It’s 1 March today — a cause for celebration in Wales as we mark St David’s Day, our patron saint’s day. Google has joined in the festivities with a dragon themed Google Doodle on their home page. If you live outside the UK you might not see this, so here’s it is.
There’s an even bigger significance to the date!
Today marks the official start of Reading Wales Month hosted by myself and Kath Eastman from Nut Press. This will the ninth year in which we turn the spotlight on authors from Wales and celebrate literature from this Celtic nation.
We hope you’ll join in one of our buddy reads of Glass Houses by Francesca Reece and Sugar and Slate by Charlotte Williams. Or maybe you already have something in your TBR that you’ve always meant to get around to reading. Any book — novella, short story, memoir, poetry, travelogue — will count as long as it’s written by an author from Wales.
To get started, you could tell us what you’re thinking of reading during March. Or take a look back at books you’ve enjoyed in the past by Welsh authors. Do you have a favourite author?
You could end the month with a “New to My TBR” post based on what books you’ve been tempted to try in the future.
You’ll find a link party below where you can share your posts and reviews. Don’t forget to join in the conversation on social media using the hashtag #ReadingWales26.
So grab the image and let’s get reading!
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