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 at https://www.mixcloud.com/Hannahs_Bookshelf/hannahs-bookshelf-pick-and-mix-07062025/https://www.mixcloud.com/Hannahs_Bookshelf/hannahs-bookshelf-pick-and-mix-07062025/
Read MoreCarolyn 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
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.
Read MoreMissed Alan Bilton talking about ‘At Dawn, Two Nightingales’ on Hannah’s Bookshelf on Saturday? Well, fear not, because you can listen again at https://www.mixcloud.com/Hannahs_Bookshelf/hannahs-bookshelf-pick-and-mix-10052025/https://www.mixcloud.com/Hannahs_Bookshelf/hannahs-bookshelf-pick-and-mix-10052025/
Read MoreAlan Bilton will once again host this year’s International Dylan Thomas Prize ceremony on Thursday May 15th. Launched in 2006, the annual Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize is one of the most prestigious awards for young writers, aimed at encouraging raw creative talent worldwide. It celebrates and nurtures international literary excellence.
It is one of the UK’s most prestigious literary prizes as well as one of the world’s largest literary prizes for young writers. Awarded for the best published literary work in the English language, written by an author aged 39 or under, the Prize celebrates the international world of fiction in all its forms including poetry, novels, short stories and drama.
The prize is named after the Swansea-born writer, Dylan Thomas, and celebrates his 39 years of creativity and productivity. One of the most influential, internationally-renowned writers of the mid-twentieth century, the prize invokes his memory to support the writers of today and nurture the talents of tomorrow.
https://www.swansea.ac.uk/dylan-thomas-prize/
Read MoreAlan Bilton will be talking about his new novel, At Dawn, Two Nightingales’, a comic opera in novel form set in 18thC Bohemia, at the Llandeilo Literary Festival, Sunday 27th April, 12.30. Tickets from https://www.llandeilolitfest.org/
Read MoreCarolyn Lewis and Alan Bilton will be discussing their new novels - At Dawn, Two Nightingales, and Time, Again - at Waterstones in Swansea on Wed February 12th at 6pm. Fee entry and all welcome! https://www.waterstones.com/events/alan-bilton-in-conversation-with-carolyn-lewis/swansea
Read MoreCarolyn Lewis and Alan Bilton will be at Chepstow Books on Wed 5th Feb, for the launch of Carolyn’s new novel, ‘Time, Again’.
Chepstow Book Shop - 13, St. Mary Street, Chepstow NP16 5EW 6.30 start
Free & All welcome. If you would like to pre-book a ticket, please click on the link below.
Read MoreWriting Outside The Lines: Breaking the Rules of Fiction
A Creative Writing Workshop, Swansea Central Library, Saturday 18th Jan, 11-12.30.
What happens if the usual rules of realism don't apply, gravity is suspended, and you allow your imagination to float free? Join us for an engaging, hands on introduction to breaking the rules of fiction.
One of the pleasures of this week has been to be able to get round to Alan Bilton's new novel, "At Dawn, Two Nightingales", which I've been saving, as he's an author whose worlds I like to become absorbed in, rather than just dipping in in odd moments. And what a world this is, richly described but intangible and unstable, where all is theatrical artifice, and lurking behind each shaky set is something enticingly dark. A picaresque quest for love, and a melancholic celebration of the power of ambiguous texts, it's full of the twisty loops that have characterised his previous novels, with nods, bows, and backhanded to Potocki, Bruno Schulz, Gogol, Nezval, Bulgakov, and, I feel, the Marx Brothers, Jimmy Cagney, and more contemporary references. Literary, playful, and a tiny bit unsettling. Great stuff
Read More“What a strange, intriguing, alluringly bizarre book this is. It is, in the best way, a tad unhinged” - read Niall Griffiths’ review of At Dawn, Two Nightingales at https://nation.cymru/culture/book-review-at-dawn-two-nightingales-by-alan-bilton/
Read MoreCarolyn Lewis and Alan Bilton will be talking about their new novels, Time, Again and At Dawn, Two Nightingales at Caldicot Library Thursday July 28th 2pm
All welcome!
Read MoreWatermark is proud as punch to announce that our next title with be the wonderfully moving and beautifully observed novel from Carolyn Lewis, Time, Again. More details coming soon.
Read MoreAlan Bilton talks to Carole Hailey about his phantasmagorical new novel, At Dawn, Two Nightingales, in a special event hosted by Cover to Cover on Thursday 10 October 6-7 in MumbAles, Mumbles, Swansea.
Read MoreLaunched in 2006, the annual Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize is one of the most prestigious awards for young writers, aimed at encouraging raw creative talent worldwide. It celebrates and nurtures international literary excellence.
It is one of the UK’s most prestigious literary prizes as well as one of the world’s largest literary prizes for young writers. Awarded for the best published literary work in the English language, written by an author aged 39 or under, the Prize celebrates the international world of fiction in all its forms including poetry, novels, short stories and drama.
The prize is named after the Swansea-born writer, Dylan Thomas, and celebrates his 39 years of creativity and productivity. One of the most influential, internationally-renowned writers of the mid-twentieth century, the prize invokes his memory to support the writers of today and nurture the talents of tomorrow.
Read MoreTickets from https://thehaywriters.wordpress.com/
Read MoreAlan Bilton will be in conversation with the terrific thriller writer Morgan Greene, discussing his dark new thriller, Savage Ridge, at Waterstones, Swansea, Wednesday 17th April, 6pm. Just a few tickets left!
https://www.waterstones.com/events/morgan-greene-author-of-savage-ridge-in-conversation-with-alan-bilton/swansea
Read MoreAlan Bilton will be joining the Hay Scribblers for a Creative Writing workshop based around the theme of ‘Stories and Journeys’ at the Taliesin Theatre, Swansea University, 31st Jan & 7th February
Read MoreEddie Matthews will be reading from Border Memories as part of Small Press Nite at The Book Catapult, 3010b Juniper Street, San Diego, Saturday January 27th, 7pm, Free entry.
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