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Congratulations to all the overall winners and shortlisted writers of the PENfro Festival Writing Awards. They will all be published in the inaugural Penfro Festival anthology Heartland, which will be launched on Saturday 12 October at PENfro Festival at lunchtime, with judges Rhiannon Hooson and Niall Griffiths present. We really hope to see you there! The overall winner of the Short Story Prize, Richard Owain Roberts, will be releasing his debut novel Hello Friend We Missed You through us in May 2020 and his debut short story collection All The Places We Lived is available from our online store. Richard won for his story...

In association with Ledbury Poetry Festival and with support from Arts Council England, we will be launching a new anthology of poetry in translation, Home on the Move: Two Poems go on a Journey as part of Ledbury Book Festival's Poetry Salon at Ledbury Books and Maps, Ledbury High Street, Ledbury from 7-9pm on 4 October  (the launch part of the event with an introduction to the book, readings and a Q&A will take place between 7 and 8pm). The evening will also include the ever popular Ledbury Open Mic! Tickets £5 on the door (includes a drink). For more info please see...

The Vagabond King is Jodie Bond's first novel and Part One in the Vagabond King fantasy trilogy, launching this October. Jodie was born in Aberystwyth and grew up in the wild hills of mid Wales. She had an unconventional childhood, dividing her time between a quiet life on her mother’s farm and her father’s home which was infamous for holding some of the UK’s biggest raves in the 90s.  She attended a Welsh language school, learning to read and write in Welsh before English. She was passionate about books and writing from a young age, winning the crown at her...

Join us for the launch of Hymns Ancient & Modern, New & Selected Poems by J. Brookes at Tiny Rebel, Cardiff on 19 September at 7pm with support from an illustrious line up of writers: Peter Finch, Mab Jones, Ifor Thomas, Eric Ngalle Charles, Gemma June Howell, Rhys Owain Williams, Susie Wild, David Foster Morgan, Amanda Lambourne Jones, Topher Mills & Mark Blayney. Hosted by Nick Fisk, former editor of Square magazine. £3 on the door.‘IT’S A SKILFUL WRITER INDEED WHO CAN COMBINE ELEMENTS BOTH HEARTBREAKING AND HILARIOUS: BROOKES IS THAT WRITER.’ – ROBERT MINHINNICK (2018 WALES BOOK OF THE...

Exhausted your summer reading pile? Don’t despair, as we are launching a brand new batch of ebooks from our 2019 list to keep you entertained on the sun-lounger, from inside your caravan while the August rain pours, or on the move.

To kick off the season, today we release shiny ebook editions of popular new titles Brando’s Bride, The Blue Tent, Notes from a Swing State and I, Eric Ngalle. All have been garnering many great reviews in the press, as you can read in the small selection below.