The Unbroken Beauty of Rosalind Bone

Alex McCarthy

Tucked into the Welsh valleys, encircled by silver birch and pine, the village of Cwmcysgod may appear a quiet, sleepy sort of place. But beneath the surface, tensions simmer, hearts ache, and…more

The Library Suicides

Fflur Dafydd

Twins Ana and Nan seek to avenge their mother’s death. They, along with the entire neighbourhood, know who should be held to account – the scathing literary critic, Eben. His words are thought to…more

Open Up

Thomas Morris

A stunning second collection from the award-winning author of We Don’t Know What We’re Doing. Everything felt familiar and nostalgic. It was the joy and blood-thrill of being understood, of being…more

Windstill

Eluned Gramich

Fighting to free herself from a toxic relationship, 21-year-old Lora escapes to her recently widowed grandmother’s home in Hamburg. When Daniel, Lora’s delusional ex, and a string of estranged…more

Vulcana

Rebecca F. John

An inspirational fictional telling of Welsh Victorian Strongwoman, Kate Williams, from one of Wales’ most versatile and interesting voices On a winter's night in 1892, Kate Williams, the daughter of…more

This Is Not Who We Are

Sophie Buchaillard

Shortlisted for the 2023 Wales Book of the Year.1994, Iris and Victoria are pen friends. Iris writes about her life with her family in Paris. Victoria is in a refugee camp in Goma having fled the…more

Scar Tissue

Clare Morgan

In a world of uncertainties, how do human beings navigate the increasingly complex interrelations of love, desire, home, community? Each story in Scar Tissue offers a fresh perspective on the nature…more

Whaling

Nathan Munday

1792. Nantucket whalers are invited to found the port of Milford Haven in Wales. What does the arrival of these hardy Quakers – immigrants to America a century before – mean for the local people? And…more

Neon Roses

Rachel Dawson

Eluned Hughes is stuck. It’s 1984 in a valley in south Wales: the miners’ strike is ravaging her community; her sister’s swanned off with a Thatcherite policeman; and her boyfriend Lloyd keeps…more

Stray Dogs

Richard John Parfitt

A dark, funny, Quentin Tarantino-esque coming-of-age road story. Turner is a high school dropout newly arrived in Toronto. After taking a job selling dictionaries for a local grifter named Romeo…more

Aubrey and the Terrible Spiders

Horatio Clare

If children ran the world… When the animals start rebelling, and Aubrey is stung by a very polite wasp, he realises there is something weird going on in the valley below Rushing Wood. And as he’s the…more

Cymru Fydd

Wiliam Owen Roberts

Wales 2090. An independent country. A prosperous country. A powerful sovereign country that has claimed its place on the world stage since 2049. But who is in control? And is it a land of milk and…more

Hallt

Meleri Wyn James

Cari is 16 years old and yearns for freedom. But Cari is different to her friends and Elen, her mother, is anxious for her, wishing to protect her daughter. As Ceri develops from childhood to…more

Gwynt y Dwyrain

Alun Ffred

Winner of the Daniel Owen Memorial Prize at the 2023 National Eisteddfod of Wales Sergeant Idwal Davies is the first to arrive at Tan-y-graig on the Sunday morning at the turn of the millennium. And…more

Arlwy’r Sêr

Angharad Tomos

A beautiful novel based on the lives of R. Silyn Roberts and his wife, Mary Silyn, which tells the story of their first encounter and blossoming relationship, set against the backdrop of…more

Birdsplaining: A Natural History

Jasmine Donahaye

A wren in the house foretells a death, while a tech-loving parrot aids a woman’s recovery. Crows’ misbehaviour suggests how the ‘natural’ order, ranked by men, may be challenged. A blur of bunting…more

Sarn Helen: A Journey Through Wales, Past, Present and Future

Tom Bullough

Sarn Helen - Helen's Causeway - is the old Roman Road that runs from the south of Wales to the north. As Tom walks the route, sometimes alone, sometimes in company, he describes the changing…more

And: a memoir of my mother

Isabel Adonis

Winner of the 2023 Wales Book of the Year | Creative Non-Fiction Simultaneously personal and universal, and told in the rhythms of an oral story, this beautifully musical and multi-layered book…more

Powell

Manon Steffan Ros

Shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year 2023 (Children and Young People Category) A powerful and heartfelt novel about the relationship between a grandfather and his grandson through the prism of…more

Anfadwaith

Llŷr Titus

A dark fantasy novel that follows Ithel as they try to unravel the mystery that threatens to destroy the kingdom. With the help of Adwen, the trader, they try to find the guilty attackers, but all…more

Astronot yn yr Atig

Megan Angharad Hunter

Rosie is mad about the tv series 'Yr Estronos' and about astronauts, and when a spaceship lands in her back garden, she cannot believe her luck. This is a novel about friendship, about…more

Anwyddoldeb

Elinor Wyn Reynolds

Winner Wales Book of the Year 2023 | Poetry Award If life is a journey, then Anwyddoldeb is a volume that walks the path of life, observing the experiences and choices that come our way. In a…more

Dysgu Nofio

Iestyn Tyne

A young father learns to sink or swim in this touching, meditative account of new parenthood. The image of water flows through the collection, tempoed by alternating poems under the title 'Lesson',…more

Curiadau: Blodeugerdd LHDTC+

Gareth Evans-Jones

Curiadau is a pioneering and exciting LGBTQ+ anthology, the first of its kind in the Welsh language. Skilfully edited by Gareth Evans-Jones, it brings together striking and diverse LGBTQ+ talents.…more

Dominoes

Connor Allen

A stunning debut from the 2021 Winner of Literature Wales and Firefly Press Rising Star Wales Award. Delving into his experiences of love, loss, and growing up mixed-race in Newport, Dominoes is the…more

Viva Bartali!

Damian Walford Davies

Inspired by the lyrical, mythic mode of Italian sports journalism from the 1930s to the 1950s, Viva Bartali! is a biography-in-verse of the iconic Italian cyclist Gino Bartali (1914—2000), two-time…more

Octopus Mind

Rachel Carney

Octopus Mind plays with an array of rich and original metaphors to explore the intricacies of neurodiversity, perception and the human mind. These poems articulate the desire to understand and be…more

Imrie

Nia Morais

A magical exploration of identity and womanhood from Wales’ new Children’s Laureate. Josie discovers a magical party underwater, better than any human party. It is a world in which she discovers her…more

Croendena

Mared Llywelyn

Nights out on the town. Days at the seaside. Stories and secrets. Body shaming. Chasing boys, and messy nights in car parcs. Summer is up. The girls are ready to party, and life is full of…more

Cranogwen

Jane Aaron

A vital new memoir of one of Wales’ most influential heroines. In the Victorian era, women were considered ill-suited and incapable of public and intellectual leadership. But Cranogwen, also known…more