Parthian Books
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A Carnival of Voices in independent publishing. Our titles reflect a diverse and contemporary Wales that cast a keen eye on the wider world.
Pat Edwards finds Ben Rhys Palmer’s poetry collection Breakfast with the Scavengers to be a bit of a wake-up call
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London Grip Poetry Review – Ben Rhys Palmer – londongrip.co.uk
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November 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Pat Edwards finds Ben Rhys Palmer’s poetry collection Breakfast with the Scavengers to be a bit of a wake-up call
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Megan at Waterstones Cardiff restocking Rape of the Fair Country.
In the heart of iron country, this unforgettable novel begins the saga of the Mortymer family. Emblematic of a nation’s history and struggle, first published in 1959, Rape of the Fair Country has become an icon of Welsh literature
In the heart of iron country, this unforgettable novel begins the saga of the Mortymer family. Emblematic of a nation’s history and struggle, first published in 1959, Rape of the Fair Country has become an icon of Welsh literature
November 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Megan at Waterstones Cardiff restocking Rape of the Fair Country.
In the heart of iron country, this unforgettable novel begins the saga of the Mortymer family. Emblematic of a nation’s history and struggle, first published in 1959, Rape of the Fair Country has become an icon of Welsh literature
In the heart of iron country, this unforgettable novel begins the saga of the Mortymer family. Emblematic of a nation’s history and struggle, first published in 1959, Rape of the Fair Country has become an icon of Welsh literature
Des Clifford, literary editor of @nation.cymru , takes a deep dive into the connections between Wales and Japan featured in Susan Karen Burton's absorbing new book of oral history, The Transplantable Roots of Catherine Huws Nagashima
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Book review: The Transplantable Roots of Catharine Huws Nagashima: encounters with the Welsh in Japan by Susan Karen Burton
Desmond Clifford This book is a collection of interviews with Welsh people living in Japan. They are a diverse bunch including ecologists, writers, translators, farmers, video game entrepreneurs (coal...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Des Clifford, literary editor of @nation.cymru , takes a deep dive into the connections between Wales and Japan featured in Susan Karen Burton's absorbing new book of oral history, The Transplantable Roots of Catherine Huws Nagashima
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It’s our bookshop signing day with Mari Ellis Dunning and Carys Shannon. Come say hello at our stops along the way 👋🏻
Just popped into The Hours Brecon. Up next @book-ish.bsky.social in Abergavenny at 11am
Just popped into The Hours Brecon. Up next @book-ish.bsky.social in Abergavenny at 11am
November 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
It’s our bookshop signing day with Mari Ellis Dunning and Carys Shannon. Come say hello at our stops along the way 👋🏻
Just popped into The Hours Brecon. Up next @book-ish.bsky.social in Abergavenny at 11am
Just popped into The Hours Brecon. Up next @book-ish.bsky.social in Abergavenny at 11am
Join us tonight at Addyman Books in Hay-on-Wye for a fantastic Dark Nights are for Reading in collaboration with @honnopress.bsky.social and @fireflypress.bsky.social.
Wrap up warm and see you there at 7pm!
Wrap up warm and see you there at 7pm!
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Join us tonight at Addyman Books in Hay-on-Wye for a fantastic Dark Nights are for Reading in collaboration with @honnopress.bsky.social and @fireflypress.bsky.social.
Wrap up warm and see you there at 7pm!
Wrap up warm and see you there at 7pm!
Join Carys Shannon tomorrow at 6pm for the Literary Salon Series at the Cultural Institute, Swansea University. Discussing her suspenseful debut novel Truth Like Water with @elaine-canning.bsky.social
Register for your free spot below. @covertocoveruk.bsky.social
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Register for your free spot below. @covertocoveruk.bsky.social
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Literary Salon Series - Swansea University
All the upcoming and previous events hosted by the Cultural Institute as part of the long running Literary Salon series
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November 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Join Carys Shannon tomorrow at 6pm for the Literary Salon Series at the Cultural Institute, Swansea University. Discussing her suspenseful debut novel Truth Like Water with @elaine-canning.bsky.social
Register for your free spot below. @covertocoveruk.bsky.social
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Register for your free spot below. @covertocoveruk.bsky.social
www.swansea.ac.uk/cultural-ins...
