audio element. Read More from These Pages Sing… Autumn 2024 – all the colours of the sea Your browser does not support the audio element. Autumn 2024 – a skim of present Your browser does not support the audio element. Winter 2025 – Climbing the Past Your browser does not support the audio element. Winter 2025 – Dark Your browser does not support the audio element. Your browser does not support the audio element. Your browser does not support the audio element. Your browser does not support the audio element. Your browser does not support the audio element. Read More… Byways Byways, an anthology of stories and poems from across the UK and elsewhere, exploring the urban shortcuts, well-trodden meanders, ancient pathways, hillside and field paths. The public and the secret ways that take us away from the crowds and out of our vehicles. Mainly in English but including a handful of poems in Welsh (with translation), join us off the beaten track. Arachne Press has a track record (pun intended) of publishing what academics call psychogeography, but we call well-routed. We also have history with climate concern. We combine the two here, offering drama and solace from experiencing the world at the slow pace of a walk, whether the short cut to the chippy, or an all day hike in the hills. In|Between In her debut collection In|Between Angela Arnold examines our internal states, the landscapes of minds both ‘normal’ and unusual – while in the second part of the book she looks at how these disparate minds relate to each other, (mis)understand each other, are close or distant, loving or abusive, from the private sphere to the wider social context. The author has lived in seven different European countries, including all parts of the UK, and has made a living as a garden designer and artist, amongst many other things. She loves languages, speaks a few and is currently learning Welsh. She is a campaigner, a Quaker, a lover of nature and big skies and is now settled in North Wales. Read Byways Read In|Between These Pages Sing: Winter 2025 Winter 2025 Issue of These Pages Sing Literary Magazine: a curated collection of poetry and short fiction from writers with a Welsh connection. These Pages Sing: Autumn 2024 Published in 2024 Autumn 2024 Issue of These Pages Sing Literary Magazine: a curated collection of poetry and short fiction from writers with a Welsh connection. Autumn 2024 Wordsmiths: Sue Moules, Gareth Writer-Davies, Carolyn Thomas, George Sandifer-Smith, Sheila Jacob, Catrin Mari, Sue Regan, Angela Graham, Elizabeth Lockwood, Angela Arnold, Charly White, M.R.Smith, Barbara Hughes-Moore, Guinevere Clark, Catrin Lawrence, Rebecca Elizabeth Roberts, Rosy Adams, Jonah Jones. Cover Illustrated by Kornelia Urbaniak. Read TPS Winter Read TPS Autumn
Elizabeth Lockwood
Elizabeth Lockwood Instagram Link Wordpress Elizabeth Lockwood is a writer interested in the duality of life. Of how happiness and sadness coexist and how grief informs and changes our realities. She has written three collections of poetry, studied English Literature for seven years, is a mother of five, and lives by the sea in Carmarthenshire. Your browser does not support the audio element. Autumn 2024 – Anemoia Your browser does not support the audio element. Autumn 2024 – Rebuilding Your browser does not support the audio element. Your browser does not support the audio element. Your browser does not support the audio element. Read More… Waves of Stardust We walked down to the sea front To mark an anniversary We let the rain drops wash our faces Like God weeping over the memorial Writing the letters of your name In the slightly wet sand So that even when it seems the world cannot recollect We know the sea will never forget Like us, it holds on, inhales the letters And it breathes your memory Out, with the break of a wave Sending the sparks of your life Everywhere Waves of Stardust tells the story of Elizabeth Lockwood’s fourth child, who died shortly after birth, and the grief that followed. Poems of love, loss, life and hope, this collection offers a glimpse at raw, early grief. Rain and Leaves I can’t write anymore about rain Because nobody wants to see it Nobody wants to hear the pitter patter The drumming, the splash Nobody wants it to ruin their day Turning the white clouds grey Nobody wants to see the windows obscured by drips and drops Nobody wants to go outside and get soaked through And huff and puff at the inconvenience So I can’t write about rain anymore Because I’ll ruin everybody’s day Rain and Leaves is Elizabeth Lockwood’s second book of poetry and illustrations. Her first book of poetry, Waves of Stardust, and her memoir, Little Something, are also available. Ghosts of the Water Walking through the