Come say hello to @hayfestival.bsky.social Writer at Work Carys Shannon 👋🏻 tomorrow morning 10:30am at the Hay Bookshop. Signing copies of her eerie Welsh noir Truth Like Water. See you there !

Was Katherine Philips really the lonely poet portrayed by generations of biographers? A new book revisits the life, loves and scandals of the 'Welsh Sappho' nation.cymru/feature/revi... @nation.cymru @parthianbooks.bsky.social #Pride

"You killed me because I worshipped you," wrote a distraught Katherine Philips when she and her love Mary Aubrey fell out - hear why, and more at these events @parthianbooks.bsky.social @librarywales.bsky.social #Pride #pridemonth #LGBTQ+

What a fab line-up for this Friday’s BBC Radio Wales Arts Show with Gary Raymond. Recorded live at @hayfestival.bsky.social with Carys Shannon, Anne Keer, Lucie McKnight Hardy and Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch @bbccymruwales.bsky.social

'For second hand bookshops there’s a broad day of a choice along the narrow streets, I can’t really pick a favourite but if you’re a vintage crime reader there’s Murder and Mayhem which has got to be the best name for a bookshop ever.' Lewis Davies @nation.cymru nation.cymru/culture/unde...

Catch you at @hayfestival.bsky.social this Sunday 31 May 11:30am with the Rhydderch Sisters www.hayfestival.com/p-25469-fran...

If you're near Haverfordwest and fancy a free talk on the amazing life of sapphist Katherine Philips, please do join us at 3pm on 12 June at Picton Castle for a performance of poetry, talks and music. @parthianbooks.bsky.social

Oh happy hay

If you're around Aberystwyth, there's this on 5 June at @librarywales.bsky.social - trust me, it's a remarkable story of a sapphist! Thanks to the wonderful Helen Sandler for the poster @parthianbooks.bsky.social

“One of the most accomplished examples of twentieth-century Welsh Female Gothic.” – Kirsti Bohata Happy #publicationday to Resistance by Mary Jones #libraryofwales www.parthianbooks.com/products/res...

'Breathing in is reading, breathing out is writing.' Get to know Carys Shannon interviewed by @foldingrockmag.bsky.social Today she embarks on @hayfestival.bsky.social prestigious Writers at Work creative development programme. Pob lwc Carys! foldingrock.com/writers-at-w...

Happy Publication Day to Resistance by Mary Jones. Originally published in 1985 by The Blackstaff Press, Mary Jones’ first and only novel won the Welsh Arts Council Fiction Prize in 1986. Out today as the latest addition to our Library of Wales series, with new foreword by Katherine Stansfield.

On World Bee Day, it's important to be able to tell what's a bee and what's a colleague. #WorldBeeDay

Happy #worldbeeday ! 🐝🌼 taken from The language of bees by Rae Howells

A fantastic book. There’s nothing quite like it. I have a first edition and a signed copy of the new one.

We got to give a sneak preview of Resistance by Mary Jones at the Association of Welsh Writing in English conference in Aberystwyth over the weekend. Originally pub in 1985 by The Blackstaff Press. Now the latest title in our Library of Wales series with new foreword by Katherine Stansfield

Thanks for this lovely review of IT MIGHT NOT BE TRUE by Francesca Rhydderch over on amazon. If you've read one of our books recently please do pop your review up and help us fight against the algorithms & support independent writers 💜

I, Eric Ngalle, is the gripping memoir of a migrant. Leaving Cameroon at 17, Eric's life follows a series of extraordinary chances and knife edge choices, from Moscow to Cardiff. Available at 1/2 price this May with @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social www.spiracleaudiobooks.com/audiobooks/i...

Save your pennies - this is out soon, and trust me, you do not want to miss this story!! @parthianbooks.bsky.social

who wrote the foreword and Imogen Davies of @parthianbooks.bsky.social who tracked Mary down - she became a lecturer in English at Ulster University and retired there some years ago. www.parthianbooks.com/products/res...

Next up, two book launches; the republication of Cecily Mackworth’s Lucy’s Nose by Honno, and Mary Jones’s Resistance by @parthianbooks.bsky.social - Cecily isn’t here because she’s dead but Mary has come all the way from Northern Ireland to talk about her stunning novel.

Conversations at the Chapel – Raymond Williams with Professor Dai Smith Tonight at 8pm artshopandgallery.co.uk/events/conve...

The Welsh critic’s 1960 novel Border Country is an intimate history of a working-class family, distanced by geographic and social mobility www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The superb Jemma L King will be the guest poet at The Cellar Bards in Cardigan this FRIDAY from 7.30pm!

