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2025, August, Parthian Books, Submissions -

Team Parthian have decided to open a three-week submission window every AUGUST from now on, so please keep an eye on our website and social media for all the updates around that nearer the time.  And, of course, read and observe all of the guidelines that are on our Frequently Asked Questions  page!  Thanks to everyone who submitted to us during our December open submission window. We're reading through all of the manuscripts and responding to writers now. If you haven't heard anything by the start of March then feel free to send an email to our publishing manager Carly...

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In this stunning series of interconnected tales, fires both literal and metaphorical, local and all-encompassing, blaze together to herald the emergence of a singular new Welsh literary voice.

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'This is a beautifully written retelling, demonstrating that some old stories never lose their power to move us.' – Alexander McCall Smith 

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Read the introduction to Minnie Pallister: The Voice of a Rebel by Alun Burge here.

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Get 50% off Saints and Lodgers: Selected Poems of W. H. Davies. Selected with an introduction by Jonathan Edwards. Just use ADVENT20 at the checkout (offer runs for 24 hours).  William Henry Davies (1871–1940) was a Welsh poet and writer. He was also a traveller and adventurer, often living on his wits as a tramp and itinerant labourer. After a serious accident while attempting to board a train in eastern Canada while on the way to the Klondike Gold Fields he returned to London and began to write. He would become one of the most popular poets of his time with his work championed...

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