translated by Mary Burdett-Jones A sad world – there is one who presides – treacherous, wretched, how short man’s life is; what is it worth to him whose judgment is to try and live long if he is caught? Although…
Dafydd John Pritchard Pietà In the halls of artand the beautiful recessesof the world’s churches, pietà is the wordwhich sets this – a mother embracing her sonin her old arms – in the context of everything. In wood, marble and…
February 2026 Mary Burdett-Jones’s first novel, Llanllenorion, was published in January 2026 by Melin Bapur Melin Bapur to order a copy This is the first novel by the poet Mary Burdett-Jones, who published a volume of her poems, Lluniadau, in…
The independent Welsh press Melin Bapur has published Scribblertown by Mary Burdett-Jones, her English translation of her own Welsh-language novel Llanllenorion. This is a novel about a publisher from London who moves to Wales to test the depths of his…
Er cof am Lyn Williams, Swyn-y-nant After walking roads, he found shelterin a grotto with a large window,a whole valley for a gardenfilled with green by summerand soothing quiet for his soul. © copyright translation Mary Burdett-Jones 2026