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We are delighted to be hosting an exciting book tour with Charlotte Williams across Wales to celebrate her memoir Sugar and Slate in its new edition in association with Planet Books.  'Spaces of Possibility' Cymru, Cynefin and Canons Revisited Wednesday, 23rd November (19:00-20:00) In-person and online. Reception from 18:15.  Faraday Lecture Theatre, Faraday Building Singleton Campus, Swansea University Swansea SA2 8PP Professor Charlotte Williams present 'The Amy Dillwyn Lecture'. Drawing on examples of work from Wales, Williams' will evaluate the evolution of the Black British literary canon  and argue for more space and valorisation of what these perspectives bring to the story. More info...

This week we're talking all things poetry in the lead up to #NationalPoetryDay this Thursday on the 6th of October. We are delighted that Pearl & Bone by the wonderful Mari Ellis Dunning has been met with some great reviews since its launch last Saturday. 'This is a brave, complex, powerful, angry, and loving book, full of poems that argue, discuss, share, and reject the abuse of power that women and children are constant victims of' - Tears in the Fence Dunning's second full poetry collection explores themes of motherhood and femininity using her own intimate moments of becoming a mother during a global pandemic...

Thursday 13th October 2022 6:30pm Waterstones Swansea, 17 Oxford St, Swansea SA1 3AG Join us to celebrate the launch of The Rhys Davies Short Story Award Anthology 2022 Guest judge Rachel Trezise, editor Elaine Canning and the finalists and overall winner of the 2022 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition will discuss the collection and the short story form. Family connections, unconventional friendships, love and loss: the twelve stories in this collection of new contemporary fiction present characters seeking solace, self-discovery and self-fulfilment as they navigate familiar and unfamiliar territory. Authors in this anthology: Lindsay Gillespie, Bethan James, Meredith Miller, Laura...

August is #womenintranslation month, and at Parthian we always strive to celebrate those literary gems – poetry, fiction, memoir – that would otherwise not reach an English-language readership. We have a wealth of talented female authors and translators on our list and we're constantly seeking to add to it. This week saw the release of the wonderful short-story collection Burning Bones by Miren Agur Meabe, translated from Basque by Amaia Gabantxo. In a fascinating interview with Sophie Buchaillard for Wales Arts Review, Amaia Gabantxo discusses the joys and thorny aspects of translating poetry and prose from Basque to English.  ...

Revisiting the Wales Art Review conversation between Isaac Romanov and author John Sam Jones.