Saturday May 4th, midday – Bank Vault, Aberystwyth
Rae Howells will be giving a reading and Q&A as part of the Aber Poetry Festival. More info here.
Saturday May 4th, 4.30pm – The Bookshop by the Sea, Aberystwyth
Mari Ellis Dunning will be giving a reading and Q&A as part of the Aber Poetry Festival. More info here.
Sunday May 5th, 4pm – Bank Vault, Aberystwyth
Susie Wild will be part of a panel discussing publishing as part of the Aber Poetry Festival. More info here.
Friday May 10th-Sunday 12th – Gregynog Hall, Newtown, Powys, and online
Wednesday May 15th, 6.30pm – Waterstones Piccadilly, 203/206, Piccadilly, London W1J 9HD
Shortlist celebration for the Dylan Thomas Prize, featuring Joshua Jones alongside the other shortlisted writers. More info here.
Wednesday May 15th, 6pm – Waterstones, The Old Carlton Cinema, 17 Oxford Street, Swansea SA1 3AG
Georgia Carys Williams celebrates the launch of her first novel
Unspeakable Beauty, a touching and evocative coming-of-age story set in Swansea and the Gower. Booking info here.
Saturday/Sunday May 18/19 – British Library, London
The European Writers' Festival features, among others, Kristian Bang Foss, whose award-winning novel Death Drives an Audi was published by Parthian in 2021 (Tr. Caroline Waight). More info here.
Sunday May 19th, 5pm – The Moon, 5 Womanby Street, Cardiff
Launch for Fox Bites by Lloyd Markham. This free event features readings, music and spoken word guests. More info on the event Facebook page.
Friday May 31st, 7pm – Storyville Books, 8 Mill Street, Pontypridd, CF37 2SN
"Dissonance and Diversity in Devolution" – Emma Schofield introduces her Woman's Wales with guests Grace Quantock, Cerith Mathias, and others to be confirmed. Booking info available soon.
Thursday June 20th – Waterstones, 27 Great Darkgate St, Aberystwyth SY23 1DE
Launch for The Last Day, translated by Emyr Wallace Humphreys. More info to be confirmed.
Saturday June 22nd, 1pm – Cynon Valley Museum, Depot Rd, Gadlys, Aberdare CF44 8D
Christopher Meredith will be reading from and discussing his books, including Shifts, at Cynon Valley Museum. More info TBC.
Wednesday July 10th, 7pm – Waterstones, The Grand Building, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5EJ
Debut authors panel, featuring Joshua Jones reading from and discussing Local Fires. Join Waterstones Trafalgar Square as they welcome three authors placing queer lives and culture front-and-centre in three fresh and thrilling debuts from Wales. Tickets £12 to include one of the featured authors' books. More info here.
Monday July 29th, 7pm – YMa Pontypridd, Pontypridd, CF37 4TS
Official launch of PONTY IS IT? in association with Storyville Books. More info here.