Bryn Glas Books (2024)

06/10/2023

The Priest's Wife by A G Rivett will be launched on Friday, 20 October at Pwerdy/The Powerhouse in Llandysul. Back in the 1930's, the Powerhouse brought electricity to Llandysul from the power of the river Teifi, surging below. Now it houses an arts centre. Link to: https://www.pwerdypowerhouse.co.uk/NewsStory/Book-Launch-The-Priests-Wife-by-A-G-Rivett )

05/10/2023

As we move into October, Gillian is gearing up to launch the first new book coming out from her publishing imprint, Pantolwen Press. The Priest's Wife will be launched later in the month at the home base of Bryn Glas Books, Llandysul in West Wales. By the way, Pantolwen is Welsh for Hollow of the Wheel, and is named after a place where there used to be an old water mill.

Llandysul and Pont Tyweli website: https://www.llandysul-ponttyweli.co.uk/

The Priest's Wife page on the brynglasbooks website: https://brynglasbooks.com/book/the-priests-wife/ ]

29/09/2023

The main events of the Aberaeron Book Festival will be held on Sat and Sun, 21 and 22 October at the Memorial Hall, Aberaeron, with a poetry evening on Friday 20th at a venue to be confirmed. The Festival is being organised by poet, Karen Gemma Brewer and by Niki Brewer who together run the Gwisgo Bookworm bookshop in Aberaeron.
Bookworm

27/09/2023

Weʼre also getting ready for some live events following the launch of The Priestʼs Wife. Andrew (A G Rivett) has been invited on to the Write Spirit panel at the Aberaeron Book Festival (3.15pm on Sat 21 Oct at the Memorial Hall, Aberaeron).

Cardigan Bay website: https://www.cardigan-bay.com/whats-on/events/aberaeron-book-festival/

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com/

22/09/2023

Itʼs been a busy time getting ready for the launch of The Priestʼs Wife. Interested readers will be able to order print-on-demand copies on-line. But we want to get the book into bookshops too, so there will also be a litho print-run done by our neighbours up the road at the first-rate printing house, Gomer Press.

Gomer website: https://gomerprinting.co.uk

20/09/2023

A month today, Gillianʼs publishing imprint, Pantolwen Press, will launch with its first new title: The Priestʼs Wife by A G Rivett.

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com/book/the-priests-wife/

15/09/2023

When, in 2020, Alice Koller died aged 94, the Boston Globe ran a piece on her that began: “Alice Koller once said that, The process of becoming a human being begins with confronting aloneness.”

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com/

13/09/2023

Alice Kollerʼs journey to self-discovery happens through her journal. She put her Philosophy PhD to use, writing: “All that accumulated discipline can now be shaped into the one tool I need: to be able to say with perfect care what I want to say. I push my saying to the point of saying what I mean.”

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com/

09/09/2023

Gillianʼs blog post on Alice Koller relates to her personal memory. She spent some time as a nanny on Nantucket herself, in Sconset, the self-same area where Kollerʼs memoir is set. She also lived with German Shepherds and came to love the breed a lot. Here she is with Folly.

07/09/2023

Just posted a blog based on Alice Kollerʼs memoir, An Unknown Woman. Sub-title of the first edition, ‘A Journey to Self-discovery,ʼ it describes three months of soul-searching on Nantucket island in the company of a German Shepherd puppy. Written in the 60ʼs, published in the 80ʼs, itʼs a book with a following, thoʼ out of print now.

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com/an-unknown-woman/

30/08/2023

Gillian explores the themes of power and religion in her latest Bryn Glas Blog post, Things Fall Apart. A G Rivett explores the same themes in his forthcoming novel, The Priestʼs Wife. Due to be published on the 20th of October.

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com/

25/08/2023

A G Rivett takes his seat at a table prepared by Clive and Anne Upton at Great Oak Books, all set to sign copies of The Seaborne.

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com/

23/08/2023

Last month, A G Rivett was at Great Oak Books, Llanidloes, signing copies of his debut novel, The Seaborne. Here he is, talking with Clive and Anne Upton, the bookshop owners.

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com/

18/08/2023

What if the Celtic church had not been suppressed and a more nature-respecting tradition had become the norm in British life? Gillian asks this question in her latest Bryn Glas Blog post.

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com

16/08/2023

There are old stories of how some of the druids of the British Isles incorporated the compassion they found in the story of Christ into their own tradition. Read more in the latest Bryn Glas Blog post, Things Fall Apart.

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com/

11/08/2023

In traditions bound by ritual purity, there is not much room for compassion. In Things Fall Apart the wish to live a life that prioritises compassion drives Nwoye to convert to Christianity. But in her blog post, Gillian writes of how, through its links to the power structures of Empire and government, the Christian Church has often been led to betray this central teaching of the Gospels.

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com/

09/08/2023

The themes of compassion, sensitivity and strength are key to Chinua Achebeʼs novel Things Fall Apart. In the main character, Okonkwo, we see how strength alone is too brittle to enable a man to survive the changing times.

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com/

04/08/2023

Chinua Achebe grew up on the cusp of social change. His parents were Christian converts but many of his wider family members were not. Growing up in the village of Ogidi in Eastern Nigeria he heard the traditional Igbo stories and witnessed the traditional festivals.

