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The Story of a Welsh GI: Seventy-Five Years on from D-Day
Clifford Guard, born in Swansea, was one of the first waves of troops to land on Omaha Beach seventy five years ago. Only his regiment wasn't a British one: it was American.
Another Rights Deal for The Golden Orphans
Last year, we published The Golden Orphans by Gary Raymond. Earlier this year, following it's success, we sold the Arabic rights to Ciaro-based Al Arabi Publishers. And now, we're thrilled to announce that The Golden Orphans will also be translated into Turkish, by Yeni Insan Publishing House.
Parthian to Publish PENfro Competition Anthology
Now in its ninth year, the PENfro Book Festival has announced exciting new plans for its annual writing competitions. We’ve teamed up with the festival so that for the first time, the winning entries – the top twenty-one poems and the top twelve stories – will each be published in celebratory anthologies!
Audible Deal for Ironopolis
Glen James Brown’s debut novel Ironopolis – ‘a tapestry of working-class life in all its glory and pain.’ (Anthony Cartwright) – has stormed the shelves since its release last year. With reams of gleaming reviews and a recent longlisting for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, we are now thrilled to announce plans to release an audiobook edition of the novel with Audible. The editor of the project, Victoria Haslam, said this about the book: “I absolutely fell in love with Ironopolis by Glen James Brown. The writing is beautiful, and I love how the stories are woven together. And...
A great night at double book launch
This week, we launched two books with a buzzing event at the Roath Park Pub in Cardiff: debut novel Leading to Texas-2 by Aled Smith, and Richard Gwyn's anticipated The Blue Tent.
