3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (109+ words) Hazell Ward’s debut The Game Is Murder is an experimental, metafictional crime novel, inspired by one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in British history: the 1974 disappearance of Lord Lucan. If you thought every plot consideration had been covered within the…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (153+ words) A just-published chronicle of the Scottish indie scene of the 90s – a collection of tiny acorns which grew larger in the form of bands like Belle & Sebastian, Mogwai and Franz Ferdinand – tickles the fancy of Ben Woolhead. Rachel Helena Walsh is…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (239+ words) Cardiff-based poet and performer Rachel Helena Walsh is once again bringing Buzz some typewritten excellence! (Read her review of 2025’s Sŵn Festival here and an interview with Spit Hood here.) Below is the results of her meetup with Ellis Acton-Dyer…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (71+ words) Jamie Fisher’s Nobody Broke Your Heart is the latest biography to document Elliott Smith’s 34 years on Earth, and is forensic in telling his story. This 1990s nostalgia-fest is perfect for Xennials – that most blessed mini-generation who were taught analogue but later…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (566+ words) Ella Dorman speaks to expert grower Kevin Fortey about the record-breaking vegetables he grows in Cwmbran, and explores how cultivating produce from scratch has breathed life into both gardens and communities across the country. Situated in Cwmbran, Kevin Fortey’s allotment…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (282+ words) Blunt and rich in description, Rachel Cusk unravels a gentle critique of fame, celebrity and the constructedness of reality in her latest novel, Life Of M. Cusk is distinct for her meticulousness in scene-setting – writing around the edges of a room…...