@parthianbooks.bsky.social really enjoyed this book by Carly Holmes. Her love of her local wildlife and the Teifi valley is very engaging. I hope it gets wide publicity.
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a close up of a fox 's face in the snow with its eyes closed
ALT: a close up of a fox 's face in the snow with its eyes closed
Author Carly Holmes will be at Goldstone Books, Carmarthen TOMORROW from midday. Signing copies of her newly released collection of nature essays Love Letters on the River. See you there π
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Me holding the book up in one hand. The image shows a father, holding his young son in his arms. We can only see their backs
Author photo.
43. In the Name of the Father (& of the Son) by Immanuel Mifsud, translated by Albert Gatt, @parthianbooks.bsky.social
Our narrator has been carrying his fatherβs wartime diary ever since his fatherβs funeral. He reads and reflects.
Winner of the 2011 EU Prize for Literature
#ReadTheWorld π²πΉ
28.07.2025 13:53 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 1
A graphic depicting 25% off pre-orders of Peter Finch's The Literary Business and Carys Shannon's Truth Like Water. Use code SUMMER25, available exclusively on the Waterstones website and app.
Did somebody say 25% off pre-orders? Offer running until midnight Thursday 31st July, exclusively on @waterstones.bsky.social website and app. #wpreorder
www.waterstones.com/campaign/jul...
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YouTube video by Parthian Books
Racing Swans on the Teifi | A reading from Love Letters on the River by Carly Holmes
Carly Holmes reading 'Racing Swans on the Teifi' at her home in St Dogmaels. Set alongside snippets of the river and landscape that has inspired her writing with its many wild creatures that live among it.
youtu.be/dCjlUNt49FI?...
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Wales Book of Year Ceremony 2025 - Ambobdim
The event will start streaming here from 7.00pm onwards, Thursday Night. The Wales Book of the Year Ceremony 2025 will be streaming live from the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff on Am! Join us on July 17th f...
Crossing our fingers and toes for Natalie Ann Holborow tonight and her beautiful poetry collection Little Universe!
#WalesBookoftheYear2025
If you're not able to make the ceremony in person this evening then you can join the livestream right here ππ
www.ambobdim.cymru/en/profile-c...
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Book extract: Love Letters on the River by Carly Holmes
Carly Holmes lives and writes in a small village on the banks of the river Teifi in west Wales. Love Letters on the River is her most recent release, a collection of essays, beautifully illustrated th...
"In hindsight, choosing the longest day of the year to try and see a bird that is nocturnal wasnβt the most sensible decision Iβve ever made..."
Read 'Nightjar at Cross Inn Forest' from Carly Holmes' newly released Love Letters on the River below.
nation.cymru/culture/book...
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YouTube video by Parthian Books
Racing Swans on the Teifi | A reading from Love Letters on the River by Carly Holmes
Carly Holmes reading 'Racing Swans on the Teifi' at her home in St Dogmaels. Set alongside snippets of the river and landscape that has inspired her writing with its many wild creatures that live among it.
youtu.be/dCjlUNt49FI?...
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Join Tracey Rhys and Christina Thatcher tonight, for their guest spot at The Cellar Bard.
Doors at 7:30pm at The Cellar Bar, 25-26 Quay Street, Cardigan. Β£5 entry, open mics slots available.
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Come and celebrate Canada week with us with Tristan Hughes, Tyler Keevil and Catrin Menai. π¨π¦π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
Tomorrow (3/7) at 6:30pm at Penβrallt Bookshop, Machynlleth and on Friday (4/7) at 7pm at Menai Bridge Library, Anglesey.
Full info on our events page βοΈ
www.parthianbooks.com/pages/events
02.07.2025 14:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
2025 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition shortlist announced
The shortlist for the prestigious Rhys Davies National Short Story Competition 2025 has been announced.
Delighted to have been shortlisted for the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition. A huge thanks to @parthianbooks.bsky.social @elaine-canning.bsky.social Cynan Jones and Swansea University Cultural Institute. Congratulations to all the shortlisted writers π
www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...
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A graphic depicting the 2025 shortlist for the Rhys Davies short story competition.
π We are thrilled to reveal the finalists for the prestigious 2025 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition. π Congratulations to all the shortlisted writers! www.swansea.ac.uk/cultural-ins...
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2025 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition shortlist announced
The shortlist for the prestigious Rhys Davies National Short Story Competition 2025 has been announced.
Some great news today that's making it hard to focus on software manuals (the day job). Two of my stories have been shortlisted for the prestigious Rhys Davies Short Story Competition 2025. www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...
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Breaking a Mare
Breaking a Mare is an investigation of silence, goodness and girlhood. It invites readers into the barn, the sawdust mill, the rodeo arena. These poems expose the hard work women do on farms, the loss...
Breaking a Mare, a thought provoking poetry book by the wonderful Christina Thatcher who we had the honour of hosting as a speaker at our recent Pride Book Fair, is available from us now.
Available in store or online via: storyvillebooks.myshopify.com/products/bre...
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Ceredigion veteran honoured with RAF flypast for 103rd birthday
John Martin escaped from a burning aircraft during an attack over the skies of Berlin in 1944.
A huge happy birthday to John Martin who turned 103 yesterday, and to mark the occasion he was honoured with an RAF flypast!
