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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Bilingual poetry book about A470 sets Welsh hearts racing

Car with caravan driving along A470 with green hills and trees in background.
The A470 winds from the north coast of Wales down to Cardiff. Photograph: Phil Wills/Alamy

It is variously described as a snake, a zip, a ribbon, a scar, a Welsh version of Route 66. Memories, myths and moments of love and grief are woven into a collection of poems celebrating an unusual subject – the A470 road that links north and south Wales.

Though the subject matter may seem unpromising, the collection A470: Poems for the Road / Cerddi’r Ffordd, has proved popular with critics and readers and has already been reprinted twice since it was launched on St David’s Day in March.

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