Rhydian Thomas

The fifth best book of 2017: Milk Island by Rhydian Thomas

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All week this Christmas week we count down the best six books of 2017. Number five: the wild and exciting Milk Island, by Rhydian Thomas, described by reviewer Joseph Barbon as ‘teetering thrillingly on the brink of bad taste’. As well as being the most conspicuous absence from the recently-announced Ockham Prize longlist, Rhydian Thomas’s … Read more

The Fight Club: My New Zealand immigration experience in ten punches

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An essay by Welsh writer Rhydian Thomas on getting the bash, again and again, since moving to New Zealand. The moral of the story: fuck Hamilton. The truck pulls over at the end of the Tauranga harbour bridge and the driver’s out before any of us can say a word, engine still running. He makes … Read more