Hay Festival has unveiled the final selection for The Platform, an opportunity for creatives aged 21–28 to showcase new work at the world-famous event in Wales

Happy Publication Day to Francesca Rhydderch's moving memoir It Might Not Be True <3 Book of the Month for May - Books Council of Wales www.parthianbooks.com/products/it-...

Join us tomorrow evening at The Town Library in Aberystwyth to kick off the Rhydderch Sisters Book Tour ✨💫 Launching It Might Not Be True and Milk Wood Memoir (@picadorbooks.bsky.social) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/samantha-w...

Catch writers Odette Debono, Jon Doyle, Sian Hughes, and Laura Wainwright on tonight’s Radio Wales Arts Show chatting with Gary Raymond Tune in at 18:30 📻 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Check out @coimeas.bsky.social's review on @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org from 2024 of Y Dydd Olaf (The Last Day) by Owain Owain, tr from the Welsh by Emyr Wallace Humphreys, from @parthianbooks.bsky.social. Thanks, @cherylmorgan.bsky.social ! Welsh #SFinTranslation

something tells me you deserve to treat yourself to a new book

Carly Holmes joins Llandeilo Lit Fest in conversation with BAFTA-winning writer Will Millard to discuss her non-fiction collection Love Letters on the River. A lyrical celebration of wildlife along the River Teifi Sun 26th April at 12.30pm www.llandeilolitfest.org/programme/t7...

It's review o'clock already. @parthianbooks.bsky.social ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2026/04/15/t...

Thrilled for Carys Shannon who will be participating in this year's @hayfestival.bsky.social Writers at Work programme. Embarking on a 10-day creative development opportunity with workshops, mentoring and industry engagement.

Join the Rhydderch Sisters on their Book Tour launching their two new titles It Might Not Be True and Milk Wood Memoir www.parthianbooks.com/pages/events

When you have to start stacking books on top, you’re doing good work.

'a fresh and distinctive collection that reminds us of the magic poetry can bring to the table... They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day; in this case, the nutritional value for the soul is immense. Pull up a chair and eat up, readers.' nation.cymru/culture/poet...

The Young Walter Scott Prize 2026 is officially OPEN FOR ENTRIES. www.walterscottprize.co.uk/home/young-w... #CreativeWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritingCompetition #Writer #Fiction #EnglishTeacher #HistoryTeacher #BookTok #BookSky #YoungWriter #History

A glorious weekend at Laugharne festival with the Rhydderch Sisters ☀️🌿

As a child I longed for escape… I wished things could be different, but what can you do but hold on for the ride? WHITE SHEEP by Odette Debono is out now, available to order from our bookshop with only 99p postage www.parthianbooks.com/collections/...

2 years ago, I published this article in The Western Mail about healthcare bias in #Wales. It was a short extract from a longer essay included in a book called Woman's Wales, released by @parthianbooks.bsky.social.

As a child I longed for escape… I wished things could be different, but what can you do but hold on for the ride? White Sheep by Odette Debono is avaiable to order now www.parthianbooks.com/products/whi...

Join us for a Conversations at the Chapel – Raymond Williams with Professor Dai Smith. 14th May at 8pm artshopandgallery.co.uk/events/conve...

"So … was writing White Sheep cathartic? People ask. They mean well. I look at them as if they’re mad, with a Hell no! face, and a twist on my upper lip – very much like my mother’s when the mood took her." On Being a Writer in Wales: Odette Debono @nation.cymru nation.cymru/culture/on-b...

Odette Debono featured in the Western Mail over the weekend ☀️

"Welsh publishers build international literary connections at London Book Fair" @parthianbooks.bsky.social @serenbooks.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social @crownhousepub.bsky.social @welshacademicpress.bsky.social @stdavidspress.bsky.social @helgardk.bsky.social nation.cymru/culture/wels...

A strong cohort of publishers, booksellers and authors from Wales are making their mark at the London Book Fair this week

Celebrating our 5th year at the London 📚 Fair, where we promote the best of Welsh publishing to the world. Yn hybu'r gorau o 📚 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 i'r byd ers 5 mlynedd 💪🏽 @graffegbooks.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social @serenbooks.bsky.social @uniwalespress.bsky.social @parthianbooks.bsky.social

Come say hello 👋🏻 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿we’re at stand 2A109 with thanks to @publishingwales.bsky.social @bookswales.bsky.social

Blueprints is here www.parthianbooks.com/products/blu...