That Spectator piece by Lionel Shriver is one of the most intellectually dishonest pieces I've ever had the misfortune of reading. The sleight-of-hand from talking about nationality to race, proposing that the nation is a container for racial homogeneity, is the logic of Nazism.

llongyfarchiadau mawr Catrin Kean for the fabulous Salt which wins Wales Book of the Year 2021, a most beautiful read. Great to be on the judging panel. @kean_catrin @LitWales @MrEPrimary @Tanni_GT

Wales Book Of The Year 2021: Thank you so so much to the judges and to everyone who voted. This feels like a dream.

Isn’t this amazing, @hayfestival ?! Congratulations @kean_catrin !

It's a triple crown! I'm so happy for @kean_catrin and damn proud of to the development work done by #writersatwork for Welsh writers @Arts_Wales_ @hayfestival

Congratulations to our Writers at Work alumnus @kean_catrin on winning Wales Book of the Year 2021 with Salt, and to category winners @FionaRSampson, Victoria Owens, and @PatienceAgbabi. https://t.co/pOzzX24Y48

'Salt' is set in Cardiff, 1878 and deals with the hardships of working class life and racism. It is also based on the lives of Kean's great-grandparents. It is their love story. Gomer@YLolfa @Books_Wales @LlenCymru @kean_catrin #WBOTY21 #shortlist #HistoricalFiction

Wales Book Of The Year Shortlist. All in stock! List here - https://t.co/tJj3h9Vbcm #WBOTY21 @LitWales @Books_Wales @PascalePoet @BloodaxeBooks @FionaRSampson @CorsairBooks @MarvinPoet @PeepalTreePress @JudithBarrow77 @Honno @Kean_Catrin @GwasgGomerPress @CarolLovekin @Honno

@goodreads Salt by Catrin Kean. Remarkable, immersive, beautifully written.

Congratulations to all three shortlistees: @judithbarrow77 @kean_catrin and @carollovekin. And huge thanks to the judging panel for their acknowledgement of the brilliance of Welsh women's fiction - often not given the due it deserves...

Super proud of you, @kean_catrin. I was lucky enough to edit Salt and it is one of the only #books that has ever made me cry. It's a glorious #novel! Good luck, Catrin #WBOTY21

Readers will also have an opportunity to vote for their favourite title as the shortlisted books compete to win the People’s Choice Awards hosted independently by our partners @WalesArtsReview and @Golwg360. #WBOTY21

The Rhys Davies Trust Fiction Award shortlist includes: The Memory, @JudithBarrow77 (@Honno) Salt, @Kean_Catrin (@GwasgGomerPress) Wild Spinning Girls, @CarolLovekin (@Honno)

As announced on @BBCRadioWales this evening, Literature Wales is delighted to share the Shortlist for the English-language Wales Book of the Year Awards 2021. Congratulations to all the writers and their publishers! #WBOTY21 https://t.co/ciivdLIQuM

Huge congratulations to @honno with TWO titles on the #WBOTY fiction shortlist! Fantastic! Massive congratulations @judithbarrow77 & @carollovekin, & @kean_catrin too!

I’m so, so thrilled to be on the shortlist for #WBOTY21 Blown away actually! Congratulations to all the shortlisted writers

Cardiff Civic Society launches planning guide to help communities

@kean_catrin @CarwynJThomas You probably know of this one ? Also @ClimateActionNE and anyone else ....

So excited to visit new book, music, craft store +event space @ar_ttic Cardiff Waterstones didn't have @kean_catrin's book #Salt but ARTtic did! And my girl excited to get @CLemoned book, designed, written +published by @garth_olwg pupil initiative @TomasPhillips #loveponty

Hi @cardiffcouncil any idea what's going on here? #sanatoriumpark - Digger's crushing the reptile piles/ mitigation area that we've spent months fighting you over. You may not care about protected species, many of us do. @CardiffCivicSoc @NatResWales #wildlifecrime