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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Cafwyd sgwrs ddiddorol iawn gyda Mikey Bell, awdur 'How an Egg Changed my Life' ar Prynhawn Da ar S4C! Gwyliwch y rhaglen yma: www.s4c.cymru/clic/program... Prynwch gopi o'r gyfrol yn eich hoff siop lyfrau leol 📚️

Book cover which has an electric blue background and features an illustration of a cracked open dippy egg in a blue and white striped egg cup

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

'The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts' by @folklorewales.com and @folklorepod.bsky.social is out in paperback! Find your copy in your favourite local bookshop or through the link below 👻 📚️ www.uwp.co.uk/book/the-fol...

Now in Paperback

‘a masterpiece of ghost stories in Welsh homespun.’

Myrddin ap Dafydd,
former Archdruid of Wales

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's National Poetry Day! Why not celebrate by discovering more about the rich poetic history of Wales with M. Wynn Thomas's contemplations on love, loss and faith ❤️ 🕊️ 📚️ www.uwp.co.uk/book/a-map-o... 📚️ www.uwp.co.uk/book/poems-f... 📚️ www.uwp.co.uk/book/the-art...

Book covers of which feature illustrations by Ruth Jen Evans of two people holding each other, a person reaching towards a dove flying across the sun, and a face looking down with their eyes closed.

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

📚️ EVENT 📚️ Join author @drangelamuir.bsky.social at Palas Print for a fasinating discussion of her new book 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers: A True Crime History of Georgian Britain'! 🕡️ 6:30pm 📆 8 October 📍 Palas Print, Caernarfon

Rogues, Rakes and Robbers
Book Tour

27 August - Amgueddfa Pontypridd

17 September - Book Space, Cardiff

8 October - Palas Print, Caernarfon

23-25 April - Llandeilo Lit Fest

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ymunwch â @drangelamuir.bsky.social yn siop lyfrau Palas Print, Caernarfon am sgwrs hynod ddiddorol am ei chyfrol newydd 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers: A True Crime History of Georgian Britain'! 🕡️ 6:30yp 📆 8 Hydref 📍 Palas Print, Caernarfon

Taith Llyfr
Rogues, Rakes and Robbers

27 Awst - Amgueddfa Pontypridd

17 Medi - Book Space, Cardiff

8 Hydref - Palas Print, Caernarfon

23-25 Ebrill - Gŵyl Lên Llandeilo

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Join Mikey Bell in conversation with Jane Cook at Abergavenny Food Festival! 📆 Saturday 19 September 🕞️ 3:30-4:15pm 📍Abergavenny Castle 🎟️ www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com/tickets/

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Tickets - Abergavenny Food Festival

Wristbands can be collected with a valid ticket from a Wristband Collection Point, see locations here Choose your entry tickets to the Abergavenny Food Festival…

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

' ... ordinary Welsh men and women known to us only because they were caught up in extraordinary events. It is this mix of the ordinary and the extraordinary that I find truly fascinating.' Discover more about @drangelamuir.bsky.social's research for 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers!

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 03/09/2026

Horse theft, highway robbery and murder – Angela Muir delves into the extraordinary crimes of Georgian Wales wp.me/p8Mk4U-1sg5

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📚️EVENT📚️ Join author @drangelamuir.bsky.social at Book Space next week! Angela will be discussing her historic true crime book 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers: A True Crime History of Georgian Britain'. 🕡️ 6:30 📆 17 September 📍Book Space, Crwys Road, Cardiff 🎟️ www.bookspacecardiff.co.uk/products/rog...

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Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Today's the day! 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers: a True Crime History of Georgian Britain' is officially out in the UK with @calonbooks.bsky.social! Thanks @k8lister.bsky.social for the endorsement! #history #newbook #skystorians #book

The cover of the book Rogues Rakes and Robbers A true crime history of Georgian Britain by Angela Muir

The back cover of the book Rogues Rakes and Robbers a true crime history of Georgian Britain by Angela Muir, with an endorsement from Kate Lister saying 'Muir stands and delivers a roaring account of crime in Georgian Britain'

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

So exciting to see lots of Calon books on display in Waterstones Cardiff! It was a pleasure to browse the new Wales section on the ground floor and spot so many Calon books there too 📚️

How an Egg Changed My Life on a bookshelf

Gathering Days by Ellie Evelyn Orrell on a bookself

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Out now! 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers: A True Crime History of Georgian Britain' by @drangelamuir.bsky.social is published today! Discover real accounts of historic crimes and catch a glimpse of Georgian societies and culture. Find a copy in your favourite local bookshop!

OUT NOW! With a raven sitting upon the !

