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Sarah Broughton's blog tour for Brando's Bride is going down a storm so far - the response from reviewers and bloggers is overwhelmingly positive. It kicked off on October 11th (Brando and Kashfi's wedding day) with a review from Books on the 7:47 that got straight to the heart of Sarah's intentions with this book: 'Sarah achieved what she set out to do, I won’t forget about Anna now, or ever simply think of her as Marlon’s first wife.'

A great turnout at Cardiff MADE yesterday for the launch of two debut poetry titles by Roberto Pastore and Kittie Belltree. Here are some snaps: Books and Wine – A winning combo! A captivated audience! A young cover artist with her two first covers for us as Lianette Art and Design, with jacket design by Emily Courdelle. Bert with his serious poet glasses on! 

We've so many great poetry titles coming to you this autumn! I can't wait to introduce you to these two first full collections! Please join us in Cardiff for the launch of Hey Bert by Roberto Pastore and Sliced Tongue and Pearl Cufflinks by Kittie Belltree. I love Cardiff MADE so much I got married there earlier this year, and the event is free to you all, with some free wine and then an open cafe bar for the evening. 9 October, 7.30pm, Cardiff MADE, 41 Lochaber St, Cardiff CF24 3LS (Arrive at 7 for a 7.30 ish start of readings and...

We're thrilled to see two such deserving women writers grab their spot on this year's shortlist.

Alexandra Büchler from Literature Across Frontier recently met Cairo-based Al Arabi Publishers at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair to confirm the terms for World Arabic translation rights to both The Golden Orphans by Gary Raymond and Bad Ideas/Chemicals by Lloyd Markham  – straight from Wales to Eqypt.