Books Anthologies
Merthyr Writing!
Never Mind The White Socks Here's Merthyr Tydfil
All Roads Lead to Merthyr
Available from Central Library, Cyfarthfa Castle, Tourist Information Centre and Welsh Books Council - www.gwales.com
"A perfect book to take on holiday, Merthyr Writing! is an eclectic anthology of short stories and poems, all linked to the town (and borough) of Merthyr Tydfil...these writers cover every possible topic – childhood, war (at home and abroad), football, errant fathers and wayward sons, industry (and the lack of it), old age and geography."
Catrin Rogers (A review from www.gwales.com, with the permission of the Welsh Books Council.)
Published by: Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Arts, 24th October 2008. ISBN 978-0-9555306-2-3
Book Retail Price £4.99
"Merthyr Writing!", is a book of 14 fictional short stories and 25 Poems by Merthyr Tydfil authors:
Mike Jenkins – Elvis In The Dic
*Des Barry – Backgammon
Michael Arnold Williams – The News
*Bernard Harrington – Dirty Postcard, Sir?
Roy Morgan – Storm - For c e - Wes t e r l y
*Anthony Bunko – Flowers by The Side Of The Road
Anthony Bunko – Flowers by The Side Of The Road
Jenny Henn – Fy Hoff Le
*Viv Protheroe – Laura
Mark Sims – My Fifteenth Year
David Jones – Door Boy (1840’s Merthyr)
*Rita Jones – The Wats Girls
Abby Soroko – Nothing
Michael Arnold Williams – Alchemy, 1941
*Phil Carradice – Big Dreams & Bigger Opportunities
Charles Harvey – To Pen-Y-Fan
Osian Rhys – Merthyr
*Martyn Williams – 1966: When Wales Won The World Cup (The Georgetown Subbuteo World Cup, That Is)
Bernard Harrington – Nant Gwrtheyrn
Roy Morgan – As The Leaves
*Eira Williams – The King’s Shillings & Dead Man’s Pennies
Michael Arnold Williams – Who Died Of The Smoke
*Tony Fyler – Journeys Round My Father
Ken James – Pulse In The Debris
David Jones – Black Hospital Pond
*Ken James – Nostalgia Blues
Mike Jenkins – Thomas’s
Ken James – Goat Mill Road
*Mervyn Saunders – Good And Bad Luck
Mike Jenkins – Flags of Neon
David Gwynfor Samuel – Gwlad Duw – Merthyr Tudful
*Jan Caswell – In Disgrace
Bernard Harrington – Soldier Of Fortune
Roy Morgan – Lost Speleo
*Nigel Roberts – Never Again
Iris Jones – Dead Leaves of Cyfarthfa Park
Wendy Grey-Lloyd – My Mother
*Alan Murphy – The Takeaway Town
Bernard Harrington – Joseph Parry in America
(* Stories)
Published by: Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Arts, 4th May 2007. ISBN 978-0-9555306-0-9
Book Retail Price £4.99
"Never Mind The White Socks Here's Merthyr Tydfil", is a book of 17 fictional short stories by Merthyr Tydfil authors:
Mervyn Saunders - The Great Pepper Scam of ’59
Mike Jenkins - The Boy Who Saw Penderyn
Anthony Bunko - It’s A Thug’s Life
Bernard Harrington - Danuta & Lorenz
Bethan Coombs - Nanny Humphreys
Phillipa Evans - The Boy In The River
Viv Protheroe - The Rising
Nigel Roberts - The Outsider
Marilyn Griffiths - Aventura Amrosa
Martyn Williams - What I Did On My Holiday
Eira Williams - All Hallow’s Eve
Alan Murphy - The Scarcity Of Sparrows
David West - From Merthyr To Hell & Back
Ken James - Forgotten Danger
Coral-Jean Smith - Awakening The Beast
Doug Branch - Dowlais Top
Jan Caswell - Down To The Market
Published by: Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Arts, Summer 2006. ISBN 978-0-9555306-1-6
Book Retail Price £4.99
"All Roads Lead To Merthyr", is a book of 17 fictional short stories by Merthyr Tydfil authors:
Anthony Bunko - The Inventor of South Street, 1830
Mario Basini - Punch Drunk
Martyn Williams - The Last Waltz
Phillipa J Evans - The Spirit
Viv Protheroe - A Terrible Beauty is Born
Alan Murphy - It Could be Paris
Boz (Philip Evans) - The Italian Lob
Ken James – Sharing
Celia G Thomas - When Heroes Walked
Nigel Roberts - Mrs Prosser Saves the World
Jan Caswell - Children For Sale
Leslie Norris - A Big Night
David Edwards - Have Your Cake and Eat It
Eira Williams - Winter Malady
Wendy Grey-Lloyd - Roses in December
Chris Sullivan - The Reception
Mike Jenkins - Girl on the Viaduct
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