Liz Riley Jones, het pseudoniem van beeldhouwer Sam Holland, haalt diepe inspiratie uit haar herontdekte Keltische wortels. Door zich onder te dompelen in de Welshe taal, Keltische mythologie, geschiedenis en identiteit, creëert Holland verhalen die persoonlijke ervaringen vermengen met fantasie. Haar werk is een eerbetoon aan oude Keltische verhalen, die de geest van de Mabinogion en de Ierse Ulster Cycle weerspiegelen. Door haar schrijven verkent ze het diepe gevoel van 'hiraeth', een uniek verlangen naar een verloren thuisland.
The first biography of the bestselling author and journalist Marguerite Jervis takes a closer look at the woman who in her heyday sold hundreds of thousands of novels and wrote the script for Hitchcock's directorial debut.
The Hiraeth trilogy darkens. After their victorious battle in Wicklow, Mona disappears without a trace. Despite months of searching, Cai is forced to face life without her and seeks happiness in a life far removed from his Welsh language and community.
When I am 8 1/2 Stone; I will be able to shop in Topshop. I will be able to go swimming and not displace all the water and create a tsunami. I will fit in changing rooms without banging my elbows or exposing the moon of my arse through the curtain when I bend over. I will be able to fit behind the narrow benches at Ronnie Scott's to listen to jazz instead of being offered a chair at the end of the row I'll be able to see my toes, which I haven't seen since 1996 without the aid of a selfie stick. I will be promoted and not have my desk moved to inside the stationery cupboard for being off-brand. "I started writing this book five years ago. I was going through a really hard time - I lost my home and everything I owned - and the only way I got through it was by writing, and making myself laugh. I have always self-medicated with funny books, and wanted to write something that made women who might be miserable or cheated on or broke or feeling woefully unsuccessful feel a little better. The book is rooted in my reality: I always felt my life would start and I'd be happy once I reached my target weight. Then I got thin, and life was still rubbish and I still hated my body. I realised true happiness only comes with self-acceptance. So here it is. And I hope it at least makes you smile. And reach for that doughnut."