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| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1993 |
| Founder | Richard Lewis Davies Gillian Griffiths Ravi Pawar |
| Country of origin | Wales |
| Headquarters location | |
| Publication types | Books |
| Imprints | Library of Wales |
| Official website | parthianbooks |
Parthian Books is an independent publisher based in Cardigan, Wales. Editorially-led, it publishes a range of contemporary fiction, poetry, drama, art books, literature in translation, and non-fiction.[1] Since its foundation in 1993, Parthian has published some of the best-known works of contemporary Welsh literature including Work, Sex and Rugby (1993) by Lewis Davies, In and Out of the Goldfish Bowl (2000) by Rachel Trezise, Crawling Through Thorns (2008) by John Sam Jones, Pigeon (2017) by Alys Conran, and Hello Friend We Missed You (2020) by Richard Owain Roberts.
It is involved in the European literary scene and has also published celebrity autobiographies, such as Griff Rhys Jones' Insufficiently Welsh[2] and Boyd Clack's Kisses Sweeter Than Wine.[3] In 2019, Parthian was recognised as the Small Press of the Year for Wales at the "Nibbies", the British Book Awards.[4] Parthian's motto is "A Carnival of Voices in Independent Publishing".
- ^ "Celebrating Parthian Books". Welsh Writers' Trust. 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
- ^ "Interview: Griff Rhys Jones on Dylan Thomas and being Insufficiently Welsh". South Wales Evening Post. 2014-05-10. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
- ^ Owen, Cathy (2010-12-11). "Boyd Clack pens first part of autobiography". walesonline. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
- ^ "Parthian Wins Nibbie for Small Press of the Year (Wales Region)". Parthian Books. 2019-03-13. Retrieved 2023-05-16.