Literary Fiction
<p>Pwyll, a young Welsh ruler in a post-oil world, finds his inherited status and military obligations hard to take. Not only this but he’s never quite sure how he’s drawn into murdering his future wife’s fiancé, losing his only son and switching beds with the king of the underworld… In this bizarrely...
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<p><em>"a gripping contemporary story… brilliantly absorbs the magical elements of the original” </em><strong>The Guardian</strong></p><p><em>“Sheers makes his 20th-century setting sing but holds on to the otherworldliness of his source material… A...
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<h2> </h2><p><br />‘Deep down she had always known that the world was like this. It was incredible to think of all those people in their offices in London still living their grey lives, while here in the Philippines… this. Life bursting out everywhere.’</p><p>Fresh from...
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<h2> </h2><p><br />"Savage and tender, <em>Seahorses are real</em> is a rich, unflinching fantasy of love and abuse." Kate Bingham</p><p>Marly's had enough of the cramped little rundown flat and wounded grey street where she lives with her fiance, David. If they...
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<p> </p><p><em>Return to Hendre Ddu</em> is a tumultuous sequel to Siân James’ classic novel <a href="https://www.serenbooks.com/productdisplay/small-country"><em>A Small Country</em></a>. Once again Siân James' talent for character and dialogue weaves an...
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<h2> </h2><p><br />Emyr Humphreys is a major figure in twentieth-century writing and <em>The Woman at the Window</em> is an immensely enjoyable and impressive addition to his outstanding list of award-winning novels and short stories.</p><p>From the widow alone in the rectory drawing room to...
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<p>Fire brings death to a ranch in Texas. The only survivor is eight-year-old Ronnie, saved by Francis from the blaze which killed her family. Yet, as the smell of smoke fades, a hint of something equally destructive clouds the air: child abuse. Suspicion falls on Francis, the young outsider adrift in America, escaping the claustrophobia of...
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<h2> </h2><p><br /><strong>For the first time at an Olympic Games, the 10 men's Boxing events at London 2012 will be joined by three women's events. </strong><br /><br />Written in honest, original prose, sharp with imagery and a love of place, debut author Louise...
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<p>Jenna wondered how their lives had become so snagged upon each other's. It would seem incongruous to an outsider that, now thirty-seven and struggling with her own complicated relationships, she could find herself so caught up in the life of Tomas – a college boy she hardly knew. And yet she could see the...
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<p><br />´Violence is the new language, celebrity is the new currency.´</p><p><em>Everything is Sinister</em> is a darkly humorous novel with a biting take on the modern cult of celebrity and its potentially horrific consequences.</p><p>“Destined to become a cult book,...
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<p><em>If You Fall I Will Catch You</em> is a futuristic fantasy by debut novelist, Eifion Jenkins. Thinking the unthinkable – knowing the unknowable. Gwidion is a boy on the verge of manhood to whom 9/11 means nothing. But the psychic shock waves of an event that once shook the world are still felt in his village, all...
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<p> </p><p>Winner of the Glen Dimplex Award for fiction 2009</p><p> </p><p><strong>“Walking Clifton Street, in any direction, is like going to your own funeral.”</strong><br /><br /><em>Last Bird Singing</em> is a blacker than black...
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<div>An extract from <em>The Loser</em> has been included in the 2010 English PEN/Writers in Translation anthology <em>Making the World Legible. </em>To download the anthlology free of charge, visit the website here: <a href="http://www.englishpen.org/writersintranslation/" style="color: blue; text-...
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<div><strong>Shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize</strong><br /><br />‘It’s language quicksilvering a howl of anguish…on the strength of this book alone, Minhinnick stakes his claim to be regarded as the finest writer working in any genre in Wales today.’ <strong>&...
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<p>Opinion on <em>Monica </em>has been deeply divided since its publication in 1930. Saunders Lewis’s first novel was fiercely attacked by Welsh-speaking critics for its portrayal of sexual obsession and manipulation. For the first time the psychology which was such a feature of the work of contemporary authors was...
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<p><strong><em>"..simply the best novel I have ever read from our nation.." Mike Jenkins (Welsh Poet and author)</em></strong></p><p><em>Everything Must Change</em> is a thoughtful first novel, exploring the place of passionately held, radical beliefs in the modern world. The...
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<p><strong>WINNER OF WALES BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2007</strong><br /><br /><em>Mr Cassini</em> a remarkable follow-up to the award-winning Mr Vogel.<br /><br /><em>Mr Cassini</em> is an amazing journey through the geography of one man’s troubled mind as he tries...
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<p> </p><div>"A compulsive read... its hilarious depiction of the grim hypocrisy of modern working life, <em>Eleven</em> is on a par with The Office." <em><strong>– The Guardian</strong></em><br /><br />In Cardiff’s offices and call...
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<p> </p><p>Welcome to the happy-go-lucky world of 19-year-old Daniel Brownlow as he travels abroad after leaving school. Things ’just happen’ to Dan, a Seventies teenager with a blue Mohican and the nickname ’Madness’.</p><p>In <em>Overland</em> –...
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<h2> </h2><p><br />A new translation of <em>The Awakening</em>, a classic novel by Kate Roberts, the major author of twentieth century Welsh literature.</p><p>The happy family life of Lora Ffennig is shattered when her husband abruptly and unexpectedly leaves her for a colleague. The world...
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<h2> </h2><p><br />Winner of Wales Book of the Year Award 2006.</p><p><br />“On the strength of this book alone, Minhinnick stakes his claim to be regarded as the finest writer working in any genre in Wales today.” <strong>Jim Perrin, </strong><strong...
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<p>Eddie Lloyd, troubled son of the famous Welsh actor Orlando Lloyd is introduced to ambitious film-maker Bethan Mair Nichols, and immediately finds himself captivated by the intense young woman. It transpires that Bethan’s Great Aunt Sulwen has left her a derelict shop in rural Wales. As the novel and their...
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<p>One of the most exciting works of modern Welsh-language fiction, available in English for the first time.</p><p>The dull life of unemployed academic Dr Jones changes forever when he sees a young man naked on a building top, threatening to jump to his death. Persuaded to come down, the stranger is befriended by Jones. Melog...
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<p>Innovative, erudite and enormously entertaining, <em>Love on the Borders</em> is the work of a unique literary mind: wideranging, encyclopaedic, insightful and enormously readable, it follows spirited 40-something Celestine as she walks the length of Offa’s Dyke - the ancient earthwork which traces the boundary...
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