Publishers
Parthian Books |
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| Address: The Old Surgery, Napier Street, Cardigan, Ceredigion, SA43 1ED | |
| Tel: 01239 612059 | |
| Email: parthianbooks@yahoo.co.uk | |
| Website: www.parthianbooks.co.uk (Library of Wales www.libraryofwales.org) | |
| Distributor: In Wales: Welsh Books Council. Outside Wales: Central Books | |
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Number of titles published annually (on average) in English for adults: 20 |
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| Date company established: 1993 | |
| Staff employed (full-time equivalents): 4 | |
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Contact: Publishing Director: Richard Davies, The Old Surgery, Napier Street, Cardigan, SA43 1ED Tel. 01239 612059 parthianbooks@yahoo.co.uk Marketing Director: Editor: International Project Editor: |
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| Types of books/CD-Roms published: Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Art | |
| Advice to writers concerning submission of manuscripts: An idea of the type of fiction we are interested in always helps. | |
| The publisher seeks new authors particularly in the following categories: Fiction | |
| Average time taken to respond to unsolicited manuscripts: Two months | |
| Any other information: We publish a range of new fiction, poetry and drama, reflected in forthcoming books which include Strange Language: a Basque anthology of short stories, a novel from the Catalan writer Silvia Soler called Look Into My Eye, a first novel by Jim Bowen about cricket and politics in Kenya: Just Another Mzunga Passing Through, Dai Smith’s innovative biography of Raymond Williams: A Warrior’s Tale, a translation of the prize winning Welsh language novel Martha, Jac and Sianco by Caryl Lewis and the exuberant and challenging Oh Dad A Search for Robert Mitchum, a personal biography, travelogue and roguish journey around the East Coast of the Untied States by the always engaging Lloyd Robson. Forthcoming for 2009: Ten Pound Pom by Niall Griffiths |
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