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Now Touring: A History of Welsh Art in 12 or 13 Pictures
After a successful debut at the Hay Winter Weekend 2017, Wales Book of the Year 2017 (Non-Fiction) winner Peter Lord is touring his new show 'A History of Welsh Art in 12 or 13 Pictures' across Wales in 2018. See him at the following venues and festivals: 8 April: Melville Centre, Abergavenny 11.30am, £8 6 June: Llansteffan Festival 27 June: Treorchy Arts Festival 13-15 July: Gwyl Arall 27 August: Presteigne Festival With many more to be announced. If you are interested in booking Peter for this talk which can be performed in Welsh, English or bilingually please contact susie@parthianbooks.com Buy The...
Better Houses: The Tour Continues
Seven dates down and the Better Houses tour for Susie Wild's debut poetry collection has already taken in Cardiff, London, Bridgend and Swansea with signings at book fairs, readings and even a literary house party. You can keep up with the tour with photos, musings and more over on her Wildlife blog.
This week the tour continues to a rather special house in Swansea, Dylan's Birthplace, for the Swansea launch of the book on Dylan Thomas's birthday.
Then onwards, onwards to cocktail bar and creative industries private members club The Square Club in Bristol to cast poetry spells at Berkeley Square Poetry Review on 31 October...
Cardiff Review Interview Lloyd Markham
I think around the time I first started reading, really. Though the seeds were perhaps planted even earlier. When my dad would read me bedtime stories as a child he would often change things to amuse himself—inserting rude jokes and non-sequiturs into otherwise innocent books and fables. Eventually, I wanted to join in on the fun. I would wrestle the books away from him and declare, "No! It didn’t go like that, Dad. It went like this!"
Funny as it is to think about it now, those early experiences with my father probably put the idea into my head that I could make up stories too.
What I’m saying is I blame my father for everything.
Read the interview in full on the Cardiff Review website
Buy Bad Ideas\Chemicals by Lloyd Markham from our online shop for £7.99
Join us for the Cosmic Re-launch of Bad Ideas\Chemicals at The Full Moon, Cardiff on 30 November 2017
Books Without Borders Bookclub read The Women Who Blow on Knots
The following guest post is provided by Claire Houguez, former Parthian staff, who attended the Books Without Borders Bookclub event in London. I take the lift up to the fifteenth floor of Saint Georges Hotel. It’s apt that we’re meeting here because, as is gleefully noted by organiser Philip, a hotel of the same name is referenced in The Women Who Blow on Knots, the book we’re here to discuss. Philip is already seated at the reserved table when I arrive and he greets me with fresh coffee. We marvel at the scenic cityscape through the large windows. Philip started...
Parthian at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
By Parthian intern Julia Bradley This past weekend, I was lucky enough to be invited along on a Parthian trip up to Scotland, alongside Maria and Shona. The purpose of the trip was to attend the Edinburgh International Book Festival (12-28th August) and to support author Ece Temelkuran in promoting her book Women Who Blow on Knots. What followed was a whirlwind few days of meeting authors, exploring the city, and experiencing some of the varied performance offerings from the fringe festival. We began our trek up to Edinburgh on Thursday, and took a seven-and-a-half hour train journey north from Swansea, reaching...
