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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You can read Alan Bilton's choice for Book of the Year 2020 at Nation.Cymru by clicking on https://nation.cymru/culture/wales-welsh-book-books-year-2020/
Read a review of The End of The Yellow House at https://www.walesartsreview.org/books-the-end-of-the-yellow-house-by-alan-bilton/
You can now read Alan Bilton's essay 'Impossible Fiction: Writing/Reading Magic Realism and the Uncanny' in the blog section at http://alanbilton.co.uk
Alan Bilton talks to Jon Gower about his fantastical take on historical fiction, The End of the Yellow House.
Thursday 26th November 7-8pm
Register at https://bit.ly/374gxwZ
Read MoreDescribed by Francis Spufford, author of Golden Hill as ‘Bold storytelling, with the satirical force of Naomi Alderman’s The Power but it’s own claustrophobic sense of place’, our second release, The Book of Jem by Carole Hailey, will be published on the 16th November.
Read MoreYou can read Alan Bilton's review of Julian Stannard's 'Heat Wave' in Ambit Magazine, https://ambitmagazine.co.uk/reviews/review-of-heat-wave-by-julian-stannard-salt-2020
Read MoreAlthough the horrors of the Russian Civil War aren't really for the little ones, we're nevertheless delighted to say that our author, Alan Bilton, will be running an online exercise on 'Building New Worlds' for 6-11 year olds, as part of the Being Human Festival of the Humanities, in conjunction with Swansea University and the Waterfront Museum. It's on Saturday November 14th, and grown-ups can book a place for budding authors via the Being human website.
Read MoreWatermark Press is delighted to announce that our very first title, The End of the Yellow House, is now available.
Blending historical fiction, a murder mystery, and hints of the fantastical and surreal, The End of the Yellow House is a unique piece of work, and we’re tremendously proud to have it as our first release.
Read MoreWatermark Press is delighted to announce that our first two titles will be published later this year. Bold, inventive, imaginative, unique ... we think you'll like them.
Big announcements to follow.
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