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Watch a short reading from and introduction to Unspeakable Beauty from Georgia Carys Williams at the Cardiff Hay event recently... ' There’s a place for all of us; introverts, extroverts, and everything in-between.' – Georgia Carys Williams on the power of the introvert, live at Hay Festival After Hours in Cardiff earlier this month. Watch now: https://youtu.be/lsqgmo2V2ZY

‘ Wild Cherry is an excellent introduction to an important, underappreciated poet whose work will be enjoyed wherever the life of literature remains valued.’ Steven Lovatt reviews  Wild Cherry  by Nigel Jenkins (Parthian Books, 2023) Read the review in full on The Friday Poem

' I haven’t spent ten years – or even a single year – in a country other than Wales. I’m in no way a hermit but I’ve never been anywhere other than Wales for long enough to question where my home is...' Read the feature in full on Nation.Cymru

Happy #worldpoetryday ! ‘Is that where they make the clouds, Dad?’ – Wild Cherry: Selected Poems by Nigel Jenkins 'The Taskmaster' – The Return: Selected Poems by Myfanwy Haycock 'Llangeler Village School' – Hymnal by Julia Bell 'Get back in the water' – Moon Jellyfish Can Barely Swim by Ness Owen

Parthian Books is AM’s Publisher of the Month! In celebration we’re sharing the first 20 pages of Georgia Carys Williams’ poetic debut novel Unspeakable Beaut y, out today! Read the extract and more here: https://amam.cymru/

With a New Writer’s bursary from Literature Wales, Tracey Rhys finished her first pamphlet, Teaching a Bird to Sing . Its theme of parenting a child with autism, told through poetry, would later feature in two touring theatre productions, and as part of an exhibition at The Senedd. Tracey’s work can be found in journals from Poetry Wales and New Welsh Review to The Lonely Crowd and Ink, Sweat & Tears , and she's no stranger to being long and shortlisted for poetry competitions – the Cinnamon Press Pamphlet Competition, Poetry Wales Pamphlet Competition and Cardiff International Poetry Competition among them. Tracey was also among the 20 winners of The Poetry Archive’s WordView Now! competition in 2020. Her first full collection, 21st-Century Bathsheba , will be published by Parthian in 2025. Listen to Tracey's poems on www.iambapoet.com Read her recent How I write a poem feature on Poetry Wales

  And that’s my last MA class for this semester    What a lovely group of students.

Georgia C arys Williams is Libraries Wales Author of the Month for March! Georgia's beautiful debut novel will be released on March 18th... ' As someone who was always a quiet and introverted child, years later, I felt the need to explore quietness as a theme in my writing – and the impact it can have on someone’s life. So, creating a quiet and female protagonist who uses dance as a way of expression seemed an ideal way to work with my theme in a delicate and sensitive way. I hope people will find a level of understanding with the protagonist and vouch for her as she encounters the ups and downs of her journey as a vulnerably quiet person. I hope it will be clear, however, that just because someone is vocally quiet, it doesn’t mean their mind isn’t loud, and that everyone has a voice worth listening to.' Read the interview in full on the Welsh Libraries website

Natalie's third collection Little Universe is now available to pre-order from the Parthian website [Cover design: Emily Courdelle]

I’m so happy to share this news with you today and I am really looking forward to working with these poets on their new collections over the next 18 months. Delighted to announce our poetry list for 2024/2025! Featuring exciting new collections from writers already an integral part of our Parthian family – Rae Howells, Natalie Ann Holborow, Christina Thatcher and Roberto Pastore – alongside two wonderful debuts from Tracey Rhys and Ben Rhys Palmer. Read the full press release on the Parthian website