The Writers of Wales Database

HOSIE, BRONWEN

Bronwen was born in Rhymney but has been a resident of Dunoon, Argyllshire for twenty years. A former primary school teacher, she studied for an MA in Russian and Celtic Civilisation. She has written a number of books for teenagers, including Sons of the Prophecy (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2002) / Y Mab Darogan (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2002) which follows the fictional exploits of Owain Glyndŵr.
 
Her first title, Turn of the Wheel (Alun Books, 1995), was written whilst she was at University and revolves around her father’s experiences in South Wales between 1914 and the early 1930s. This title was shortlisted for the Tir na nÓg prize in 1996. She has recently published Growing up in a Welsh Valley- Sunshine on the Mayfield (The History Press, 2008), which builds on these tales for an adult audience in a more biographical format. Bronwen is currently working on more books for teenagers.

Reviews:
With respect to Robert Burns: Bard of Scotland (Argyll Publishing, 2010)

"…extremely well-written...researched and entertaining...this book fills a genuine gap..."
Gerard Carruthers, Director of the Centre for Burns Studies
 

Selected Publications:
Turn of the Wheel (Alun Books, 1995)
Sons of the Prophecy (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2002)
Y Mab Darogan (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2002)
Growing up in a Welsh Valley- Sunshine on the Mayfield (The History Press, 2008)
Robert Burns: Bard of Scotland (Argyll Publishing, 2010)




Growing up in a Welsh Valley- Sunshine on the Mayfield (The History Press, 2008)

The book tells the story of Dai Morrisey, the author’s father, from the end of the First World War, when he was four years old, through his childhood years to a young adult leaving the mines and starting his own business mending radios. The book gets darker at the end, when Dai hears of a series of awful mining accidents that convince him to leave the industry. The book ends with one of its most successful images: Dai plays music to the whole street to advertise his business and walks out to see his parents dancing in the middle of the road a beautiful picture to end the story.

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