John's memoir 'A Raid over Berlin' details his miraculous survival story when his Lancaster bomber was shot down over Berlin during WW2.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This is going to be a fascinating event on Friday evening- talking about early Welsh queer literature. Hope to see you there. @parthianbooks.bsky.social @mikeparker.bsky.social @gayberystwyth.bsky.social #Pride #Pridemonth
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A graphic depicting the launch event for Love Letters on the River by Carly Holmes. LAUNCH OF NATURE ESSAYS BY CARLY HOLMES AND EXHIBITION OF THE ARTWORK BY GUY MANNING. SUNDAY JULY 6TH, 3PM
AT THE COACH HOUSE / Y CARTWS, SHINGRIG, ST DOGMAELS
FREE ENTRY
Join us for the launch of Carly Holmesβ splendid collection of nature essays Love Letters on the River. Sunday 6th of July, 3pm at The Coach House in St Dogmaels.
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1st look at the @parthianbooks.bsky.social republished Goronwy Rees novel of 1932 'The Summer Flood' - out in July but you can buy pre-publication copies on 20th July at Gayberystwyth Books and 28th at Abergavenny Pride
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Breakfast is (nearly) served! Feast your eyes on the cover of my debut poetry collection, Breakfast with the Scavengers, coming this October from @parthianbooks.bsky.social. Huge thanks to Liqen for this wild, wonderful artwork. I canβt wait to share these poems with you!
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New poetry for June: boxing clubs, house clearances and a tribute to Walesβ tributaries
Mab Jones' latest column features Londonβs Imogen Cassels, Cambridgeβs Alison Binney, south Wales' Dai Smith and a river-themed anthology.
"Thereβs pride, protest and plenty of punch, yet alongside these sits reflection, flashes of gentleness and moments of unexpected grace"
Thanks to @mabjones.bsky.social and Buzz Mag for this review of Street Fighting and Other Past Time by Dai Smith
www.buzzmag.co.uk/new-poetry-j...
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A copy of poetry collection Little Universe by Natalie Ann Holborow is placed on a a wooden table with purple irises placed on the book.
Vote for Little Universe by Natalie Ann Holborow in the Peopleβs Choice Award in Wales Book of the Year Awards π«β¨
nation.cymru/culture/vote...
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Poets Joshua Jones and Christina Thatcher will be with us at our Pride Fair next Saturday (June 14th), from 1PM they will be reading some of their work and will also be available for a Q&A. Come along and check out what they have to offer!
#rct #pride #pride2025 #poetry #pontypridd
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@parthianbooks.bsky.social @daiwafoundation.bsky.social @newwelshreview.bsky.social #walesinjapan #japanlife #teachinginjapan #wales #japan #oralhistory #japantravel
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Reading books from around the world.
Riding bikes. Walking dogs. Watching sport. Lifting weights. Growing food. Drawing critters.
Blue Woman, the fictional life story of a Welsh artist, is published by @weatherglassbooks.bsky.social. Represented by Cara Lee Simpson at @slaliterary.bsky.social. https://jonathanpage.info. He/him.
Writer of fiction about people, place, and the messy idea of home. Grew up on Welsh stories, grew into writing my own.
Writer, reader, roisterer, etc. Pronoun: gobshite.
Largely north Wales and Liverpool but other places will feature. Or maybe not.
Ted Hughes' and Daniel Weissbort's international poetry translation magazine. Edited by Janani Ambikapathy.
modernpoetryintranslation.com
Writer, academic and forester.
Poet. Writer. Reviewer. Swansea.
Writer, editor, critic. Chair of the Authors Club & Best First Novel Award. Former Director, WiPC, English PEN. Books incl #ACountrytoCallHome #ACountryofRefuge #TheGoodTourist & #AnotherSky. https://www.lucypopescu.com/
Bookshop and community space in Cardiff
Any questions or order inquiries send an email to lily@bookspacecardiff.co.uk
https://www.bookspacecardiff.co.uk/
Novelist and short story writer. New novel, Boundary Waters, will be coming out June 2025 with Parthian Books. Reader in Creative Writing at Cardiff university.
A unique residential library; a place to read, write and rest. Book a stay through our website and discover our beautiful Reading Rooms and boutique bedrooms!
www.gladstoneslibrary.org
Poet (Parthian, Green Bottle Press), short stories from Honno. Freelance editor & proofreader (The Royal Mint, Seren Books, Poetry Wales) & artist. No weird DMs (I shouldn't have to say it).
'Bathing on the Roof' due out Spring 2025 from Parthian Books.
Reader.
Bilingual (Spanish/English) author & literary translator. Kidlit. Poetry. SF/F/H. Comics. π
He/Γ©l
Iβve translated: Maggie Nelson, Danez Smith, George Takei, Juan Villoro, Carmen Boullosa, Trifonia Melibea Obono, Koleka Putuma, etc.
Offering translation and international literature initiatives for schools, students and the public. Based at @queenscollegeox.bsky.social.
Historian, writer, Japanophile
With its history going back to 1942, the Institute of Slovak Literature of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava is the main centre for the research of Slovak literature.
Writer, cat person, π¨π¦ in π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ, βStrange Animalsβ (Parthian, 2022). βSuppertimeβ (Substack) for hot takes on books, dinner, and pop culture of the past! https://substack.com/@emilyvanderploeg
Writer.
Novels 'Pigeon' (Parthian Books) & 'Dignity' (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
Represented by Jenny Hewson
Senior Lecturer @ Bangor
Cymraeg, English, CatalΓ , EspaΓ±ol.
