Gillian Paschkes-Bell spoke about setting up Pantolwen Press, a new publishing house in West Wales. A G Rivett read from the launch title, The Priest’s Wife, and Gillian offered a pre-publication excerpt from Kenneth Sinclair’s forthcoming novel, Vu.
Karen Gemma Brewer chaired the Write Spirit Panel with A G Rivett, author of the Isle Fincara Trilogy and Delyth Badder, author of The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts.
Launch of The Priest’s Wife!
May 2023 Days were when the Seaborne used only to be available print-on-demand. Now that it’s being distributed by the Books Council of Wales and by Gardner’s, your local bookshop can now stock it. Publisher Gillian Paschkes-Bell toured Scotland with author A G Rivett in April – May 2023 to tell bookshops about the Seaborne and to let them know about forthcoming Pantolwen Press publications. The Priest’s Wife by A G Rivett is due to be published on 20th October, and Vu, by Kenneth Sinclair, at a date yet to be fixed.
October 2022 The Priest’s Wife has been successful in obtaining an Individual Literary Book Grant from the Books Council of Wales. This second book of the Isle Fincara Trilogy launches at the Powerhouse, Llandysul on 20 October 2023. Book reading to follow at the Stoke Newington Bookshop in London on 26 October.
Wordcatcher, who published the first edition of The Seaborne, ceased trading in May 2022. A second edition of The Seaborne, with maps and a character list, is published by Pantolwen Press. (Publication date: 15 September 2022) Read more and see inside the book.
