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The Thirty-First Annual Conference of the Association for Welsh Writing in English Friday 10 – Sunday 12 May 2019, Gregynog Hall, Newtown. This conference invites contributions that engage with questions about mental and emotional lives across the full range of the English-language literature of Wales. There is a call for papers to be submitted that surround the issue of mental health and wellbeing and the study of Welsh writing in English into such discussions that are the essence of humanity. Alongside this recent growth in scholarship on mental health and cognitive/neurological diversity, Ingeborg Jandl et al. argue in their 2017 volume Writing Emotions that...

When I was asked to join the Parthian team for The London Book Fair I was elated. I had never been to London, let alone the renowned book fair. Stepping through the doors of the Olympia I was greeted with the stock market of publishing, it was filled with stands, agents and publishers, it was overwhelming, to say the least. Wales at London Book Fair stand was a combination of members from Welsh publishers, Literature Wales, Literature Across Frontiers, Wales Arts Council and more. I was shocked to find out how recent the Welsh stand had been included in the book fair but was...

Ty Newydd is a beautiful and tranquil writers retreat in the idyllic Llanstumdwy. They offer a range of creative writing courses for the next generation of Welsh writers, courses such as; - Storytelling from the Start - Writing for TV - Emerging Writers: Poetry and Prose - How to Write Thrilling YA Fiction These courses range from a week or just a day all throughout the year. Ty Newydd is a part of Literature Wales, who offer writing bursaries to help fund your time to fully dedicate to building your creative writing. To find out more about bursaries go to the...