This is my editorial essay for this Sunday's Lawnewsindex is - 'The Rebel and the Word - Kazi Nazrul Islam and the Poetry of Revolution'. Nazrul is one of the twin canons of early 20th century Bengali poetry lawnewsindex.blogspot.com/2026/09/27th...
Taz Rahman
@tazrahman.bsky.social
Jerwood Poetry Prize 2024 shortlisted, Laurel Prize 2024 longlisted poetry collection 'East of the Sun, West of the Moon' published by Seren Books: https://www.serenbooks.com/book/east-of-the-sun-west-of-the-moon/
This essay has been brewing for years! 'Yeats, Joyce and the Problem of Irish Independence' is this week's 'Sunday Editorial' for Lawnewsindex: lawnewsindex.blogspot.com/2026/09/20th...
This Sunday's editorial in Lawnewsindex is a little polemical - 'In Defence of Iolo Morganwg, Forging Wales’ Past to Preserve Its Cultural Future' lawnewsindex.blogspot.com/2026/09/13th...
I am delighted to publish Mike Jenkins' essay 'From Devolution to Revolution: A lifelong Journey Towards an Independent, Socialist Cymru', as this week's Sunday Editorial in Lawnewsindex. Mike is a former editor of 'Poetry Wales' & won Wales Book of the Year lawnewsindex.blogspot.com/2026/09/6th-...
My editorial today: 'Why Virgil, Horace, and Ovid Still Matter: Latin Poetry for Twenty-First-Century Readers in Translation: Why should twenty-first-century readers continue to read poets who wrote in Latin more than two thousand years ago?' lawnewsindex.blogspot.com/2026/08/30th...
I'm featuring a @garethwd.bsky.social article as this Sunday's LawNewsIndex guest editorial: 'Before our private green paradises become casualties of a climate we can no longer pretend is someone else’s problem, it is time to look beyond the hedge': lawnewsindex.blogspot.com/2026/08/23rd...
This Sunday's Lawnewsindex editorial: 'Juxtaposing the Grace and Notions of Moral Injustice in Marilynne Robinson’s masterpiece Gilead' lawnewsindex.blogspot.com/2026/08/16th...
Fancy a poetry reading in London on the 1st September? Then have we got the thing for you.
I am delighted to publish the first of the guest Sunday Editorials for LawNewsIndex, a lyric essay on the critically endangered European eel by Suzanne Marie, who was shortlisted for the 2022 Ginkgo prize lawnewsindex.blogspot.com/2026/08/9th-...
@tazrahman.bsky.social Hey Taz, your books are part of a Cardiff University library collection that is in danger of being removed to build 4 classrooms, could I please ask for a RT of the petition to help us raise awareness. Thanks for any help you can give.
Save ASSL@saveassl.bsky.social · 4mo agoA whole floor of Cardiff University's main library is under threat of being repurposed to teaching facilities with the removal of 7km of shelving holding valuable books (including an amazing Welsh collection.) Please help us spread the word. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
I had such fun being interviewed about my poetry process and how my debut collection 'East of the Sun, West of the Moon' came about with the wonderful Gregory Kearns on his podcast 'The Poems We Made on the Way' podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
Episode 42: Taz Rahman -
Podcast Episode · The Poems We Made Along The Way · 9 March · 1h 13m
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I spoke to the wonderful L Kiew in the latest poet interview for the 'Just Another Poet' YouTube poetry channel. This chat was a collaboration with @modronmagazine.bsky.social. L Kiew's debut collection 'More Than Weeds' is published by @ninearchespress.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrBF...
Poet Interview: L Kiew
YouTube video by Just Another Poet
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Delighted to be reading in Swansea on Wednesday, 4th March as part of the Uplands Poetry Night curated by CJ Wagstaff and Guinevere Clark. The poetry evening will also feature an open mic line up and networking opportunity with Owen Sheers
The first poet interview of the year at the Just Another Poet Youtube poetry channel features Tracey Rhys, whose debut collection 'Bathing on the Roof' was published by Parthian Books in 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2SD...
Poet Interview: Tracey Rhys
YouTube video by Just Another Poet
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The latest episode of 'Writing Wales' is on navigating memory, how two debut Welsh writers Lottie Williams (On The Edge of Everything) & Sophie Calon (Long Going) negotiated trauma and love to discover the need for community: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-taW...
Writing Wales: Navigating Memory with Lottie Williams and Sophie Calon
YouTube video by Just Another Poet
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Season's greetings and a merry Christmas to all. Be at peace!
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Taz Rahman@tazrahman.bsky.social · last yr.It was amazing to have read from my @serenbooks.bsky.social poetry collection 'East of the Sun, West of the Moon' at The Small City Bookshop in Bristol last night with Rhian Elizabeth and Joshua Jones as a celebration of Welsh poetry talent:
Thanks to @tazrahman.bsky.social for choosing Gwyneth Lewis’s sixth English language poetry collection, First Rain in Paradise, for part three of @thelonelycrowd.bsky.social's books of the year 2025 feature.
