Events
MARCH:
Monday March 4th, 6.30pm – Taliesin Art Centre bar, Singleton Campus, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP
Natalie Ann Holborow will be reading from her poetry collection Small. Open mic also available.
Wednesday March 6th, 6.30pm – Caerphilly Library
Joshua Jones in conversation with Laura Morris. More info TBC.
Friday March 8th, 5.30pm – The Gallery Yr Oriel, 5 Bridge St, Newport Pembs SA42 0TB
Peter Wakelin will be talking about George Little: The Ugly Lovely Landscape. Welsh wine and refreshments served. More info here.
Monday March 11th, 6-8pm – The Grove Tavern (upstairs), 83 Hammersmith Grove, London, W6 0NQ
Bianca Bellová will be in conversation with Casi Dylan. RSVP by March 1st to: elin@lit-across-frontiers.org
Monday March 11th, 7.30pm – The Packet, 95 Bute Street, Cardiff
Tiger Bay poetry event with Tôpher Mills as a guest reader. More info on the Tiger Bay Poetry Facebook page.
Tuesday March 12th, 3.25pm – Literary Translation Centre, The London Book Fair, Olympia, London
European Union Prize for Literature: Making Fiction Travel. Featuring speakers Bianca Bellová (author of The Lake, EUPL and EBRD Literature Prize winner), Anne Bergman-Tahon (Director, Federation of European Publishers, EUPL consortium), Richard Davies (Publisher, Parthian Books) and chaired by Alexander Büchler (Director, Literature Across Frontiers). More info here.
Wednesday March 13th, 7-9pm – Wales Millenium Centre, Cardiff
Hay Festival After Hours. An event featuring a line-up of special guests each offering a short talk, reading or performance. Including Georgia Carys Williams and Joshua Jones.
Tuesday March 19th, 2pm – Bodleian: Divinity School, Oxford Literary Festival
Novelist Bianca Bellová and her translator Alex Zucker discuss her novel The Lake, winner of the 2023 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Literature Prize. They will talk to writer and critic Maya Jaggi, this year’s chair of judges of the EBRD Literature Prize, who will unveil the shortlist for the 2024 award. Tickets £7-£13.50. More info here.
Wednesday March 20th, 6.30-7.30pm –The Portico Library, 57 Mosley Street, Manchester, England, M2 3HY
Bianca Bellová will be reading from her award-winning novel The Lake. Free entry. More info here.
Wednesday March 20th, 5.30pm – Llanelli Queer Bookclub, Primavera Wellness Space W End, Llanelli SA15 3DN
Joshua Jones will be at the queer book club chatting about Local Fires, which is their chosen title for March.
APRIL:
Friday April 5th, 1-3pm – Central Milton Keynes Library, Community Learning Classroom, 555 Silbury Boulevard, Milton Keynes MK9 3HL
Structuring life: memoir workshop. Julia Bell will be leading this workshop as part of the Milton Keynes Litfest. Tickets £20. Limited spaces. More info here.
Tuesday April 23rd, 7pm – Waterstones Cardiff, 2a The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1WB
Join Joshua Jones, Georgia Carys Williams, Lloyd Markham, Philippa Holloway, and Joe Bedford for an evening of readings and chat about their books. Booking info here.
Wednesday April 24th, 6.30pm – The Tabernacle, Newton Road, Mumbles SA3 4AR
Join Joshua Jones, Georgia Carys Williams, Lloyd Markham, Philippa Holloway, and Joe Bedford for an evening of readings and chat about their books. In association with Cover to Cover bookshop. More info TBC.
Sunday April 28th, 2pm – Oriel Mimosa Gallery 70 Rhosmaen Street Llandeilo, Wales, SA19 6EN
Peter Wakelin will be discussing his book George Little: The Ugly Lovely Landscape as part of the Llandeilo Litfest. More info here.
Sunday April 28th, 3pm – Horeb Chapel 70 Rhosmaen Street Llandeilo, Wales, SA19 6EN
'Dissonance, Diversity, Devolution: Is it a Woman's Wales?' Emma Schofield will be discussing Woman's Wales? with Jasmine Donahaye and Mari Ellis Dunning as part of the Llandeilo Litfest. More info here.
MAY:
Saturday/Sunday May 18/19 – British Library, London
The European Writers' Festival features, among others, Kristian Bang Foss, whose award-winning novel Death Drives an Audi was published by Parthian in 2021 (Tr. Caroline Waight). More info here.
JULY:
Monday July 29th, 7pm – YMa Pontypridd, Pontypridd, CF37 4TS
Official launch of PONTY IS IT? in association with Storyville Books. More info here.