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The Vagabond King is Jodie Bond's first novel and Part One in the Vagabond King fantasy trilogy, launching this October. Jodie was born in Aberystwyth and grew up in the wild hills of mid Wales. She had an unconventional childhood, dividing her time between a quiet life on her mother’s farm and her father’s home which was infamous for holding some of the UK’s biggest raves in the 90s.  She attended a Welsh language school, learning to read and write in Welsh before English. She was passionate about books and writing from a young age, winning the crown at her...

Join us for the launch of Hymns Ancient & Modern, New & Selected Poems by J. Brookes at Tiny Rebel, Cardiff on 19 September at 7pm with support from an illustrious line up of writers: Peter Finch, Mab Jones, Ifor Thomas, Eric Ngalle Charles, Gemma June Howell, Rhys Owain Williams, Susie Wild, David Foster Morgan, Amanda Lambourne Jones, Topher Mills & Mark Blayney. Hosted by Nick Fisk, former editor of Square magazine. £3 on the door.‘IT’S A SKILFUL WRITER INDEED WHO CAN COMBINE ELEMENTS BOTH HEARTBREAKING AND HILARIOUS: BROOKES IS THAT WRITER.’ – ROBERT MINHINNICK (2018 WALES BOOK OF THE...

Exhausted your summer reading pile? Don’t despair, as we are launching a brand new batch of ebooks from our 2019 list to keep you entertained on the sun-lounger, from inside your caravan while the August rain pours, or on the move.

To kick off the season, today we release shiny ebook editions of popular new titles Brando’s Bride, The Blue Tent, Notes from a Swing State and I, Eric Ngalle. All have been garnering many great reviews in the press, as you can read in the small selection below.

It was wonderful to have so many visitors popping by to see Eric Ngalle Charles at his book signing for his memoir I, Eric Ngalle in WHSmith, Cardiff Queen Street on Saturday! Here's a selection of photos from the day...   One man’s journey crossing continents from Africa to Europe Eric Ngalle thought he was leaving Cameroon for a better life... Instead of arriving in Belgium to study for a degree in economics he ended up in one of the last countries he would have chosen to visit – Russia. Having seen his passport stolen, Eric endured nearly two years...