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Parthian Books is an independent publisher based in Cardigan. It was founded in 1993. Parthian is an editorially-led publishing house, which publishes a range of contemporary fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and drama as well as art books. It is also involved in the European literary scene, its motto being “A Carnival of Voices in Independent Publishing”.
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- Case study how do i protect the copyright in my book dan tyte and parthian books
- The raconteur america book launch with parthian books
- Translation
- Awards
- Library of Wales
- References
Some of the authors that Parthian Books has published include Alys Conran, Rebecca F John, Tristan Hughes, Deborah Kay Davies, Professor Dai Smith, Rachel Trezise, Susmita Bhattacharya, Lewis Davies, Glen Peters and Jeni Williams. Parthian also publishes celebrity autobiographies, such as Griff Rhys Jones' Insufficiently Welsh, and Boyd Clack's Kisses Sweeter Than Wine. The publisher launched a new series in 2010 aimed at helping young writers get into print called Bright Young Things; it includes novels, short stories and travelogues. The first four authors in this series are Tyler Keevil, J. P. Smythe, Suzie Wild and Wil Gritten.
Parthian receive financial support from the Welsh Books Council in the form of grants, they are also responsible for publishing the Library of Wales series, which is a Welsh Assembly Government and Welsh Books Council joint initiative.
The raconteur america book launch with parthian books
Translation
Parthian Books works in partnership with Il Caduceo literary agency in Genoa who represents their writers in translation. Parthian has developed translation links throughout Europe and beyond, and its books have appeared in fifteen foreign language editions including French, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Turkish, Danish, Portuguese and Russian. Parthian has also recently announced its first book deal with New Star publications in China for the thriller The Colour of a Dog Running Away by Richard Gwyn.
Parthian also publishes titles translated into English, 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.
In 2015, Parthian launched the Europa Carnivale project. The project consists of a collection of eight books, poetry and fiction, written by female authors from around Europe. As well as English-language titles from Welsh authors Alys Conran (Pigeon) and Rebecca F. John (Clown's Shoes), the project encompasses translations from authors in Germany, Turkey, Slovakia, Spain and Poland. The first book to be translated and published was Monique Schwitter's Goldfish Memory, and later authors to be translated through 2016 and 2017 include Ece Temelkuran, Emilia Ivancu, Miren Agur Meabe, and Uršuľa Kovalyk.
In 2016, Parthian was awarded money by the India Wales Fund for a collaborative literature project called The Valley, The City, The Village. The project will see the publication in 2018 of a writing anthology curated by three Welsh writers and three Indian writers. In early 2017, the three Welsh writers visited India to engage with the culture and take part in writing and reading events. In spring 2017, the three Indian authors will visit Wales. The project is being run in collaboration with Bee Books, an English publisher in Kolkata, India. The writers will blog about their experiences, and make use of them for the anthology.
Awards
Many Parthian titles have won awards and received recognition, including:
Alys Conran's Pigeon has been longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize 2017.
Library of Wales
The Library of Wales series is a project intending to revive and preserve classic Welsh titles. Titles published so far are: