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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).
Day 5 - Read the first 30 pages of The Incandescent Threads
The Half-life of Snails: a busy month!
It's been just over a month since Philippa Holloway's lyrical, prescient debut novel The Half-life of Snails was published, and it's been a busy few weeks! The first launch, held at Staffordshire university, was followed by an online launch hosted by Edgehill Instistute of Social Responsibility, and then an event at Liverpool's fantastic WoWFest. All in the month of May! The glowing reviews have been rolling in as well. Lunate described it as "that wonderful thing, a novel that can be read in several different ways. On the surface it is a gripping thriller, ripe for...
Hello Friend We Missed You makes the shortlist for The Guardian's Not the Booker prize
Team Parthian are thrilled to see Richard Owain Roberts on the prestigious 'Not the Booker 2020' shortlist today, with his debut novel Hello Friend We Missed You! Thanks to all the voters who helped get him there, it's wonderful to see a book from an independent publishing house make a shortlist like this. You can read more about the prize and what happens next here. And of course you can order Richard's novel from our website, and see what all the well-deserved fuss is about!
'Hello Friend We Missed You' on the Guardian's Not the Booker Prize longlist
