Song of the Water

Two stories set in the time of the early saints by Diana Powell. In 'Gift', we are submerged into the birth of St David in a visceral and watery account seen through his mother's eyes. It is said that Non, a powerful saint in her own right, gave birth to David on a clifftop in a terrible storm. In 'A Pilgrim's Wife', we meet St Gwenonwy ach Meurig, a welsh noblewoman who married St Gwyndaf.

lora McLachlan lives on the shifting misty ground of a bog in West Wales. She is an artist working in traditional etching, stone lithography, paint, performance, and film. She has a degree in English from Oxford University and an MA in Fine Art from Aberystwyth School of Art. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and of the Royal Cambrian Academy. She teaches printmaking workshops at Walden Arts, Aberteifi and at Aberystwyth Printmakers. Flora’ s work investigates the idea of inspiration; a breath from elsewhere which directs the artist in their work. Diana Powell's stories have featured in a number of competitions, including the 2020 Society of Authors ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award (runner-up), the 2020 TSS Cambridge Prize (3rd place) and the 2019 Chipping Norton Literature Festival Prize (winner). Her work has appeared in a number of anthologies and journals, including Best (British) Short Stories 2020 (Salt). Her novella, Esther Bligh , was published in June 2018 (Holland House Books). Her collection of stories, Trouble Crossing the Bridge was published in 2020 by Chaffinch Press.