Join Carys Shannon and Mari Ellis Dunning for a Dark November Chill event at Pen'rallt Gallery Bookshop, TONIGHT at 18.30 (doors at 18.00). Delving into the darker worlds of fiction writing in conversation with Carly Holmes. @honnopress.bsky.social
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DARK NOVEMBER CHILL / TYWYLLWCH TACHWEDD — galeri a siop lyfrau pen'rallt gallery bookshop
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November 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Join Carys Shannon and Mari Ellis Dunning for a Dark November Chill event at Pen'rallt Gallery Bookshop, TONIGHT at 18.30 (doors at 18.00). Delving into the darker worlds of fiction writing in conversation with Carly Holmes. @honnopress.bsky.social
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Join us for a #DarkNightsareforReading soiree at
#AddymanBooks in #HayonWye with 3 writers from 3 indie Welsh presses:
@clairefayers.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social
@mariellisdunning.bsky.social @honnopress.bsky.social
#CarysShannon @parthianbooks.bsky.social
See you there? 🌙📚
#AddymanBooks in #HayonWye with 3 writers from 3 indie Welsh presses:
@clairefayers.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social
@mariellisdunning.bsky.social @honnopress.bsky.social
#CarysShannon @parthianbooks.bsky.social
See you there? 🌙📚
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Join us for a #DarkNightsareforReading soiree at
#AddymanBooks in #HayonWye with 3 writers from 3 indie Welsh presses:
@clairefayers.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social
@mariellisdunning.bsky.social @honnopress.bsky.social
#CarysShannon @parthianbooks.bsky.social
See you there? 🌙📚
#AddymanBooks in #HayonWye with 3 writers from 3 indie Welsh presses:
@clairefayers.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social
@mariellisdunning.bsky.social @honnopress.bsky.social
#CarysShannon @parthianbooks.bsky.social
See you there? 🌙📚
Delve into the darker worlds of fiction this November with two gripping debuts; Truth Like Water by Carys Shannon, and Witsh by Mari Ellis Dunning from @honnopress.bsky.social.
November 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Delve into the darker worlds of fiction this November with two gripping debuts; Truth Like Water by Carys Shannon, and Witsh by Mari Ellis Dunning from @honnopress.bsky.social.
"Truth Like Water deserves to be high up on best-novel-of-2025 lists; Carys Shannon is definitely an author to watch."
A big thank you to Buzz Magazine for this fantastic review.
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A big thank you to Buzz Magazine for this fantastic review.
www.buzzmag.co.uk/truth-like-w...
Gower author CARYS SHANNON offers twists and mystery with her debut novel
Truth Like Water deserves to be high up on best-novel-of-2025 lists; debut novelist Carys Shannon is definitely an author to watch.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"Truth Like Water deserves to be high up on best-novel-of-2025 lists; Carys Shannon is definitely an author to watch."
A big thank you to Buzz Magazine for this fantastic review.
www.buzzmag.co.uk/truth-like-w...
A big thank you to Buzz Magazine for this fantastic review.
www.buzzmag.co.uk/truth-like-w...
Join Carys Shannon on her debut book tour with events and signings held throughout the month.
"Suspenseful and suffused in the uncanny power of the ever-shifting tides of a Welsh estuary, Carys Shannon’s Truth Like Water is a first-rate mystery novel” – Joanne Owen, @lovereadinguk.bsky.social
"Suspenseful and suffused in the uncanny power of the ever-shifting tides of a Welsh estuary, Carys Shannon’s Truth Like Water is a first-rate mystery novel” – Joanne Owen, @lovereadinguk.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Join Carys Shannon on her debut book tour with events and signings held throughout the month.
