''Wales Arts Review'' is a critical writing hub for

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

. Originally published fortnightly, the site has published daily since 2016. It offers a critique, by Welsh and Wales-based writers, of various social and cultural aspects of Wales.

History

The ''Wales Arts Review'' was founded in 2012 by Editors Gary Raymond, Phil Morris, Dean Lewis and Dylan Moore as a successor to the literary magazine ''The Raconteur''. Founded on the principal of providing a community of writers and artists a high quality critical coverage of the arts in

, its core function is to build a platform for a new generation of Welsh critics to engage with the wider world through writing about and vigorously debating books, theatre, film, music, the visual arts and the media. In partnership with Wales Arts International, the

Welsh Books Council The Books Council of Wales (previously known as the Welsh Books Council) or Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru was established in 1961. Today it is funded by the Welsh Government. The council's aims are to promote the interests of Welsh language books and Engl ...

and the

Arts Council of Wales The Arts Council of Wales (ACW; cy, Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru) is a Welsh Government-sponsored body, responsible for funding and developing the arts in Wales. Established within the Arts Council of Great Britain in 1946, as the Welsh Arts ...

, ''Wales Arts Review'' has quickly established itself in a central role in the new Welsh culture of arts criticism.

Features

''Wales Arts Review'' has, along with comprehensive arts reviews and interviews published many feature articles and essay debates. These have included exclusive access to the

National Theatre Wales National Theatre Wales (NTW) is a theatre company known for its large-scale site-specific productions and its grassroots work with diverse Welsh communities. It is the English-language national theatre of Wales, and refers to Theatr Genedlaeth ...

’ first production in Japan, Alan Harris' ''The Opportunity of Efficiency'', and Dirty Protest Theatre's production at The Royal Court Theatre, the first appearance by a Welsh theatre company in over a decade. Further ongoing feature articles include a series of essays entitled the 'eternal conversation' in which critics discuss the nature and need of criticism in Welsh arts culture. Plus ''Wales Arts Review'' continues to publish a series of internationally based Welsh authors, who investigate the impact of Welsh culture outside Wales. This

reportage Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (profes ...

series also has included first hand accounts of the

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. Furthermore, ''Wales Arts Review'' has established various creative writing collaborations including with the Rhys Davies Trust to promote short story telling in Wales.

Contributors

Notable contributors have included: *

Horatio Clare Horatio Clare (born 1973) is an English author known for travel, memoir, nature and children's books. He worked at the BBC as a producer on '' Front Row'' (BBC Radio 4), ''Night Waves'' and ''The Verb'' (BBC Radio 3). Clare has written memoirs s ...

Gillian Clarke Gillian Clarke (born 8 June 1937) is a Welsh poet and playwright, who also edits, broadcasts, lectures and translates from Welsh into English. She co-founded Tŷ Newydd, a writers' centre in North Wales. Life Gillian Clarke was born on 8 J ...

* Jonathan Edwards *

Catherine Fisher Catherine Fisher (born 1957) is a Welsh poet and children's novelist who writes in English. She has also worked as a school and university teacher. She lives in the city of Newport, Wales. Work experience Catherine Fisher has worked as a prima ...

Richard Gwyn Richard Gwyn (ca. 1537 – 15 October 1584), also known by his anglicised name, Richard White, was a Welsh teacher at illegal and underground schools and a Bard who wrote both Christian and satirical poetry in the Welsh language. A Ro ...

*Tristan Hughes *

Shani Rhys James Shani Rhys James MBE (born 1953)BBC Wales ArtShani Rhys James last updated 28 September 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2011. is a Welsh painter based in Llangadfan, Powys. She has been described as "arguably one of the most exciting and successful p ...

Gwyneth Lewis Gwyneth Denver Davies (born 1959), known professionally as Gwyneth Lewis, is a Welsh poet, who was the inaugural National Poet of Wales in 2005. She wrote the text that appears over the Wales Millennium Centre. Biography Gwyneth Lewis was b ...

Hayley Long Hayley Long (born 1971) is an English author best known for her teen fiction. She is a recipient of the Tir na n-Og Award. Background Hayley grew up in Felixstowe and studied English at Aberystwyth University before travelling abroad and the ...

Adrian Masters Adrian Masters is a Welsh journalist, presenter, author and political moderator. He is currently the Political Editor at ITV Cymru Wales. He previously worked for the BBC, contributing to BBC Radio 4's Yesterday In Parliament, most BBC Wales t ...

Patrick McGuinness Patrick McGuinness (born 1968) is a British academic, critic, novelist, and poet. He is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Oxford, where he is Fellow and Tutor at St Anne's College. Life McGuinness was born i ...

* Nuala Ni Chonchuir *

Helen Calcutt Helen Calcutt (born 27 March 1988), is a British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the Br ...

* Owen Thomas *

Rachel Trezise Rachel Trezise (born 1978) is a Welsh author, born in Cwmparc, Wales. Her debut collection of short stories, ''Fresh Apples'', won the inaugural Dylan Thomas Prize in 2006. Early life Rachel Trezise was born in Cwmparc, Rhondda in 1978. Her fam ...

Sarah Waters Sarah Ann Waters (born 21 July 1966) is a Welsh novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society and featuring lesbian protagonists, such as ''Tipping the Velvet'' and '' Fingersmith''. Life and education Early life Sara ...

*Charlotte Williams

Staff

Editors * April 2013–present: Gary Raymond * January 2012 – April 2013: Gary Raymond & Dylan Moore Managing Editors * 2016–present: Ben Glover * November 2012 – 2016: Phil Morris Senior Editors * 2019–present: Caragh Medlicott * 2019–present: Dr Emma Schofield * 2016–present: Craig Austin * 2016–present: Cerith Mathias Assistant Editors * 2020–present: Bethan Hall * 2018-2019: Jafar Iqbal * 2017-2018: Durre Shahwar Design Editor * January 2012 – 2015: Dean Lewis Editor-at-Large * April 2013 – 2014: Dylan Moore Deputy Editors * April 2013 – 2016: Steph Power, John Lavin, Ben Glover

References

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External links

Official site
Literary magazines published in Wales