Blog link: https://brynglasbooks.com/things-fall-apart/

02/08/2023

The latest Bryn Glas Blog post features Things Fall Apart, a novel that tells the story of how the twin-impacts of colonialism and Christianity unmade the traditional society of present-day eastern Nigeria. Gillian asks how one mind – that of novelist Chinua Achebe – could know both traditional society and the Church so well. She does some digging to find out.

To read the blog: https://brynglasbooks.com/things-fall-apart/

21/07/2023

Llanidloes is an amazing little town. Walking down the street feels like stepping back in time, which I find reassuring. If you're anywhere near Llanidloes on Saturday morning, drop in to Great Oak Books to meet A G Rivett, chat about his Isle Fincara Trilogy, and maybe come out with a signed copy of The Seaborne. If it's a hot day, the Cobblers Tea Room does very good ice cream!

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com/

19/07/2023

A G Rivett calls on Clive and Anne Upton, owners of Great Oak Books in Llanidloes, Powys, who have invited him to sign copies of The Seaborne this coming Saturday morning, 10-12. You can hear an author reading from The Seaborne by looking for A G Rivett on YouTube.

14/07/2023

Since ancient times, Earth, Air, Fire and Water have been powerful symbols for looking at human behaviour. The current Bryn Glas Blog post looks at The Seaborne through that lens and casts a glance at the life of Victorian reformer, Robert Owen. The picture was taken on Penbryn beach.

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com/

12/07/2023

A month ago, we mentioned that Waterstones has taken copies of The Seaborne for Scottish branches, and invited anyone who saw one to take a photo. Chrisanthe Georgiou visited Glasgow recently to see the Banksy Exhibition, currently on at Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art. She dived into a Waterstones while there. Here's her pictures.

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com/

07/07/2023

Karen Gemma Brewer, poet and co-owner of @ in Aberaeron is arranging this year's Aberaeron Book Fair which takes place the week-end of 21/22 October, at the time of the launch of A G Rivett's The Priest's Wife. We talked about him having a presence at the Book Fair. Watch this space.

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com/

05/07/2023

📰 Exciting news! 🎉 Andrew's latest achievement has caught the attention of Bookbrunches newspaper! 📚🗞️ Join us in celebrating the release of "The Sea Bourne" and dive into the full article by clicking the link below. 🌊🔗 Don't miss out on this literary adventure! 📖✨

30/06/2023

The second of two blog posts about The Seaborne takes us on a journey through the elements of Earth, Air, Fire and Water.

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com/

28/06/2023

Some of you enjoyed that picture of a Riley we put up at the beginning of our book tour. Here's another, parked round the back of the Marine Hotel in Aberystwyth.

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com/

23/06/2023

At the Bookshop by the Sea on Market St in Aberystwyth, they believe in making their customers comfortable. Plenty of room to sit and browse, inside and outside the shop.

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com/

21/06/2023

Back in Wales now, one shop where we spotted The Seaborne on display is The Bookshop by Sea in Aberystwyth

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com/

16/06/2023

Very pleased to announce that the in Scotland are now taking copies of The Seaborne. If you're calling in, see if you can spot one.

Gillian stops by the window of Scottish-interest books on her way into the shop to tell the manager about The Seaborne and The Priest's Wife, the next book of the Isle Fincara Trilogy, which will be coming out in October.

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com/

14/06/2023

Last port of call – Oban. The Waterstones there boasts it has the best view of any branch.

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com/

09/06/2023

At they have a really good giftshop, with a whole room for knitwear. We ended up buying Christmas presents. Gillian pictured here, with Terry Corgarff, who owns the shop with her husband, Alistair. Terry said she thought The Seaborne might interest their customers.

Website & Blog link: https://brynglasbooks.com/

07/06/2023

We took the slow road over the Cairngorms and stopped for a nice lunch at Goodbrand & Ross. Gillian ended the book tour with two in-depth blog posts about The Seaborne. The first one's called The Seaborne – the Inside Story.

Website & Blogs: https://brynglasbooks.com/

02/06/2023

Great day at Logie Steading Bookshop With Stuart, co-owner of the Logie Steading Bookshop, after a book-reading.

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com

31/05/2023

It was a pleasure meeting Jan and Elizabeth at the Logie Steading Bookshop near Forres in Morayshire. Logie Steading Bookshop

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com

26/05/2023

A.G.Rivett, author of The Seaborne, claims some Mackenzie blood. At Picaresque, David said Dingwall is at the very heartland of Mackenzie territory. :)

To learn more about our new book release head over to our website: https://brynglasbooks.com

24/05/2023

Another rainy day. Heading to Picaresque in Dingwall.

Website: https://brynglasbooks.com

19/05/2023

At The , lovely meeting Mavis Macdonald, who said she will be making an order for a copy of The Seaborne :)

17/05/2023

Katharine and Nick at the Ullapool Bookshop gave us a warm welcome. FB: Ullapool Bookshop

12/05/2023

At the Ullapool Bookshop, Katharine Douglas was expecting us.

What a lovely-looking shop!