Algaravias: Echo ChamberThe fifth and most critically acclaimed volume of poetry by Syrian Brazilian poet Waly Salomo (1943 2003), Algaravias: Echo Chamber takes its title from an entangled history, referenced in an etymological epigraph: From al garb, the West; that language of the Arabs considered corrupted, little understood by the Spanish. Also a name of a plant, given that name for the messiness of its branches. Its ruminations on passage, self placement, virtual

Not only does he interpret and bring to life the Inquisition files but he reveals with compassion the final years and months

translated and introduced by Denys Johnson-Davies)

or a month

Coyle-Greene records outward journeys and experiences

the poems are accompanied by wonderfully eye-catching illustrations by Rose Sanderson

the outstanding and distinguished playwright who dominated Egyptian theatre in the second half of the 20th century

Musa Hawamdeh

mocking and yet tender

Real Cardiff – The Flourishing City is a characteristically eclectic mix

He had a big sound

an ostensible care for writing as fitting together a world in words as if out of nowhere

“I believe there’s good and exciting work here