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Talking Translation: Interview with Caroline Waight on Death Drives an Audi by Ann Bjerregaard
Talking Translation: Interview with Caroline Waight on Death Drives an Audi by Ann Bjerregaard Caroline Waight is an award-winning freelance translator from Danish and German into English. Among her recent translations we find the darkly humorous novel Death Drives an Audi by Danish author Kristian Bang Foss. The translation is published by Parthian Books as part of their Carnivale translations series. We asked her about the process of translating the novel and got her to tell more of the explorative and creative work that is translation. Ann Bjerregaard is an editor and writer based in Denmark. Ann: How did you become...
Parthian and New Welsh Review announce new publishing partnership
Parthian and the New Welsh Review have announced a new partnership which will secure the intellectual legacy of the groundbreaking literary magazine in print and online. The partnership will also provide a publishing home for Rarebyte imprint book authors (established by NWR editor Gwen Davies in 2015). “The New Welsh Review has been front and centre in the development of Welsh writing in English for over a generation. We simply would not have had a renaissance of Welsh literature without it...We are delighted to be working with NWR editor Gwen Davies on securing the legacy of the Review but we...
Announcing Parthian's 2024/2025 Poetry List
We are delighted to announce our poetry list for 2024/2025, which includes exciting new collections from writers already an integral part of our Parthian family – Rae Howells, Natalie Ann Holborow, Christina Thatcher and Roberto Pastore – alongside two wonderful debuts from Tracey Rhys and Benjamin Rhys Palmer.
Whatever Happened to Rick Astley? secures Outstanding Fiction Book nomination!
Bryony Rheam's short story collection Whatever Happened to Rick Astley? has been nominated for the Outstanding Fiction Book award for Zimbabwe's National Arts Merit Awards (NAMAs).
Submission Window Closed
Our open submission window has now CLOSED. Many thanks to everyone who sent us their manuscripts. Please bear with us while we read through them all. We hope to have responded to everyone within a couple of months. If you haven't heard from us within three months please feel free to query your submission with our Publishing Manager, Carly: carlyparthian@gmail.com