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Anna Kashfi, Blog Tour, Brando's Bride, Marlon Brando, Parthian Books, Sarah Broughton - October 16, 2019

Sarah Broughton's blog tour is blazing a trail!

Sarah Broughton's blog tour for Brando's Bride is going down a storm so far - the response from reviewers and bloggers is overwhelmingly positive. It kicked off on October 11th (Brando and Kashfi's wedding day) with a review from Books on the 7:47 that got straight to the heart of Sarah's intentions with this book: 'Sarah achieved what she set out to do, I won’t forget about Anna now, or ever simply think of her as Marlon’s first wife.'

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Events, News, Poetry, poets, Reviews, Translation - October 14, 2019

'Home on the Move speaks for us all.' – The Yorkshire Times

Steve Whitaker has written a lovely long and considered Yorkshire Times review for Home on the Move, our new poetry in translation anthology recently launched at Ledbury Poetry Festival: "What is fascinating about the premise of this short, interwoven, collection of poems and images is that it does not demand an actual journey; this homage to place is linear only in the sense of a formal progression from one poetic impression to the next. Home on the Move commences with poems about two notional odysseys across Europe – one in the East, one West – conceived, respectively, by Rafal Gawin and...

Photo Blog: Hey Bert and Sliced Tongue and Pearl Cufflinks Launch

A great turnout at Cardiff MADE yesterday for the launch of two debut poetry titles by Roberto Pastore and Kittie Belltree. Here are some snaps: Books and Wine – A winning combo! A captivated audience! A young cover artist with her two first covers for us as Lianette Art and Design, with jacket design by Emily Courdelle. Bert with his serious poet glasses on!

Photo Blog: Home on the Move

Here are some snaps from our launch of our new poetry in translation title Home on the Move at Ledbury Poetry Salon on Friday night with readings from Jim Dening, Margaret Adkins, Jacqui Rowe and myself playing Deryn Rees-Jones for one night only. All followed by an excellent open mic. Thanks for having us! Susie x

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Eric Ngalle, News - October 05, 2019

Eric Ngalle Named one of Jackie Kay's 10 most exciting BAME writers

Eric Ngalle Charles has been selected by Jackie Kay as one of the ten most exciting BAME writers living or working in the UK today - as part of the International Literature Showcase (ILS). We are thrilled that Eric has received this wonderful recognition for his work.

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