
Issue 004 Review Essay: A Whistle in the Reeds, a Bird’s Song in Your Ear
From Issue 004 | Rosy Adams delves into the many afterlives of myth through the story of Blodeuwedd, as imagined through the pens of three different writers.
Rosy Adams is a poet and fiction writer from Powys. She was part of Literature Wales’ second cohort of Representing Wales writer development programme in 2022/23, which led her to set up a Community Interest Company to organise and fund on-going support for under-represented writers in Wales. She edited and contributed to (Un)common: Anthology of new Welsh Writing (Lucent Dreaming, 2024). Her writing has been published in The Lampeter Review, Lucent Dreaming Magazine, These Pages Sing, Gwyllion and Poetry Wales among others. She is in the final stages of a collection of contemporary short stories influenced by myth and fairytale, and she has a novel in development.

From Issue 004 | Rosy Adams delves into the many afterlives of myth through the story of Blodeuwedd, as imagined through the pens of three different writers.

Rosy Adams considers the approach of ‘thrutopian’ fiction, with Alison Layland’s thought-provoking new cli-fi novel ‘After the Clearances’.

Short story-writer Rosy Adams tells us all about her interests, inspirations, and creative life.