"Suspenseful and suffused in the uncanny power of the ever-shifting tides of a Welsh estuary, Carys Shannon’s Truth Like Water is a first-rate mystery novel” – Joanne Owen, @lovereadinguk.bsky.social
"Suspenseful and suffused in the uncanny power of the ever-shifting tides of a Welsh estuary, Carys Shannon’s Truth Like Water is a first-rate mystery novel” – Joanne Owen, @lovereadinguk.bsky.social
"I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish....Finch deploys the right amount of irreverence and respect to tell his stories."
Thanks to Desmond Clifford, @nation.cymru for this lovely review of The Literary Business. Read in full below
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Thanks to Desmond Clifford, @nation.cymru for this lovely review of The Literary Business. Read in full below
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The Literary Business by Peter Finch
Desmond Clifford Peter Finch is a poet because he’s a poet. No one told him to, he passed no exam, entered no guild. He’s a poet because he is, and now he’s been at it for as long as Tom Jones has bee...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
"I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish....Finch deploys the right amount of irreverence and respect to tell his stories."
Thanks to Desmond Clifford, @nation.cymru for this lovely review of The Literary Business. Read in full below
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Thanks to Desmond Clifford, @nation.cymru for this lovely review of The Literary Business. Read in full below
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"I didn’t become aware of my Welshness, or how that is expressed in my writing, until I left Wales. Only when I was more than a thousand miles away, living in Andalucía and teaching English, did I start to understand all the ways in which it expressed itself."
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On Being a Writer in Wales: Carys Shannon
Carys Shannon “Where were you going when I saw you coming back?” is one of the phrases I heard when growing up in Wales. I’ve begun to argue that it is one of the best philosophical questions that ex...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"I didn’t become aware of my Welshness, or how that is expressed in my writing, until I left Wales. Only when I was more than a thousand miles away, living in Andalucía and teaching English, did I start to understand all the ways in which it expressed itself."
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Well done to @parthianbooks.bsky.social for ensuring Alexander Cordell’s classic novel ‘Rape of the Fair Country’ is back in print 👏
October 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Well done to @parthianbooks.bsky.social for ensuring Alexander Cordell’s classic novel ‘Rape of the Fair Country’ is back in print 👏
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Minnie Pallister now out in paperback. Lovely job...thanks @parthianbooks.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Minnie Pallister now out in paperback. Lovely job...thanks @parthianbooks.bsky.social
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Lovely piece from fellow @parthianbooks.bsky.social author Eluned Gramich on our recent cultural trip to Osaka where she lived up to her name and brought much-needed rain to the city.
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Postcard from Osaka
Eluned Gramich’s postcard is addressed to her five-year-old daughter, Angharad. It’s a strange coincidence that while I’m in Osaka, you’ll be dressing up in Japanese costume for Diwrnod Rhyngwladol (I...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Lovely piece from fellow @parthianbooks.bsky.social author Eluned Gramich on our recent cultural trip to Osaka where she lived up to her name and brought much-needed rain to the city.
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Lord Gregory Mostyn, a frequent visitor to Japan and fluent Japanese speaker, kindly wrote the foreword to my book, 'The Transplantable Roots of Catharine Huws Nagashima: Encounters with the Welsh in Japan'. Thanks, Greg! @parthianbooks.bsky.social
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Meet me at Shibuya Station
Lord Gregory Mostyn One day in 2015, we were tidying up the library in Mostyn Hall when I was astounded to come across an old, dusty photo album. It looked as if it had been almost hidden, and yet by...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Lord Gregory Mostyn, a frequent visitor to Japan and fluent Japanese speaker, kindly wrote the foreword to my book, 'The Transplantable Roots of Catharine Huws Nagashima: Encounters with the Welsh in Japan'. Thanks, Greg! @parthianbooks.bsky.social
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Join us at @storyvillebooks.bsky.social this Thursday for the New Welsh Review and Parthian Books Autumn Party! With readings from issue contributors and special guest and Ponty local Crystal Jeans will also be reading from her brand-new essay collection Blueprints.
