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Parthian’s Carnival Bookshop at Chapter, Cardiff, 16 December
Foyer, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
Saturday 16 December, 9am – 6pm
Parthian's Carnival Bookshop will pop up at Chapter for one day only this festive season, selling award winning contemporary and classic writing from Wales and the world. As well as our Wales Book of the Year 2017 winners (Alys Conran's debut novel Pigeon and Peter Lord's The Tradition: A New History of Welsh Art) we will have a fine selection of our favourite titles from the last 25 years in independent publishing in Wales.
Nothing has Changed Book Launch with Adrian Masters
On Tuesday, Dec. 12, Masters will be launching 'Nothing has Changed' at the ITV studios in Cardiff. If you are interested in attending this event, Parthian has ten tickets available, please contact Maria Zygogianni at maria.zygog@gmail.com.
Author of the Month: Joe England (December 2017)
About Joe: Joe England was educated at Cyfarthfa Grammar School, Merthyr Tydfil and at the University of Nottingham where he studied Economic and Social History. In a varied career he has been editor of a weekly newspaper, a full-time lecturer for the Workers’ Educational Association, Deputy Director of the Department of Extra-Mural Studies in the University of Hong Kong, Research Fellow in the Industrial Relations Research Unit at Warwick University and Principal and chief executive of Coleg Harlech, Wales’ residential college for adults. He has travelled widely in East Asia and is well-known as a lecturer on social and industrial...
Bernard Mitchell Wraps Up Being Human Festival
The Being Human Festival wrapped up another successful year Saturday, Nov. 25 with Bernard Mitchell's launch of 'Pieces of a Jigsaw: Portraits of Artists and Writers of Wales'. The Glynn Vivian Art Gallery held a packed room to hear Bernard's anecdotes about the great Welsh writers and artists he photographed, including Ceri Richards and Daniel Jones. The event was a celebration of Bernard as much as it was of Welsh art and writing, with his son giving the introduction, his daughter snapping photos, and his grandson videotaping. Professor Gwyn Thomas of Swansea University, shared about the importance of Bernard's work against the...
