Alan Bilton talks about At Dawn, Two Nightingales in The Seventh Quarry magazine, Spring/Winter
You can read an interview with Alan Bilton in the new edition of the brilliant Seventh Quarry magazine, alongside new poetry from India, Albania, the UK, US, the Czech Republic and beyond! https://seventhquarrypress.com/
Jane Fraser talks to Carolyn Lewis about Weights and Measures, Caldicot Library Wed 11th March 10am
The award winning Jane Fraser will discuss her brilliant new home-front novel, Weights and Measures, with the wonderful Carolyn Lewis (Time, Again) in Caldicot Library, Wednesday 11th March, 10am. All welcome and free entry. Woodstock Way, Caldicot, NP26 5DB
Carole Hailey discusses ‘Scenes from a Tragedy’ with Alan Bilton, Taliesin, Swansea University, February 19th 6pm
Cultural Institute
Literary Salon Series
Thursday 19 February
18:00 – 19:00
Taliesin Create, Singleton Campus, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP
‘Scenes from a Tragedy’
Carole Hailey in conversation with
Alan Bilton
Scenes from a Tragedy by Carole Hailey
When journalist Carly Atherton decides to investigate Daniel Taylor, the pilot of a mysteriously crashed plane, the only family member who will speak to her is his sister.
Glamorous and self-assured, Izzy Taylor seems happy to take Carly into her confidence, filling her in on Daniel’s family history and the events leading up to the crash.
But when Daniel’s widow finally agrees to an interview, everything Izzy has said is called into question, and Carly realizes she has been drawn into a story far darker than she could possibly have imagined.
Because the bonds that shape us can also tear us apart – and sometimes there are monsters living among us, hiding in plain sight…
About the author...
Carole Hailey abandoned a career as a lawyer to study first an MA then a PhD in Creative Writing (the latter at Swansea University). Scenes from a Tragedy is her second novel. Carole’s debut novel, The Silence Project, was published in 2023 and was a BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick, a Waterstones’ and Independent Booksellers’ Book of the Month and was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Prize. Carole lives in Wales with her husband and two rescue dogs.
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Jane Fraser talks to Roy Noble about her brilliant WWII set Swansea novel, Weights and Measures, BBC Radio Wales, Sunday 14th December, 5pm
Catch Jane Fraser in conversation with Roy Noble on BBC Wales, Sunday 14th December, 5pm, talking wartime Swansea, butchers’ shops, and the art of the historical novel.
Alan Bilton talks to Julie Ann Rees about her new folk horror collection, Sea Glass, Taliesin Café Bar, Swansea University, Monday 24th November, 6pm
Alan Bilton will be talking Folk Horror, Magic Realism, and the Uncanny with Julie Ann Rees, author of the brilliantly terrifying Sea Glass in the Taliesin Café Bar, Swansea University, Monday 24th November, 6pm. All welcome
Jane Fraser reflects on war, Swansea, and the passage of time in her new essay on the writing of Weights and Measures in Nation Cymru
You can read Jane Fraser’s moving, thoughtful, and deeply personal essay on the writing of Weights and Measures in Nation Cymru at ahttps://nation.cymru/culture/on-writing-weights-and-measures-a-story-made-in-swansea/
Jane Fraser’s magnificent new novel, Weights and Measures, to be published October 31st
Watermark is thrilled and honoured to announce that our next publication will be Jane Fraser’s enormously moving and beautifully observed wartime novel, Weights and Measures, a sensitive, touching, heart-breaking account of an ordinary Welsh family’s experience of the ‘phoney’ war.
Weights and Measures will be published on October 31st, but is available to pre-order from Watermark Press now.
“Against the epic backdrop of the Second World War, Fraser’s intimate love letter to Swansea bursts with passion, humour, and heart—a sweeping family saga so compelling readers won’t want to put it down.”
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Alan Bilton talks to Ben Rhys Palmer and Lucy Aur, Taliesin Café Bar, Thursday October 2nd 6pm
Alan Bilton will be in conversation with two exciting young poets about their debut poetry collections. Free entry and all welcome.
Lucy’s collection, Dear Ceiling, is a moving exploration of grief journeying through drifting nocturnal dreamscapes and images.
Ben’s collection, Breakfast with the Scavengers, is a funny, bizarre and tender surrealist phantasmagoria, inspired by Ben’s new life in Mexico.
Carolyn Lewis at Cover to Cover
Carolyn will be in conversation with Alan Bilton about her latest novel Time, Again. Carolyn will also be discussing her revised edition of The Short Story – A Perfect Recipe: A Guide to Writing Short Stories.
Saturday July 12th at 2.00pm – Cover to Cover Bookshop, 58 Newton Rd, Mumbles, Swansea SA3 4BQ
At Dawn, Two Nightingales reviewed on Hannah's Bookshelf
"I became immersed in the enchanting illogicality of proceedings ... At Dawn, Two Nightingales works its magic on both readers and characters ... a fun, eccentric and profane read" - Hannah's Bookshelf. You can hear the whole review here.
Carolyn Lewis talks about Time, Again & The Short Story: A Perfect Recipe
Carolyn will be in conversation with Alan Bilton about her latest novel Time, Again. Carolyn will also be discussing her revised edition of The Short Story – A Perfect Recipe: A Guide to Writing Short Stories.
Saturday July 12th at 2.00pm – Cover to Cover Bookshop, 58 Newton Rd, Mumbles, Swansea SA3 4BQ
Edward Matthews back in the UK
Great to catch up with the brilliant US novelist, Edward Matthews, whose scorching portrayal of a racially and economically divided US, in the pocket of big tech and morally corrupt authoritarian figures, obviously has nothing to do with what is going on today
The last few copies of Border Memories are in stock - grab one before they’re gone.