Kicking off at 7.15pm🍂
Kicking off at 7.15pm🍂
October 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Join us at @storyvillebooks.bsky.social this Thursday for the New Welsh Review and Parthian Books Autumn Party! With readings from issue contributors and special guest and Ponty local Crystal Jeans will also be reading from her brand-new essay collection Blueprints.
Kicking off at 7.15pm🍂
Kicking off at 7.15pm🍂
Roberto Pastore and Ben Rhys Palmer will be launching their joyful and deeply human poetry collections tonight at Waterstones Cardiff!
Get yourselves down there, doors at 18:30 to start at 19:00. @waterstones.bsky.social @benrhyspalmer.bsky.social
Get yourselves down there, doors at 18:30 to start at 19:00. @waterstones.bsky.social @benrhyspalmer.bsky.social
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October 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Roberto Pastore and Ben Rhys Palmer will be launching their joyful and deeply human poetry collections tonight at Waterstones Cardiff!
Get yourselves down there, doors at 18:30 to start at 19:00. @waterstones.bsky.social @benrhyspalmer.bsky.social
Get yourselves down there, doors at 18:30 to start at 19:00. @waterstones.bsky.social @benrhyspalmer.bsky.social
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I'm really enjoying Carys Shannon's debut novel Truth Like Water 🌊📸
Available now from @parthianbooks.bsky.social 👌🏼
Available now from @parthianbooks.bsky.social 👌🏼
October 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I'm really enjoying Carys Shannon's debut novel Truth Like Water 🌊📸
Available now from @parthianbooks.bsky.social 👌🏼
Available now from @parthianbooks.bsky.social 👌🏼
On the journey they were beaten, tortured and shackled beneath a waste pipe. The ship had dropped anchor in the middle of the bay of Hirado, a thriving trading post in the west of Japan, north of Nagasaki...
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The first Welchman in Japan
Susan Karen Burton In the summer of 1619, three sailors lay chained in the hold of Dutch sailing ship, The Angell. Captured in a sea battle between the Dutch and the English off the coast of Java, the...
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October 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
On the journey they were beaten, tortured and shackled beneath a waste pipe. The ship had dropped anchor in the middle of the bay of Hirado, a thriving trading post in the west of Japan, north of Nagasaki...
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Carly Holmes’ Love Letters on the River has been selected for the Wales Literature Exchange 2025 Non-fiction Bookshelf.
Selected annually by @cyfnewidfalen_waleslitexchange to champion Welsh literary works recommended for translation.
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Selected annually by @cyfnewidfalen_waleslitexchange to champion Welsh literary works recommended for translation.
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Autumn 2025 - Wales Lit Exchange
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October 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Carly Holmes’ Love Letters on the River has been selected for the Wales Literature Exchange 2025 Non-fiction Bookshelf.
Selected annually by @cyfnewidfalen_waleslitexchange to champion Welsh literary works recommended for translation.
waleslitexchange.org/bookshelf/au...
Selected annually by @cyfnewidfalen_waleslitexchange to champion Welsh literary works recommended for translation.
waleslitexchange.org/bookshelf/au...
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September 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
TONIGHT at 6.30, at The Medical Society of London and online: a lecture on Welsh National Identity and the Second World War with Professor Martin Johnes, author of 'Wales: England's Colony?'.
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Welsh National Identity and the Second World War - The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion
Professor Martin Johnes
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September 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
TONIGHT at 6.30, at The Medical Society of London and online: a lecture on Welsh National Identity and the Second World War with Professor Martin Johnes, author of 'Wales: England's Colony?'.
www.cymmrodorion.org/talk/welsh-n...
www.cymmrodorion.org/talk/welsh-n...
Carys Shannon will be joining her editor Carly Holmes at Goldstone Books Carmarthen to discuss her atmospheric debut novel Truth Like Water.
Wednesday October 15th at 7pm. Free entry!
Wednesday October 15th at 7pm. Free entry!
September 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Carys Shannon will be joining her editor Carly Holmes at Goldstone Books Carmarthen to discuss her atmospheric debut novel Truth Like Water.
Wednesday October 15th at 7pm. Free entry!
Wednesday October 15th at 7pm. Free entry!