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Thursday 13th October 2022 6:30pm Waterstones Swansea, 17 Oxford St, Swansea SA1 3AG Join us to celebrate the launch of The Rhys Davies Short Story Award Anthology 2022 Guest judge Rachel Trezise, editor Elaine Canning and the finalists and overall winner of the 2022 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition will discuss the collection and the short story form. Family connections, unconventional friendships, love and loss: the twelve stories in this collection of new contemporary fiction present characters seeking solace, self-discovery and self-fulfilment as they navigate familiar and unfamiliar territory. Authors in this anthology: Lindsay Gillespie, Bethan James, Meredith Miller, Laura...

August is #womenintranslation month, and at Parthian we always strive to celebrate those literary gems – poetry, fiction, memoir – that would otherwise not reach an English-language readership. We have a wealth of talented female authors and translators on our list and we're constantly seeking to add to it. This week saw the release of the wonderful short-story collection Burning Bones by Miren Agur Meabe, translated from Basque by Amaia Gabantxo. In a fascinating interview with Sophie Buchaillard for Wales Arts Review, Amaia Gabantxo discusses the joys and thorny aspects of translating poetry and prose from Basque to English.  ...

Revisiting the Wales Art Review conversation between Isaac Romanov and author John Sam Jones.

Up next on Parthian Summer Reading Shelf is The Vagabond King by Jodie Bond, Parthian's first delve in the fantasy story world. Escape into Jodie Bond's world of grisly battles, witches and immortality with 20% off - just use code VAGABOND20 at the checkout.

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.