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Read ‘Banter’ from Özgür Uyanik’s debut short story collection MEN ALONE. Read the full story here for day 1 of Parthian's advent calendar. 

Parthian will be open to submissions for ten days from Sunday December 1st until midday on Tuesday December 10th, reading for our 2026/27 list.What we are looking for: novels, short story collections, creative non-fiction, and poetry.What we are not looking for: YA / children's fiction. Please familiarise yourself with our list and consider whether your writing is a good fit. Our director, Richard Davies, says: "We're looking for gems in this submission window. Outstanding titles that we simply can't resist. We only have a small number of spaces on our future publishing schedule so send us your best work." Please...

Author of the award-winning memoir Losing Israel, Jasmine Donahaye is holding a book tour for Birdsplaining: A Natural History. Described by Mike Parker as “An absolute kingfisher of a book”, shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year, Creative Non-Fiction Award, and winner of the 2021 New Welsh Writing Awards: Rheidol Prize for Pose with a Welsh Theme or Setting.   (Author photo credit: Keith Morris) Birdsplaining explores how women’s experience is shaped through observing the natural world and coming to terms with legacies of fear, uncertainty and the risk of getting things wrong. Jasmine Donahaye’s work has appeared in the...