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This month we're releasing a new Library of Wales version of Rachel Trezise's award winning debut novel, In and Out of the Goldfish Bowl, so Rachel is our Author of the Month.   About Rachel: Born in the Rhondda valley in 1978, Rachel is an award-winning author and playwright. She graduated in Journalism and English in 2000 - the same year that Goldfish Bowl was published. Her published work includes In and Out of the Goldfish Bowl, Fresh Apples (which won the inaugural Dylan Thomas Prize 2006), Dial M for Merthyr (Winner of the Inaugural Max Boyce Literary Prize 2010), the play 'Tonypandemonium' (Theatre Critics of Wales...

By Parthian intern Julia Bradley   This past weekend, I was lucky enough to be invited along on a Parthian trip up to Scotland, alongside Maria and Shona. The purpose of the trip was to attend the Edinburgh International Book Festival (12-28th August) and to support author Ece Temelkuran in promoting her book Women Who Blow on Knots. What followed was a whirlwind few days of meeting authors, exploring the city, and experiencing some of the varied performance offerings from the fringe festival.   We began our trek up to Edinburgh on Thursday, and took a seven-and-a-half hour train journey north from Swansea, reaching...

The Rhondda Book Fair 2017 is fast approaching, and this year Parthian's Richard Davies, Sion Tomos Owen, and Rachel Trezise will be attending. The fair, organised by Colin R. Parsons (children's and Young Adult fiction author), will see a lineup of twenty-five authors from different genres attending, with the opportunity to buy books and have them signed. There will also be author panels throughout the day where you can sit and listen, or ask questions yourself, and these will be chaired by Matt Lees. The fair, now in its third year, will have a special guest - the new Mayor of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Councillor...

The annual PENfro Book Festival has gone from strength to strength since its launch in 2011, returning this year for the seventh time from 7th -10th September. Set in the heart of West Wales against the idyllic backdrop of Rhosygilwen, the festival celebrates the quality and diversity of contemporary writing in Wales, with the aim of bringing such works to a new audience, whilst also recognising the often-unappreciated contribution of local publishers and booksellers. The weekend will play host to an array of events, this year centred around the theme of The Year of the Legend. The festival offers visitors...

As his debut novel, Bad Ideas\Chemicals, was released last month, Lloyd Markham is our Author of the Month for August.   About Lloyd: Lloyd was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, before he and his family moved and settled in Bridgend, South Wales. He describes his teenage years as ‘miserable and strange and consisting of bad nights out’ before he embarked upon a degree in Creative Writing at the then University of Glamorgan, which is now the University of South Wales. Lloyd also earned an MPhil from the University of South Wales. He enjoys noise music, Japanese animation and the documentaries...