The start of Reading Wales’25 is almost upon us so I thought it would be a good time to check in with you all and discover what plans you have for the month.
What is Reading Wales ’25?
Quite simply it’s a month long celebration of Welsh writers and their work, starting on Saturday, March 1. Reading Wales gives book lovers around the world the chance to come together to celebrate fiction and non fiction from this Celtic nation.
How it works
If you fancy joining in — which of course I hope you do! — all you have to do is:
- Read any book by a Welsh author
- Share your thoughts about the book on your blog platform
- Post about your reading on your social media channel
- Use the hashtag #ReadingWales25 in your posts. It would also be really helpful if you also tagged BookerTalk
Just read as much or as little as you want. You could choose fiction or essays; memoirs or travel fiction; poetry or plays. The choice is really up to you. If you don’t think you have time to read anything special for the month, then maybe just tell us about books you’ve enjoyed in the past by Welsh authors. Really, anything goes as long as it has a connection to writing from Wales.
So grab the badge at the top of the page and start planning.
My Reading Plans
It’s tempting to start making a list of what I could read during March but I know from past experience that reading lists and I just don’t get along. So I’m going to just pick titles at random based on my mood at the time.
I have a very large number of Welsh authors already on my shelves — this photo is just a small selection and includes a number of “classics” as well as some contemporary authors.
I know I’ll definitely be reading The Silence Project because that’s been chosen as the March title by my book club. I’m also sure to read Clear by Carys Davies who is a particular favourite of mine. I’ve read all her previous books and enjoyed every one of them.
As much as I’d like to get around to Cwmcardy by Lewis Jones which has been on my shelves for about 8 years, I somehow suspect it will be returned to those shelves unopened. I’m not the fastest of readers and the sheer length of this is daunting…..
What you see here is just the tip of the iceberg and doesn’t include at least another dozen books which I have on my Kindle app. Because they’re not physically present I tend to forget all about them.
I bet that, even with this rich choice, I will still be heading to the library to seek out a few more options.
Need Inspiration?
If you haven’t yet made any reading plans and need some inspiration, check out the list on Reading Wales: Where to Begin or take a look at Reading Wales Library which is an index of titles read by people who’ve joined #ReadingWalesMonth in previous years. Look out for more recommendations in a post I’ll publish tomorrow.
Don’t forget to let me know what you read so I can add to the ReadingWales’25 page.
Remember to use the hashtag #ReadingWales25
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