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Anglesey, Award, Awards, Chornobyl, Philippa Holloway, RSL Ondaatje Prize 2023, The Half-life of Snails, Ukraine -

The Half-life of Snails - April 12, 2023 Whilst the weather today might be wet and windy, safely indoors we are celebrating the breaking news that The Half-life of Snails by Philippa Holloway is on the longlist for the 2023 Royal Society of Literature (RSL) Ondaatje Prize. The annual RSL Ondaatje Prize is awarded to a distinguished work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry, which evokes the spirit of a place. To get on such a prestigious longlist is an outstanding achievement. We caught up with Philippa to find out how it feels to discover that The Half-life of Snails has been longlisted....

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Author deal, Authors, Award, Awards -

It is day 4 of the Christmas countdown and for all the short story lovers out there you can grab 25% off Cree: The Rhys Davies Short Story Award. Today only! Dip in and out of these stories celebrating the very best of contemporary Welsh writing in the short story form. 

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Alena Mornštajnová, Awards, EBRD Literature Prize 2021, Hana, Longlisted, Women in Translation, Writers in Translation -

Team Parthian are delighted to announce that Hana, Alena Mornštajnová’s gripping novel, superbly translated from Czech by Julia and Peter Sherwood, has been longlisted for the EBRD Literature Prize 2021! Announcing the longlist of ten, Toby Lichtig, Chair of the Judges, said: "Given the diversity of territories covered by the EBRD, it is perhaps unsurprising how varied and culturally rich this longlist is, both thematically and stylistically ... Each book is unique, each translation brilliantly realised.” Described as "a shattering book" by Niall Griffiths in Planet magazine, and previous winner of the Czech National Book Award, Hana is based on real...

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Awards, British Book Awards, Nibbies, Small Presses -

We're thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for the British Book Awards Small Press of the Year - alongside a 44 strong shortlist of the best of UK indie presses. We couldn't be prouder to be flying the flag for indie publishing in Wales, alongside the wonderful Firefly Press and New Welsh Review.

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Awards, Ironopolis, Longlisted, Portico Prize -

Glen James Brown’s epic Northern novel is on a roll this year, with another prestigious longlisting – this time The Portico Prize. Having recently made it onto the shortlist of the inaugural Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, we’re thrilled to see Ironopolis gaining even more much-deserved praise.

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