Carolyn Lewis talks about her short story collection, ‘Some Sort of Twilight’ with Bristol 24/7, including an exclusive extract.
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Alan Bilton will be in conversation with the wonderful Kamila Shamsie at the Winter Hay Festival on Saturday 26th November at 2,30, discussing her new novel, ‘Best of Friends’. https://www.hayfestival.com/winter-weekend/home
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War, Russia, Madness: the themes of Alan Bilton’s dreamlike take on the historical novel can be seen as an uncanny mirror of our own troubled times. Madness has been described as “the Russian disease”, and Bilton explores the theme through Russian literature and history, exploring ideas of “the Holy Fool” and the roots of the Slavic Soul.
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Cultural Institute – Literary Salon Series
Wednesday 19th October 2022 | 7pm – 8pm | Taliesin Centre
‘Connective Tissue’
Jane Fraser in conversation with Alan Bilton
This collection of short fiction aims to define the sometimes indefinable and to give voice to those struggling to make sense of what life throws at them. The stories are tragic and comi-tragic, but all reveal the strength and complexity of the human spirit.
Jane Fraser
Jane Fraser is an award-winning fiction writer, based in the Gower peninsula, south Wales. Her debut novel Advent, published by Honno (2021), won the 2022 Society of Authors’ Paul Torday Memorial Prize. Her first collection of short fiction, The South Westerlies, was published by Salt (2019) and her second collection from Salt, Connective Tissue, is forthcoming in October 2022.
REGISTER HERE:
https://bit.ly/connectivetissue2022
Alan Bilton will be talking with Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer and Georgina Godwin about the idea of The Great European Novel at the Cheltenham Literary Festival on Wednesday 12th October 12-1 @CheltLitFest #cheltlitfest @ABiltonAuthor
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Why live one life, when you could live a thousand? Sol works for a San Diego start-up that traffics in the underground memory trade—harvesting cherished memories from donors in Mexico and implanting them in Americans. Sol’s newest client is Mr. Bray—old, rich, well-connected, blind. Mr. Bray has heard rumors of a mysterious graveyard in Tijuana where miracles are said to occur. He has tracked down a young librarian who knows the graveyard—Nora Rincón—but its location is buried in a childhood memory. Sol’s task is simple—find Nora, build rapport, extract her memory. His reward: $100,000. But when Sol befriends Nora, he begins to understand who Mr. Bray is, what he wants, and what he is capable of—and realizes it might be too late to go back on their agreement…
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American novelist, poet and essayist Patricia Lockwood, the winner of the £20,000 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2022 with her debut novel, No One Is Talking About This. A woman known for her viral social media posts travels the world speaking to her adoring fans, her entire existence revolving around the internet – or what she terms ‘the portal'. Who are we serving, the portal asks itself. Are we all just going to keep doing this until we die? Suddenly, two texts from her mother appear: "Something has gone wrong" and "How soon can you get here?" As real life and the portal collide, she confronts a world that seems to contain both an abundance of goodness, empathy and justice, and evidence that proves the opposite. This is a love letter to the infinite scroll and a meditation on love, language and human connection.
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-20th century. Join us to celebrate the 2022 winner – announced on 12 May. Alan Bilton is an author and member of the 2022 judging panel.
Patricia Lockwood will be appearing via video-link from her home in the USA.
Alan Bilton will be speaking at the Llandeilo Literary Festival on April 23rd at 6.30
Alan Bilton discusses his Russia-set novel, The End of The Yellow House, and explores War, Russia and Madness in both Russian history and the present day.
You can find out more at
and book on the Eventbrite page for this event
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/llandeilo-lit-fest-16877977571
and via the festival website via Book Tickets Saturday and Book Tickets Sunday pages
https://llandeilolitfest.org/saturday-progamme-and-tickets/
Painting the Beauty Queens Orange
@ABiltonAuthor will be in conversation with contributors @carolyn80815287 and Kate Cleaver, alongside editor @Rebecca_Writer, discussing 'Painting the Beauty Queens Orange' (@Honno), a new anthology exploring women's lives in the 1970s.
Wednesday 2nd February, Swansea University, Taliesin Annexe, 1-2pm.
REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/paintingbeautyqueens
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Michael Stein reviews The End of The Yellow House in the New Welsh Review
This "at-times brutal, at-times comic, at-times surreal but always gripping novel ... is very far from conforming to the rules of the mystery novel"
newwelshreview.com
Hannah's Bookshelf
@ABiltonAuthor will be talking to @BookshelfHannah on 'Hannah's Bookshelf' on North Manchester FM, on Saturday 18th September 2-4. If you're not fortunate enough to live in Greater Manchester, you can still listen live at https://hannahkate.net/north-manchester-fm-hannahs-bookshelf-saturday-18-september-2-4pm/
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Alan Bilton takes a look at the curious 1978 horror/disaster/satire, ‘The Medusa Touch', as part of the series on the films of Richard Burton at https://www.walesartsreview.org/becoming-richard-burton-the-medusa-touch/
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Jon Gower reviews The End of The Yellow House in Nation Cymru
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Alan Bilton will be talking to Jane Fraser about her wonderful new historical novel, Advent, in the latest 'Literary Salon' from the Cultural Institute at Swansea University. It takes place on Thursday 11th February 7-8 via zoom - https://bit.ly/adventfraser
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Register here: http://bit.ly/chaileyjem to join Carole Hailey discussing her novel The Book of Jem - a ‘sublime tale that explores theology with profundity and black humour’ with @ABiltonAuthor as part of @Culture_SwanUni ‘s literary salon series.
You can read Matthew Rees' review of @ABiltonAuthor #TheEndoftheYellowHouse' at Horla: The Home of Intelligent Horror @horlahorror
Kirkus Review awards The Book of Jem by @CaroleAHailey a coveted starred review, calling it ‘sublime tale’.
Wonderfully thoughtful review of The Book of Jem by award-winning author @jfraserwriter
Poet and Professor at Leeds Trinity University has been kind enough to nominate The End of The Yellow House as one of 'The Books That Shaped Our Year' in Inverse. You can read the whole list at https://www.inversejournal.com/2020/12/31/the-books-that-shaped-our-year-2020-curated-by-majid-maqbool/
See our very own @ABiltonAuthor talking to @JonGower1 about Alan's new novel 'The End of The Yellow House' as part of Swansea University's Literary Salon series at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uXQMZLBjUQ&t=19s
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