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Ctrl-Alt-Delete
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When beautiful Jenny Morris uses Facebook to get her ex-boyfriend Hal Griffiths to stalk her she has no idea what a... More > dangerous game she is playing – for someone else is watching from the murky shadows of cyberspace. And when an horrific murder in a sleepy Welsh village stirs a seasoned reporter, a conceited detective and an overweight IT expert into action, they too always seem to
be one step behind the mysterious killer – Hagar. Against the backdrop of a tangled web of deviant sexual practices Hal must rescue his lover before the killer strikes again. In the wilds of the Brecon Beacons National Park an electrifying climax is played out when Hal is forced to confront his deadly rival. A full-throttle thriller effortlessly blending violence, eroticism and suspense, Ctrl-Alt-Delete is both a modern love story and a prophetic tale of intrigue in our ever-distracting machine driven world. A truly gripping debut novel by Dave Lewis. < Less
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Welsh Poetry Competition Anthology 2007-2011
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Urban Birdsong
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Dave Lewis offers multiple perspectives in this musical travelogue through a modern Wales and beyond. Honest, raw and... More > mysterious. Just when you think you’ve worked it out, a twist, a turn, a sensuous push. This collection is finely honed. From the intimacy of family and friends to lovers and laughable locals, he is obviously well-travelled and a quality of authenticity shines through. The writer’s eye for detail is finely observed and he is not afraid to experiment. The prose pieces are well crafted and show great range and the final poem in the collection is about as perfect as a poem can be – a masterpiece! A writer who teases and taunts us to dismiss him. I have no doubt that his work will go down in history as both avant-garde and revolutionary. No pretentious bullshit here, this is cutting edge stuff. The short story 'Onions' was runner up in the Rhys Davies Competition. < Less
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Sawing Fallen Logs For Ladybird Houses
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From the first eponymously titled poem, we realise that Dave Lewis's work possesses an... More > energy and freshness that lifts his imagery and empathy way above the work of many less ambitious poets. The element of surprise in each poem, however short, is even more startling coming as it does from such uncluttered writing. Last lines are an example, while phrases such as ‘trees as tall as ships’, ‘a severe lack of hares’, ‘the brittle grass of misunderstanding...’ will surely enhance the readers' own perceptions of the world around them. This collection's structure too, works well under its five separate headings, and the diverse forms used in several poems adds visual variety. A wonderful read. Buy it!
- Sally Spedding

Dave Lewis is a vital voice of the Valleys, in touch with both the streets and the natural world. His free-flowing verse makes him a Welsh son of the Beats.
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Layer Cake
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Dave Lewis' poetry is honest and direct. Each word is effective and easily understood. Unlike so many others today, he... More > writes from the heart and soul, from raw emotion; he has drawn on his wide ranging knowledge and experience to evolve a style, an elevated poetic diction, which eschews artifice and ornate language. To do otherwise, to court obscurity, to write for just a small coterie, would be for him to miss the mark.

A true son of his native South Wales Valleys, his work moves from the local, to the national, to the international; he aspires to a universal discourse, beyond the here and now, and beyond class, or localness, or country.

This excellent collection of Dave Lewis' work is highly recommended - John Evans. < Less
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Layer Cake
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Dave Lewis' poetry is honest and direct. Each word is effective and easily understood. Unlike so many others today, he... More > writes from the heart and soul, from raw emotion; he has drawn on his wide ranging knowledge and experience to evolve a style, an elevated poetic diction, which eschews artifice and ornate language. To do otherwise, to court obscurity, to write for just a small coterie, would be for him to miss the mark. A true son of his native South Wales Valleys, his work moves from the local, to the national, to the international; he aspires to a universal discourse, beyond the here and now, and beyond class, or localness, or country. This excellent collection of Dave Lewis' work is highly recommended - John Evans. < Less
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Welsh Poetry Competition Anthology 2007-2011
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An anthology of the first five years of the Welsh Poetry Competition. An international Anglo-Welsh contest seeking to... More > discover new voices from around the world. < Less
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Sawing Fallen Logs For Ladybird Houses
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Praise for Sawing Fallen Logs:

From the first eponymously titled poem, we realise that Dave Lewis's work possesses an... More > energy and freshness that lifts his imagery and empathy way above the work of many less ambitious poets. The element of surprise in each poem, however short, is even more startling coming as it does from such uncluttered writing. Last lines are an example, while phrases such as ‘trees as tall as ships’, ‘a severe lack of hares’, ‘the brittle grass of misunderstanding...’ will surely enhance the readers' own perceptions of the world around them. This collection's structure too, works well under its five separate headings, and the diverse forms used in several poems adds visual variety. A wonderful read. Buy it!
- Sally Spedding

Dave Lewis is a vital voice of the Valleys, in touch with both the streets and the natural world. His free-flowing verse makes him a Welsh son of the Beats.
- Mike Jenkins < Less
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Urban Birdsong
 More Detail 		Urban Birdsong By Dave Lewis
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Dave Lewis offers multiple perspectives in this musical travelogue through a modern Wales and beyond. Honest, raw and... More > mysterious. Just when you think you’ve worked it out, a twist, a turn, a sensuous push. This collection is finely honed. From the intimacy of family and friends to lovers and laughable locals, he is obviously well-travelled and a quality of authenticity shines through. The writer’s eye for detail is finely observed and he is not afraid to experiment. The prose pieces are well crafted and show great range and the final poem in the collection is about as perfect as a poem can be – a masterpiece! A writer who teases and taunts us to dismiss him. I have no doubt that his work will go down in history as both avant-garde and revolutionary. No pretentious bullshit here, this is cutting edge stuff. The short story 'Onions' was runner up in the Rhys Davies Competition. < Less
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Layer Cake
 More Detail 		Layer Cake By Dave Lewis
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Dave Lewis' poetry is honest and direct. Each word is effective and easily understood. Unlike so many others today, he... More > writes from the heart and soul, from raw emotion; he has drawn on his wide ranging knowledge and experience to evolve a style, an elevated poetic diction, which eschews artifice and ornate language. To do otherwise, to court obscurity, to write for just a small coterie, would be for him to miss the mark.

A true son of his native South Wales Valleys, his work moves from the local, to the national, to the international; he aspires to a universal discourse, beyond the here and now, and beyond class, or localness, or country.

This excellent collection of Dave Lewis' work is highly recommended - John Evans. < Less
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About Dave Lewis

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Dave Lewis is a writer and poet based in Pontypridd, south Wales.

He writes content for and still maintains many web sites, was web producer for the BBC Wales Scrum V fanzine, has run four hugely successful rugby sites with Rivals.net and used to write a newspaper column for the Pontypridd Observer. He has written poetry since his teens and been published in a number of literary magazines and web sites.

In 2007 Dave set up and organised the first ever Welsh Poetry Competition, an international poetry competition aimed at encouraging the wealth of creative writing talent that we know exists in Wales but currently languishes in the doldrums.

He has published four books to date and he is currently searching for a publisher for his first novel, which is a crime novel set in various locations around south Wales.

Dave is also in the process of making his books available online with Amazon Kindle and other platforms.

http://www.david-lewis.co.uk

 

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