A Carnival of Voices in Independent Publishing

Based in Cardigan/Aberteifi on the west coast of Wales, we publish an innovative range of new fiction, poetry, and drama, from writers as varied as Deborah Kay Davies, Dai Smith, Rachel Trezise, Lewis Davies, Glen Peters and Jeni Williams.

New to the list in 2010 will be Tyler Keevil, J. P. Smythe, Suzie Wild and Wil Gritten with novels, short stories and travelogues to add to the carnival. There's full details at www.brightyoungthings.info/

What we publish reflects a diverse contemporary Wales with stories and perspectives from writers who are looking out at a wider world.

In translation we work in partnership with Il Caduceo literary agency in Genoa who represent our writers in translation. We have developed good translation links throughout Europe and beyond, and our books have appeared in fifteen foreign language editions including French, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Turkish, Danish, Turkish, Portuguese and Russian. We have recently announced our first book deal with New Star publications in China for the thriller The Colour of a Dog Running Away.

 For details of Il Caduceo please contact Marinella Magri through their website www.ilcaduceo.it 

Award-Winning New Work

Recent Parthian titles have won awards including:

The Dylan Thomas prize (Fresh Apples)
The Betty Trask (The Long Dry)
The Welsh Book of the Year 2009 (Grace, Tamar and Laszlo the Beautiful)
The Orange Futures Award (In and Out of the Goldfish Bowl)
The World Book Day Award for Wales (Work, Sex and Rugby)
The Stonewall Award (Fishboys of Vernazza)
The Rhys Davies Prize (Love and Other Possibilities)

The Classics of Welsh Literature

We also publish the prestigious Library of Wales series which includes books such as Border Country by Raymond Williams, The Black Parade by Jack Jones and Ash on a Young Man’s Sleeve by Dannie Abse.

In Translation into English 

Our list also includes a growing number of titles in translation such as To Bury the Dead, Under the Dust, The Bridge Over the River, Strange Language, Martha, Jac and Shanco from Spanish, Catalan, German, Basque and Welsh. Look Me In The Eye by Silvia Soler and Paper Spurs by Olga Merino are published in the summer of 2010.

The Parthian publishing programme is produced with support from of the Welsh Books Council.

The Library of Wales project is a Welsh Assembly Government and Welsh Books Council initiative.