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Book Launch, Cameo Club, Cardiff, Fantasy, Jodie Bond, Party, The Vagabond King -

A great night was had at the Cameo Club in Pontcanna yesterday for the launch of the first books in Jodie Bond's The Vagabond King trilogy. Here are some photos:  

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We're looking forward to mini-touring these two new fiction titles (The Blue Tent, The Levels) next month! Do join us if you can. Date 1: Thursday 17 October, 7.30pm, Aberystwyth Arts Centre Date 2: Friday 18 October, 5pm, Great Oak Bookshop, Llanidloes About The Blue Tent by Richard Gwyn: 'A mysterious, dream-like story, delicately-written and with a disturbing undertow, The Blue Tent is in the best tradition of modern oneiric fiction' –  Patrick McGuinnessIn a lonely house deep in the Black Mountains of south Wales, a man spends insomniac nights absorbed in the ancient texts left him by his mysterious aunt. When...

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Book Launch, Cardiff, Gemma June Howell, Ifor Thomas, J.Brookes, Mab Jones, Mark Blayney, Nick Fisk, Peter Finch, poetry, Rhys Owain Williams, Spoken Word, Square, Susie Wild, Topher Mills -

Here are some of a selection of great photos taken by Simon Oconnor of the poetry extravaganza recent Cardiff launch event for J. Brookes' new and selected poems. Featuring a plethora of names from the very well established to the emerging on the Cardiff Spoken Word Scene, with a wonderful plentiful audience to boot, much fun was had. Here's a selection:   See the album in full on Facebook Find out more about J. Brookes  

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Awards, Ironopolis, Longlisted, Portico Prize -

Glen James Brown’s epic Northern novel is on a roll this year, with another prestigious longlisting – this time The Portico Prize. Having recently made it onto the shortlist of the inaugural Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, we’re thrilled to see Ironopolis gaining even more much-deserved praise.

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2019, Events, News, Slovak Literature, Translation -

This year marks 30 years since the Velvet Revolution of Slovakia, and 26 since it gained independence. In the UK, much of Slovakia's rich and fascinating culture remains untapped, and we agree that this needs changing. Having published Uršuľa Kovalyk’s brilliant collection The Night Circus and other stories earlier this year, we are thrilled to take part in a UK-wide events programme celebrating Slovak arts and literature.

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