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Naomi Paulus has won the 2021 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition for her story Take a Bite, a “delightful, wistful, satisfying piece” in which a young woman, Rhian, returns home to the voices and rituals of her mother and aunts for an important family event. The competition recognises the very best unpublished short stories in English in any style and on any subject up to a maximum of 5,000 words by writers aged 18 or over who were born in Wales, have lived in Wales for two years or more, or are currently living in Wales. Originally established in 1991,...

Parthian is thrilled to announce the release of our first independent audiobooks.  We've been busy in 2021 collaborating with Cast Iron Productions to create our very first Parthian-produced audiobooks.  Our initial titles include memoir, translations and classic Welsh fiction: The Journey is Home: Notes from a Life on the Edge, written and narrated by John Sam Jones Buy Now   Death Drives an Audi by Kristian Bang Foss, narrated by Danish actor Lars Kudsen  Buy Now   The Book of Katerina by Auguste Corteau, narrated by The Durrells actress Anna Savva Buy Now   Keep your ears peeled folks - there's even...

From Monday September 6th 2021 until Sunday September 19th, Team Parthian will be opening a submissions window! Please note that we are ONLY looking for novels and creative non-fiction (memoirs, biography, critical essays). I’m afraid we are NOT looking for short story collections or poetry at this time. If you send your poetry or short fiction, it will not be read. And we've gone digital! So it's email submissions only please, to Team Parthian: parthiansubmissions@gmail.com Read the info below and then send us your best work! We anticipate a high volume of submissions and we'll start reading them from Monday...

June was another busy month, full of excellent reviews for our authors. Easy Meat has been receiving brilliant praise across publications and social media, which we are delighted to see, as well as The Book of Katerina, Angels of Cairo, and more! Have a read on to look at what the reviewers are saying!    Easy Meat Rachel Trezise’s new novel Easy Meat has been the subject of so many brilliant reviews and comments over June. The ‘masterpiece’, as Buzzmag has called it (and we are definitely inclined to agree), has received a huge number of reviews over the last month. Have a look at...

Some wonderful news for Gary Raymond’s brand-new comedy novel, Angels of Cairo!