The Lonely Crowd@thelonelycrowd.bsky.social · 10mo agoThe third and final part of our Books of the Year special is now online, featuring choices from John Lavin @maryodonnell.bsky.social @tazrahman.bsky.social @eleanorhooker.bsky.social @devaneemily.bsky.social @glynedwards.bsky.social Jackie Gorman & Penny Simpson. thelonelycrowd.org/2025/12/14/b...
Thanks @tazrahman.bsky.social for picking out ‘Significant Wow’ by @emilycotterill.bsky.social, ‘I Sing to the Greenhearts’ by Maggie Harris and ‘Hôtel Amour’ by @notjustdancing.bsky.social in your 2025 Books of the Year! All available from our website & in bookshops www.serenbooks.com/books/poetry/
Taz Rahman@tazrahman.bsky.social · 10mo agoThanks John Lavin from 'The Lonely Crowd' magazine for asking me to contribute towards the 2025 books of the year blog. I selected 13 Welsh books: thelonelycrowd.org/2025/12/14/b...
In the latest 'Just Another Poet' poetry channel interview I speak to poet & writer Jasmine Donahaye: latest book 'Birdsplaining', shortlisted for 2024 Wales Book of the Year www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUoC...
Poet Interview: Jasmine Donahaye
YouTube video by Just Another Poet
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Thanks John Lavin from 'The Lonely Crowd' magazine for asking me to contribute towards the 2025 books of the year blog. I selected 13 Welsh books: thelonelycrowd.org/2025/12/14/b...
Books of the Year 2025 / Part Three
Contributors to The Lonely Crowd choose the books they have most enjoyed this year. John Lavin Twenty years in the making, Sarah Hall’s seventh novel, Helm, is an imaginative tour de force. …
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The latest Just Another Poet channel interview features @troycabida.bsky.social, whose debut poetry collection 'Neon Manila', published by @ninearchespress.bsky.social is a Poetry Book Society Winter 2025 recommendation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wpz...
Poet Interview: Troy Cabida
YouTube video by Just Another Poet
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I am truly honoured to have shared a stage with Philip Gross, Luca Paci, Chris Glynn, Rebecca Warner and Marc Elton at Cornerstone, Cardiff last Wednesday as part of 'A Clearing, an evening of poetry and music'. Thanks to those who attended and supported the event 😊
Wednesday, 12th November at Cornerstone Cardiff: T S Eliot prize-winner Philip Gross and I am reading poetry with musical accompaniment from Uli Doenitz, Chris Glynn & Rebecca Warner, plus commentary on Dante by Luca Paci. Tickets in the link below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-clearing...
A Clearing - an evening of poetry and music
Poetry by Philip Gross, Luca Paci, Taz Rahman. Music by Uli Doenitz, Chris Glynn, Rebecca Warner
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For the disco enthusiasts in #Cardiff this Saturday afternoon, my friends Richard Higlett and Chris Glynn, artists & musicians, have this fabulous FREE musical event at St John's church in town: discomass.com?fbclid=IwY2x...
discomass
May the Sun always shine on your mirror ball
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Delighted to be reading at the Senedd on 2nd October 2025 alongside Peter Finch, Clare Potter, Fiona Sampson & more as part of the Saudha International Literature Festival. Free tickets from www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/saudha-int...
Saudha International Literature Festival | Senedd The Welsh Parliament
The festival preaches the art and beauty of imagination, languages from different cultural heritages through talks, reading, performances.
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It was amazing to have read from my @serenbooks.bsky.social poetry collection 'East of the Sun, West of the Moon' at The Small City Bookshop in Bristol last night with Rhian Elizabeth and Joshua Jones as a celebration of Welsh poetry talent:
Shared for #BookshopWednesday 📚 Small City Bookshop in Bristol
Taz Rahman@tazrahman.bsky.social · last yr.Bristol friends and poetry lovers, I am reading at the Small City Bookshop tomorrow (11th September) with Rhian Elizabeth and Joshua Jones. Please join us! Ticket details here: www.thesmallcitybookshop.co.uk/event-detail...
Bristol friends and poetry lovers, I am reading at the Small City Bookshop tomorrow (11th September) with Rhian Elizabeth and Joshua Jones. Please join us! Ticket details here: www.thesmallcitybookshop.co.uk/event-detail...
Poetry Evening: Showcasing Welsh Talent | Small City Bookshop
Join us for an evening featuring poets from the prestigious Hay Festival Writers at Work programme: Taz Rahman, Rhian Elizabeth and Joshua Jones.
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