In this extraordinary account, Carys Evans-Corrales takes the reader on a cultural rollercoaster ride. As a child growing up in the Singapore, Malaysia ...

In 2003 the Galician writer Manuel Rivas, well known for his novels The Carpenter’s Pencil and Books Burn Badly , published in his native Galician ...

Against a background of perceived attacks on established religion by the politicians of the day, and the introduction of the newfangled cinematograph ...

Lois Pereiro (1958-96) was born and spent his childhood in Monforte de Lemos, an important railway hub in the east of Galicia. At the age of 17, he went ...

Álvaro Cunqueiro (1911-1981) is one of Galicia’s best loved writers. Born in the cathedral city of Mondoñedo to the north of Lugo ...

There are three main branches in Karen Harrison’s poetry – mythological interpretation, journeying and intimate experiences. These sometimes ...

Rosalía de Castro (1837-1885) is considered the founder of modern Galician literature. She wrote three major books of poetry: two in Galician, ...

A young woman, who has left Galicia to go and study marine biology in Mexico (Baja California), is recalled to Galicia when it is found out that her mother ...

Long Night of Stone is the most famous book of Galician poetry published during Franco’s dictatorship. The poem with this title is the result ...

Despite their different backgrounds, Teo and Gordo have been friends since they were at school. Teo’s father is head of neurosurgery at the local ...