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Parthian congratulates Deborah Kay Davies for her book, Grace Tamar and Laszlo the Beautiful for winning the Wales Book of the Year award on 15 June. It was a great evening of celebrating the best of Welsh literature for 2009!

It's been a busy summer for Parthian which is just the way we like it. George Brinley Evans gave a talk on George Ewart Evans at Glamorgan University on 1 April while David Mathew Scott read from his forthcoming novel The Ground Remembers at the Laugharne Weekend Fest on 4 April. On the 20th Glen Peters launched an ebook edition of his novel, Mrs D'Silva's Detective Instincts and the Shaitan of Calcutta at the London Book Fair. On the 29th, Jordi Coca was at Bangor University talking about the translation of his novel, Under the Dust. And that was just April!

May had its own host of events: Chimera launched at Trinity University College on the 12th, closely followed by a second launch at the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea on the 14th. Both were resounding successes and the contributors all read excerpts from their favourite pieces.

Not willing to waste any time, Parthian launched the Almanac: The Yearbook of Welsh Writing in English at the Margiad Evans Centenary Conference at the National Library in Aberystwyth on 15 May. A few short days later Nu: Fiction and Stuff was launched at the Hay-on-Wye festival. The Chimera ladies also made an appearance and To Bury the Dead by Ignacio De Pison also made its debut at Hay.

Graham Hartill, Lyndon Davies and David Greenslade all helped finish off the month at the Hay Poetry Jamboree on 28-30 May at the Oriel Gallery, Salem Chapel.

On the 2 June Chimera hosted a night of readings at the Dylan Thomas Boathouse and on 4 June Nu: Fiction and Stuff had its night at the Boathouse. The same day Aled Islwyn and John Sam Jones were reading at the Wales Millenium Centre in Cardiff. 10 June saw the launch of Glen Peters' Mrs D'Silva's Detective Instincts and the Saitan of Calcutta at Waterstones in Piccadilly Circus, London. A few short days later on the 12th of June Mrs D'Silva's hosted a night of reading and dancing thanks to the India Dance Wales troupe at the Rhos-y-gilwen Arts Centre in Pembrokeshire.

15 June was an exciting and highly anticipated night; Parthian and friends headed to Cardiff for a night of celebration at the Wales Book of the Year awards where Deborah Kay Davies was prounounced the winner.

And the summer isn't over yet! 16 June sees Parthian back in London at the Pages of Hackney Bookstore promoting Glen Peters' Mrs D'Silva's. Two more events are scheduled for 18 June for Mrs D'Silva's, one at Wellfield Bookstore in Cardiff and later that evening a discussion hosted by County Library Barry featuring Glen Peters and Jim Bowen talking about writing on India and Africa. 23 June sees the Nu gang hosting a night of readings at the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea.

And In Other News...

Parthian has been participating in some Trinity Univeristy College events, most notably the awarding of the prize for best travel piece to Elizabeth Crowder in the anthology The Places We Go, a collection of students' experiences abroad published by the International office.

Some Chimera writers also have some exciting news: Jessie Ledbetter, a GO Wales placement this summer, has been shortlisted for the Bristol Short Story competition and will be published in this year's anthology. Congratulations Jessie and good luck!

Sarah Tanner, also a Parthian GO Wales placement in 2007, entered the Earlyworks Press Myth and Legend Stories Competition and is being published in their anthology; congratulations Sarah!