woods With a hand poised to grasp Pulling all the green off all the trees Storing in palms for later For when the fresh air has been left behind Where the walls are up, doors locked, windows shut Where the taps have been left on And the water is rising, not just like the tide Ankle deep, making its way to calf level We will sink like stones Joining the ghosts at the bottom While the water keeps flowing Only the green will float Ghosts of the Water is Elizabeth Lockwood’s third book of poetry and illustrations. Her first two books of poetry, Waves of Stardust and Rain and Leaves, and her memoir, Little Something, are also available. Read Waves of Stardust Read Rain and Leaves Read Ghosts of the Water These Pages Sing: 2025 Winter 2025 Issue of These Pages Sing Literary Magazine: a curated collection of poetry and short fiction from writers with a Welsh connection. These Pages Sing: Autumn 2024 Published in 2024 Autumn 2024 Issue of These Pages Sing Literary Magazine: a curated collection of poetry and short fiction from writers with a Welsh connection. Autumn 2024 Wordsmiths: Sue Moules, Gareth Writer-Davies, Carolyn Thomas, George Sandifer-Smith, Sheila Jacob, Catrin Mari, Sue Regan, Angela Graham, Elizabeth Lockwood, Angela Arnold, Charly White, M.R.Smith, Barbara Hughes-Moore, Guinevere Clark, Catrin Lawrence, Rebecca Elizabeth Roberts, Rosy Adams, Jonah Jones. Cover Illustrated by Kornelia Urbaniak. Read TPS Winter Read TPS Autumn
Angela Graham
Angela Graham Desktop Instagram Angela Graham is from Northern Ireland. She has had an award-winning career as a film maker in Wales, is a Fellow of the Institute of Welsh Affairs and a Welsh-speaker. Her collection of poetry, Sanctuary: There Must Be Somewhere 2022 and her collection of short stories, A City Burning 2020 (long-listed for the Edge Hill Prize) are published by Seren Books. She won the Poetry Prize in the inaugural Linen Hall Ulster-Scots Writing Competition, 2021. Her poetry collection Star: poems for the Christmas Season has just been published by Culture And Democracy Press. Your browser does not support the audio element. Read More… EXPOSURE: war, media, democracy These poems are prompted by photo-journalism, documentary film, radio, tv and social media reports of war – the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Israel/Gaza war as well as conflict at home. These Pages Sing: Autumn 2024 Published in 2024 Autumn 2024 Issue of These Pages Sing Literary Magazine: a curated collection of poetry and short fiction from writers with a Welsh connection. Autumn 2024 Wordsmiths: Sue Moules, Gareth Writer-Davies, Carolyn Thomas, George Sandifer-Smith, Sheila Jacob, Catrin Mari, Sue Regan, Angela Graham, Elizabeth Lockwood, Angela Arnold, Charly White, M.R.Smith, Barbara Hughes-Moore, Guinevere Clark, Catrin Lawrence, Rebecca Elizabeth Roberts, Rosy Adams, Jonah Jones. Cover Illustrated by Kornelia Urbaniak. Read EXPOSURE: war, media, democracy Read TPS A City Burning Many of the characters in ‘A City Burning’ face decisions about embracing a fuller life, though at a cost to themselves. Others are witness to events in which they must decide to be involved or pass by. These are stories, especially the ones set in The Troubles, where the reader is bound to a character’s dilemmas by tellingly empathetic writing. Sanctuary: There Must Be Somewhere Sanctuary is – urgent. The pandemic has made people crave it; political crises are denying it to millions; the earth is no longer our haven. This theme has enormous traction at a time of existential fear − especially among the young − that nowhere is safe. Even our minds and our bodies are not refuges we can rely on. Truth itself is on shaky ground. Sanctuary: There Must Be Somewhere addresses these critical situations from the inside. How we can save the earth, ourselves and others? How valid is the concept of a ‘holy’ place these days? Are any values still sacrosanct? We all deserve peace and security but can these be achieved without exploitation? Belfast-born Angela Graham divides her time between Wales and Northern Ireland. Alongside her own work, she has designed this collection to embody the hosting, welcoming aspect of Sanctuary by inviting five other poets from Wales and Northern Ireland to contribute a poem each. In Wales, Phil Cope from the Garw Valley is an expert on the holy wells and shrines of the British Isles and Mahyar is an Iranian writer who has made a new home in Wales. In Northern Ireland, poet and novelist, Viviana Fiorentino is an economic migrant from Italy, working with migrants and prisoners of conscience, while film maker and poet, Csilla Toldy fled communist Hungary for a ‘free’ life in the West. The fifth poet, Glen Wilson (winner of the Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing), acted as mentor for Angela’s work and contributes a poem on migration. STAR STAR lights up Christmas. We journey through the collection as ‘everyday Magi’, encountering revelations, surprises and new insights. At the book’s core are The Three Kings but also The Three Queens: women who are brought forward from behind the scenes, to be seen and heard. Mae Star yn cynnig goleuni’r Nadolig, trwy gasgliad o gerddi sy’n adlewyrchu profiadau dynol amrywiol, gan ganfod datguddiadau, rhyfeddodau a mewnwelediadau newydd. Yn ganolog i’r gyfrol mae’r Tri Brenin, ond yn ogystal y Tair Brenhines, sef gwragedd a dynnwyd i’r blaen o’r cysgodion, i’w gweld a’u clywed. Clywn hefyd ieithoedd amrywiol – Gwyddeleg, Cymraeg a Gaeleg, sy’n adlewyrchu ymrwymiad y bardd ag ieithoedd brodorol ynysoedd Prydain. Read A City Burning Read Sanctuary Read STAR
Sue Regan
Sue Regan Sue Regan was born in South Wales, her childhood punctuated by the Flat Holm foghorn. She is still drawn to the sounds of the sea, and writes about longing and connections. Recently, she has been encouraged to share her writing with others, and to read at local events. In 2024, she has had poetry published for the first time, at Diamond Twig and in Dreich. Your browser does not support the audio element. Read More… These Pages Sing: Autumn 2024 Published in 2024 Autumn 2024 Issue of These Pages Sing Literary Magazine: a curated collection of poetry and short fiction from writers with a Welsh connection. Autumn 2024 Wordsmiths: Sue Moules, Gareth Writer-Davies, Carolyn Thomas, George Sandifer-Smith, Sheila Jacob, Catrin Mari, Sue Regan, Angela Graham, Elizabeth Lockwood, Angela Arnold, Charly White, M.R.Smith, Barbara Hughes-Moore, Guinevere Clark, Catrin Lawrence, Rebecca Elizabeth Roberts, Rosy Adams, Jonah Jones. Cover Illustrated by Kornelia Urbaniak. Read TPS
Catrin Mari
Catrin Mari Instagram Coffee Catrin Mari is an autistic social scientist with a background in the heritage sector, based in Cardiff. She uses poetry to break barriers to engaging with academic research. Her poetry deals with themes of sense of place, uncovering stories of under-appreciated historic figures, and shifting identities including as a Welsh and neurodivergent person. Her work is due to be published in an anthology of Welsh radical poetry, an online zine about the valleys, a collection raising money for mental health charity, Mind; and Disabled Tales, a literary magazine exploring disabled fairytale figures. She regularly performs her poetry in Cardiff and online. Your browser does not support the audio element. Your browser does not support the audio element. Read More… Afonydd Lleisiau hanner cant o feirdd yn llifo gydag afonydd Cymru. Pob cerdd yn Gymraeg a Saesneg, wedi’i chyfieithu o’r naill iaith i’r llall. Fifty Welsh poets speak for and with the rivers of Wales. Every poem translated Welsh to English, English to Welsh. Disabled Tales This online journal aims to spotlight both well-known and lesser-known characters and explore what a disabled perspective can bring to our understanding of these stories, so why not dive right in and read some of the excellent contributions they’ve already published! These Pages Sing: Autumn 2024 Published in 2024 Autumn 2024 Issue of These Pages Sing Literary Magazine: a curated collection of poetry and short fiction from writers with a Welsh connection. Autumn 2024 Wordsmiths: Sue Moules, Gareth Writer-Davies, Carolyn Thomas, George Sandifer-Smith, Sheila Jacob, Catrin Mari, Sue Regan, Angela Graham, Elizabeth Lockwood, Angela Arnold, Charly White, M.R.Smith, Barbara Hughes-Moore, Guinevere Clark, Catrin Lawrence, Rebecca Elizabeth Roberts, Rosy Adams, Jonah Jones. Cover Illustrated by Kornelia Urbaniak. Read Afonydd Explore Disabled Tales Read TPS
Sheila Jacob
Sheila Jacob Sheila Jacob lives in N.E.Wales with her husband. She has lived in Wales for fifty years but was born and raised in Birmingham and finds her Brummie heritage a rich source of inspiration. Her poems have appeared in various magazines and e-zines including The High Window, Atrium, Black Nore Review, and her debut pamphlet with Yaffle Press, Spotlit Under Street Lamps, has recently been published. Your browser does not support the audio element. Your browser does not support the audio element. Read More… Spotlit Under Street Lamps ‘Your mum’s dabbing her eyes. Mum who never weeps turns a working holiday into the year’s highlight. You’re nineteen tomorrow and suddenly, bab, you’re afraid’ (Closing verse of ‘Somerset summers’ set in September 1939) These Pages Sing: Autumn 2024 Published in 2024 Autumn 2024 Issue of These Pages Sing Literary Magazine: a curated collection of poetry and short fiction from writers with a Welsh connection. Autumn 2024 Wordsmiths: Sue Moules, Gareth Writer-Davies, Carolyn Thomas, George Sandifer-Smith, Sheila Jacob, Catrin Mari, Sue Regan, Angela Graham, Elizabeth Lockwood, Angela Arnold, Charly White, M.R.Smith, Barbara Hughes-Moore, Guinevere Clark, Catrin Lawrence, Rebecca Elizabeth Roberts, Rosy Adams, Jonah Jones. Cover Illustrated by Kornelia Urbaniak. Read Spotlit Under Street Lamps Read TPS
