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We've had some lovely features, reviews and feedback for our new batch of poetry titles. First up, New Welsh Reader featured 3 of the 4 titles in their new issue, and seemed to like them... 'Rhys Owain Williams’ That Lone Ship is part of a handsome quartet of new poetry published by Parthian Books this autumn. […] In this collection, Williams explores the ghostly ripples that are cast out by everyday happenings, reflecting on and weaving together the disparate strands of experience that make up life. The poet explores the profound and the ridiculous, the private and the public, as...

If you have any sort of presence on social media you have most likely come across a mauve, yellow and peach coloured post with a girl on a swing. Gary Raymond is on a blogtour with his newest novel, the literary thriller The Golden Orphans, published this summer.  On this virtual tour, a number of book bloggers help Raymond spread the word of his new novel, either by reading and reviewing it, as seen on Everywhere and Nowhere, or they use their blogs to host guest posts by Raymond himself, as on Novel Delights' most recent post, a discussion of what makes a...

Griff Rhys Jones visits Australia and New Zealand. The multi-talented author, comedian, actor and television presenter will read from his work Insufficiently Welsh, an autobiographical work that shows us Griff on a quest for his Welsh roots.

The Bluebirds are back in the Premier League, and to commemorate this, Nick Fisk's book, "The Blues Are Back In Town" is being relaunched this Autumn, with one launch in, of all places, New York!New York just so happens to be the home town of another Parthian writer, Lloyd Robson, and Lloyd has agreed to put up with Fisk for the period of one whole week. No doubt Lloyd will be showing fellow Bluebird, Fisk around some of his favourite drinking haunts, and one in particular, The Football Factory where the launch will take place. Cardiff take on Liverpool in...