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Tredegar-born author, Christopher Meredith, presented a copy of the new edition of his novel Shifts along with a framed print of the cover image to Ebbw Vale Works Museum on Wednesday 11th September. The cover image is taken from a painting in the possession of the Museum. First published in 1988, Shifts, which has been called 'one of the greatest novels ever written about Wales' and 'one of the great working-class works of fiction of the 20th Century', is now republished in Parthian's classic Library of Wales imprint. The novel is set against the background of the shut-down of a...

We caught up with Özgür Uyanık, whose debut short story collection Men Alone was published last month, to ask him some questions...     Hi Öz, and thanks for making the time to talk to us. What inspired you to write Men Alone? Following my father’s death in 2019, I began to think more deeply about his life. One aspect that fascinated me was the hard barrier between his external self and his secretive internal one and so I wanted to explore this way of being. Therefore, each story is about men—at different stages of life—trying to master their existence...

To celebrate #womenintranslation Parthian are offering free postage to Europe on all of our titles, including our wealth of translated titles. Just type code EUROPE at checkout, if you live on the mainland of Europe or the island of Ireland and want to take advantage of this offer. Since #brexit many readers in Europe who order books from us have had to pay a surcharge at their post office, even though we've covered all of the costs already. This has made ordering books from the UK, when you live in the EU, wildly expensive. There are plenty of fantastic translated...

We're thrilled to have signed Carys Shannon's debut novel, Truth Like Water, which is due for release in September 2025. In a small estuary village on the Welsh coast, Catrin is mourning the anniversary of her mother’s drowning when a teenage girl disappears on the mudflats. Terrified of history repeating itself and driven by unresolved grief, Catrin becomes obsessed with finding Emily. Her search dredges up secrets from the village’s past and present, uncovering far more than the missing girl. This is a story of lost women – some who can be found again, and some who can’t. Shortlisted for...