Parthian Books
@parthianbooks
Welsh Independent Press, established in 1993. Based in Aberteifi/Cardigan A Carnival of Voices in independent publishing. Our titles reflect a diverse and contemporary Wales that cast a keen eye on the wider world.
Ranging from rural Wales to urban Vancouver, and featuring recurring characters whose lives and fates intertwine, this collection resonates with wisdom, warmth, and a rare, deceptively simple, honesty. [3/3]
Come say hello to @hayfestival.bsky.social Writer at Work Carys Shannon 👋🏻 tomorrow morning 10:30am at the Hay Bookshop. Signing copies of her eerie Welsh noir Truth Like Water. See you there !
What a fab line-up for this Friday’s BBC Radio Wales Arts Show with Gary Raymond. Recorded live at @hayfestival.bsky.social with Carys Shannon, Anne Keer, Lucie McKnight Hardy and Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch @bbccymruwales.bsky.social
Catch you at @hayfestival.bsky.social this Sunday 31 May 11:30am with the Rhydderch Sisters www.hayfestival.com/p-25469-fran...
Fleeing from herself and the trappings of her previous life, Ann Thomas takes up residency at an outlandish crumbling hotel in the heartland of Wales. www.parthianbooks.com/products/res...
Happy Publication Day to Resistance by Mary Jones. Originally published in 1985 by The Blackstaff Press, Mary Jones’ first and only novel won the Welsh Arts Council Fiction Prize in 1986. Out today as the latest addition to our Library of Wales series, with new foreword by Katherine Stansfield.
Happy #worldbeeday ! 🐝🌼 taken from The language of bees by Rae Howells
We got to give a sneak preview of Resistance by Mary Jones at the Association of Welsh Writing in English conference in Aberystwyth over the weekend. Originally pub in 1985 by The Blackstaff Press. Now the latest title in our Library of Wales series with new foreword by Katherine Stansfield
Thanks for this lovely review of IT MIGHT NOT BE TRUE by Francesca Rhydderch over on amazon. If you've read one of our books recently please do pop your review up and help us fight against the algorithms & support independent writers 💜
The superb Jemma L King will be the guest poet at The Cellar Bards in Cardigan this FRIDAY from 7.30pm!
Happy Publication Day to Francesca Rhydderch's moving memoir It Might Not Be True <3 Book of the Month for May - Books Council of Wales www.parthianbooks.com/products/it-...
Join us tomorrow evening at The Town Library in Aberystwyth to kick off the Rhydderch Sisters Book Tour ✨💫 Launching It Might Not Be True and Milk Wood Memoir (@picadorbooks.bsky.social) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/samantha-w...
Join the Rhydderch Sisters on their Book Tour launching their two new titles It Might Not Be True and Milk Wood Memoir www.parthianbooks.com/pages/events
A glorious weekend at Laugharne festival with the Rhydderch Sisters ☀️🌿
As a child I longed for escape… I wished things could be different, but what can you do but hold on for the ride? White Sheep by Odette Debono is avaiable to order now www.parthianbooks.com/products/whi...
Come say hello 👋🏻 🏴we’re at stand 2A109 with thanks to @publishingwales.bsky.social @bookswales.bsky.social
Tomorrow evening at 6pm join us for a celebration of Richard and Philip Burton. With Q&A with Professor Angela John and a special screening of the film ‘Mr Burton’ starring Toby Jones www.ticketsource.com/whats-on/por...
Love Letters on the River - A captivating collection of nature essays describing encounters with the many creatures that live amongst the Teifi Valley The #WPreorder Offer ends at midnight this Friday the 20th of February (2/2). Use code FEB26 for 25% off
Folding Rock editor Kathryn Tann talks to Crystal Jeans about her upcoming collection of essays, Blueprints through an old-school e-mail exchange. Read below. foldingrock.com/getting-nake...
Winner of the 2025 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition, Keza O’Neill, joins The Wyn Thomas File to talk about her winning story 'The Man on the Train'. www.mixcloud.com/.../.
Get 50% off Alys Conran's critically acclaimed debut novel Pigeon with code ADVENT15. www.parthianbooks.com/products/pig...
Delve into our short story collections with 20% off. Just use code ADVENT11. Here's just a few of our recommendations. www.parthianbooks.com/blogs/news/p...
Listen to Angela V. John speak about her book Behind the Scenes: The Dramatic Lives of Philip Burton at the Oldie Literary Lunch www.theoldie.co.uk/lunches/reco...
Sort your reading for the new year and get 10% off all our pre-orders. Just use code ADVENTSEVEN at the checkout, offer ends at midnight this New Year's Eve. There's a little bit of something for everyone, have a browse of our upcoming titles. www.parthianbooks.com/collections/...
Megan at Waterstones Cardiff restocking Rape of the Fair Country. In the heart of iron country, this unforgettable novel begins the saga of the Mortymer family. Emblematic of a nation’s history and struggle, first published in 1959, Rape of the Fair Country has become an icon of Welsh literature