Blogs in January 1970

Copper Kingdom 1st January 1970

COPPER KINGDOM is set at the turn of the century in the South Wales town of Sweyn’s Eye – the old name for Swansea, where Iris Gower has lived all her life. The story centres around two families and...

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Heartbreak Hotel 1st January 1970

When retired actor Buffy decides to up sticks from London and move to rural Wales, he has no idea what he is letting himself in for. In possession of a run-down B&B that leans more towards the shabby than...

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A Killer’s Christmas in Wales 1st January 1970

In the quaint Conwy area of North Welsh a village is in full swing in the run up to Christmas. But homes are being robbed and there is a swindler targetting elderly women out of their lifesavings. Penny Brannigan,...

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The Red House 1st January 1970

After his mother’s death, Richard, a newly remarried hospital consultant, decides to build bridges with his estranged sister, inviting Angela and her family for a week in a rented house on the Welsh border. Four adults and four children,...

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Sheepshagger 1st January 1970

Written in rough, tough and fiercely native prose, Sheepshagger is a coming-of-age ensemble novel about a bunch of promiscuous, disenchanted, druggy Welsh youngsters, growing up in a world from which they feel disconnected, surrounded by a beautiful countryside they...

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