George Sandifer-Smith
George Sandifer-Smith George Sandifer-Smith is a Welsh poet, originally from Pembrokeshire. He has published two books of poetry, Empty Trains (Broken Sleep Books, 2022) and Nights Travel at the Right Speed (Infinity Books UK, 2022). He is currently the Reviews Editor at Poetry Wales Magazine, a position he has held since 2022. He has previously edited the poetry anthology The Wait in aid of Cancer Research, and also was guest poetry editor for the inaugural issue of Abergavenny Small Press Journal. His poetry has appeared in Poetry Wales, Ink Sweat & Tears, The Stockholm Review, New Welsh Review, Atrium, and numerous anthologies including Poems from Pembrokeshire (Seren Books, 2019), Hit Points – an Anthology of Video Game Poetry (Broken Sleep Books, 2021), and Anne-thology: Poems Re-Presenting Anne Shakespeare (Broken Sleep Books, 2023). In 2019, he was awarded a PhD in Creative Writing by Aberystwyth University. As well as writing poetry, he has also published fiction with Gwyllion Magazine and Inventive Podcast (Overtone Productions, 2021). His first children’s book, Cholloo’s Birthday, a collaboration with artist Julia Ashby Smyth, was published by Lily in 2014. He lives with his wife, and their rescue cat Deli. Your browser does not support the audio element. Your browser does not support the audio element. Your browser does not support the audio element. Empty Trains Empty Trains looks at the notion of spaces altering to accommodate changes introduced during the pandemic. While avoiding the pitfalls of Covid poetry, Sandifer-Smith deftly traces the poetics of space into a contemporary setting. Empty Trains does more than offer a frame through which to view such spaces: it challenges us to look at the spaces in which we live, work, and think with fresh eyes. The Wait From the fall of Troy to the Martian sands, and from microwaves to mammograms, The Wait is a collection of one hundred poems covering a swelling gyre of human, and sometimes less human, experiences, from previously unpublished poets to established veterans of the literary world. The profits from the sales of this independently published volume will go entirely to Cancer Research. These Pages Sing: Autumn 2024 Published in 2024 Autumn 2024 Issue of These Pages Sing Literary Magazine: a curated collection of poetry and short fiction from writers with a Welsh connection. Autumn 2024 Wordsmiths: Sue Moules, Gareth Writer-Davies, Carolyn Thomas, George Sandifer-Smith, Sheila Jacob, Catrin Mari, Sue Regan, Angela Graham, Elizabeth Lockwood, Angela Arnold, Charly White, M.R.Smith, Barbara Hughes-Moore, Guinevere Clark, Catrin Lawrence, Rebecca Elizabeth Roberts, Rosy Adams, Jonah Jones. Cover Illustrated by Kornelia Urbaniak. Read Empty Trains Read The Wait Read TPS Nights Travel at the Right Speed Landscape and nature take centre stage in this practised collection. Here we have a bird’s – or perhaps moth’s – eye view of the natural world and the ways in which we interact (and often fail to interact) with it. The Moth Box also interrogates our various environments: ecological, linguistic, national – even astrological and philosophical. Camouflage, too, plays a role; certainly with creatures such as the eponymous moth, but also the disguises in which we cloak ourselves. This is a collection teeming with life, but for all the cats, moths, birds, trees, The Moth Box never forgets what it is to be human. Gwyllion, Issue #4 Gwyllion can be many things. The ghosts and spirits that haunt the halls at twilight, the dusk wanderers up to no good. The scoundrels and the miscreants. The wise old fae who take no nonsense from humans. Hags and witches, wisps and sprites, the gwyllion are every malevolent trickster that wanders the night in search of mischief. Eight Arch Blues Composed in a series of correspondences between George Sandifer-Smith and John C Lloyd during late 2020, this chapbook is an oil of memory and dream afloat an ocean of pandemic. From poems on abstraction and morality to solid pieces rooted in the poets’ childhood home of Pembrokeshire, this short collection seeks evocation in the physical, and to tell stories where people and imagination meet. Read Nights Travel at the Right Speed Read Gwyllion, Issue #4 Read Eight Arch Blues