Black Bee Books

31/10/2023

Wonderful selection of the spooky for Hallowe'en 🧛‍♂️

🎵'Mae heno'n nos Calan Gaeaf...
🎃Lyfrau i godi braw, ar gael nawr o'ch siop lyfrau leol.



🎃Trick or treat?
👻Frightfully good books available now from your local bookshops.



Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru | Gwasg y Bwthyn | Y Lolfa | Gwasg Carreg Gwalch | Atebol | Llyfrau Broga Books | Firefly Press | Candy Jar Books | Black Bee Books

20/10/2023

18/10/2023

We are absolutely delighted that 'And: A Memoir of My Mother' by Isabel Adonis has been selected by the Wales Literature Exchange, to be recommended to the international publishing community for translation at the

We are equally delighted to be showcased on a shelf along with authors from Faber, Honno, Hodder, and Doubleday

14/10/2023

ThunderPoint author, Ethyl Smith, writes historical fiction, so it's no surprise to see some of her favourite books: ''Favourite book, The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet. Just finished his latest tome Armour of the Light. Now reading Obsession by SJ Parris. She has great twisted plots and yes historical fiction all the way.'' Ethyl's Times series are all available from the ThunderPoint bookshop, at www.thunderpoint.scot

14/10/2023

Black Bee Books author, Julie Ann Rees, clearly suffers from the same problem as many of us - it's so hard to have one favourite book! She says, ''I'm currently reading Salem's Lot by Stephen King because it's the creepy season and I've never read it. I have many favourite books mainly in the horror genre from James Herbert Magic Cottage to Adam Nevil's Ritual. I love anything by Neil Gaiman including his short story collections and other short stories by Lisa Tuttle and the more recent brilliant work of Mariana Enrequez. The most influential books for me will always be the Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Forests of the Heart by Charles de Lint and One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. A real concoction of literature 🙂 ''
Julie's book, Paper Horses, is available from the TP bookshop at www.thunderpoint.scot

14/10/2023

We spoke to ThunderPoint author, Alasdair Allan, for , and asked him about his favourite books: ''I like lots of books, but one of my favourites is Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon. I am currently making a go of a book possibly comparable to it in Norwegian - Kristin Lavransdattir. By Sigrid Undset.'' Alasdair's own book, 'Tweed rins tae the Ocean' is available from the TP bookshop at www.thunderpoint.scot

11/10/2023

https://www.facebook.com/BooksAtTheDragonsGarden

Our own local, physical bookshop, Books at the Dragon's Garden, moving to Llandovery, and providing an excellent service to the people of Carmarthenshire East and beyond.

We're an award winning independent book shop offering a great selection of books

10/10/2023

Bookshops are for everyone. Books are for everyone.

09/10/2023

30/09/2023

Saturday writing prompt. Not so much unheimlich as just... heimlich.

Remember, you don't need to share your work, just have fun with it.

29/09/2023

With the weekend fast approaching, don't forget that all books from Black Bee Books and Thunderpoint Publishing are available from our own bookshop at www.thunderpoint.scot

We also offer a wrapping service, if required - I have a broken hand, but the Thunderpoint elf does an excellent job!

Buy ThunderPoint titles direct from the publisher.

28/09/2023

Shared from our sister company, ThunderPoint Publishing. All TP and Black Bee books are available from our bookshop at www.thunderpoint.scot

27/09/2023

The cultural phenomenon that is the cheese sandwich.

26/09/2023

Tomorrow is going to be a rather blustery day, pretty much everywhere. What's your stormy weather go to?

Strong winds and heavy rain are set to batter Wales as Storm Agnes sweeps across the UK from Wednesday morning. Agnes, the first named storm of the season, will affect Wales, the west of England, and Ireland on Wednesday, with the most powerful winds expected on the Irish Sea coasts. The Met Office....

25/09/2023

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24/09/2023

Now that the nights are fair drawing in, it's time to get back to writing. Here's the first prompt of the new season: Write a story or poem on The Old Co**se Road...

Don't feel you have to share your work with anyone. Just write for the sheer pleasure, and immerse yourself in your imagination.

23/09/2023

Welcome to autumn - the sun is shining through the mist rising off the river, and our hawthorn tree has more berries this month than I have seen on it for the past four years.

Favourite autumn reads at Black Bee Books - Gothic fiction! We've just finished The Asylum by Karen Coles - what are you reading?

21/09/2023

It goes without saying, we fundamentally disagree with the banning of books. If a 13 year old child is old enough to ponder these questions, it is a certainty that other 13 year olds have wondered the same thing. By allowing them to read Anne Frank's own thoughts, we help children feel less isolated. By banning Anne Frank's thoughts, we continue to dehumanise her, and, consequently, we dehumanise the children who might have recognised themselves in those passages.

A teacher was fired in Texas after reading a passage from an illustrated version of Anne Frank's Diary to her eighth-grade class. People online didn't respond well.

18/09/2023

A statement in response from Tavistock Wood and its owner Curtis Brown said: "Russell Brand categorically and vehemently denied the allegation made in 2020, but we now believe we were horribly misled by him. TW has terminated all professional ties to Brand."

Pan Macmillan imprint Bluebird is to pause all future publishing with Russell Brand, following allegations of r**e and sexual assault made against him in a Channel 4 "Dispatches" programme this weekend.

29/07/2023

Black Bee Books and Thunderpoint Publishing are at today, and currently the weather is actually OK! Q***r and transgressive literature available at special Pride prices 🌈 🏳️‍🌈

14/07/2023

Category winners, Wales Book of the Year, 2023 😊

✨ Congratulations to all the Wales Book of The Year 2023 winners, and their publishers.

📚A special congratulations to overall winner, Drift by Caryl Lewis.

📚Congratulations also to The Last Firefox by Lee Newbery, winner of the Wales Arts Review People's Choice Award.

📚All titles available now from your local bookshop.



Llenyddiaeth Cymru / Literature Wales| Black Bee Books | Seren Books | Cyhoeddi Cymru Publishing Wales

13/07/2023

Our wonderful author, Isabel Adonis, and her beautiful daughter Catherine Alice, named after Isabel's mother, who her book, And, is about.