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Alys Conran, Announcements, News, Pigeon, Pijin -

We are delighted to announce that Alys Conran's award-winning debut novel Pigeon is being adapted into a stage play. The coming of age story has been adapted by Bethan Marlow into Pigeon | Pijin, a Theatr Gendlaethol Cymru and Theatr Iolo co-production in association with Pontio. Touring across welsh theatres from spring 2023. 

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Check out our list of reading recommendations to keep the Pride celebrations going! 

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#THLOS, Reviews, Round-up, The Half-life of Snails -

Philippa Holloway's captivating debut novel The Half-life of Snails was sent to book bloggers across the UK as part of  a Random Things Tours

Check out the round-up of their reviews and thoughts below!

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#AuthorInsights, #Writer'sCorner, John Sam Jones, LGBTQ+, TheWriter'sCorner -

John Sam Jones is a Welsh gay writer and activist, his compelling memoir The Journey is Home is a powerful account of his own life story as a gay man living in an often homophobic and toxic society and the struggles he's overcome. 

We invited John into The Writer's Corner to talk all things books, his love of German crime dramas and knitting.

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Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Debut author, Debut novel, Fiction, north Wales, novel, Novels, Philippa Holloway, The Half-life of Snails -

It's been just over a month since Philippa Holloway's lyrical, prescient debut novel The Half-life of Snails was published, and it's been a busy few weeks! The first launch, held at Staffordshire university, was followed by an online launch hosted by Edgehill Instistute of Social Responsibility, and then an event at Liverpool's fantastic WoWFest. All in the month of May!         The glowing reviews have been rolling in as well. Lunate described it as "that wonderful thing, a novel that can be read in several different ways. On the surface it is a gripping thriller, ripe for...

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