Book cover which features Georgian illustrations of an overflowing tankard of ale, a man on a speeding horse aiming a gun, a tavern, a raven, and two people in a romantic clinch.

Exploring detailed accounts of historic crime is one of the best ways to catch a glimpse of a society and its culture decades and centuries later. Of course, stories of crime and deviance are intriguing in their own right; but through understanding the context in which they were committed, how they were made sense of, and how communities and officials responded to them, we can gain incredible insight into life at that time and place.

Uncover the tales of real-life murders, manslaughters, assaults and arson that took place in Georgian Wales and the borders, which together give us a window onto life for ordinary, common people – whose lives would otherwise be lost from the historical record.

From courtship rituals to the value of horses, Georgian attitudes to sex work and insanity, vulnerable adults and fraud, each chapter uses documents from Wales’s Court of Great Sessions to illuminate the past.

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Gathering Days by Ellie Evelyn Orrell is the Books Council of Wales's Book of the Month! Find your copy in your favourite local bookshop or through the link below 🌿 📚️ www.ffolio.wales/products/978...

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Exploring Wales over the bank holiday weekend? Why not make some time to visit some of our many wonderful bookshops! #books #wales

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

📚️ BOOK TOUR 📚️ Join @drangelamuir.bsky.social in conversation about her fascinating new book 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers: A True Crime History of Georgian Britain'! First stop is Pontypridd! 🕜️ 12:15 - 12:45 📆 28 August 📍Amgueddfa Pontypridd Museum 🎟️ FREE www.pontypriddmuseum.wales/whats-on

Rogues, Rakes and Robbers Book Tour

27 August - Amgueddfa Pontypridd

17 September - Book Space, Cardiff

8 October - Palas Print, Caernarfon

25-27 April - Llandeilo Lit Fest

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Cardiff Hubs & Libraries @cdflibraries.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

*NEW* Join authors Emily Garside (Rainbow Wales), Mikey Bell (How an Egg Changed My Life) and Jack Strange (25 Days in Athens) as they explore their experiences of writing and publishing as Queer writers in Wales. 24/09/26, 5.45pm @cardiff-hub.bsky.social 🎟️ tinyurl.com/yrcxyc5e

Queer Writers in Wales: Join authors Emily Garside (Rainbow Wales), Mikey Bell (How an Egg Changed My Life) and Jack Strange (25 Days in Athens) as they explore their experiences of writing and publishing as Queer writers in Wales.

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Now the weather has begun to cool, autumn is soon around the corner and blackberries are appearing along hedgerows in cities and the countryside alike. Blackberries are some of the easiest (and most delicious) things that can be gathered on walks out in nature.

Autumn

Blackberries are wonderfully unfussy in their growing habits and come September, they appear to burst from every kind of landscape. When our hands were small and our mouths greedy there always seemed to be a wealth of places to go blackberrying – the lanes around grandparents’ houses, parks, fields, gardens – though I quickly learnt that not all berries were equal. From one patch they might be ripe and sweet but from another, hard and terribly sour.

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Coming soon! 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers: A True Crime History of Georgian Britain' by Angela Muir is publishing on 3 September! Pre-order your copy now from your favourite local bookshop 📚️

‘Muir is an exceptional guide to the underbelly of Georgian Britain; she tells this history with the precision of a blade.’

Dr Kate Lister

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

🎶 📚️ Greenman Event 📚️ 🎶 Join @neilcollins1986.bsky.social, author of 'International Velvet: How Wales Conquered the '90s Charts', in conversation Teresa Delfino at @greenmanfest.bsky.social's Talking Shop! 🕑️ 1:15pm-2pm 📆 Saturday 22 August 📚️ www.uwp.co.uk/book/interna...

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CAITLIN MORAN IN CONVERSATION W/ PETE PAPHIDES
MAISIE WILLIAMS & LOWRI ROBERTS

IN CONVERSATION W/ TERESA DELFINO

KEVIN ROWLAND IN CONVERSATION W/ SOPHIE WILLIAMS

A HISTORY OF BLACK PEOPLE & ALTERNATIVE MUSIC: STEPHANIE PHILLIPS
IN CONVERSATION W/ JESSICA KEMPSON
50 YEARS OF ROUGH TRADE IN CONVERSATION W/ JUDE ROGERS
DELYTH JEWELL IN CONVERSATION W/ WILL HAYWARD
EVERYTHING WE DO IS MUSIC: ELIZABETH ALKER
IN CONVERSATION W/ HUW STEPHENS
FOLDING ROCK MAGAZINE PRESENTS ANTHONY SHAPLAND
IN CONVERSATION W/ ROBERT HARRIES
PETE BROWN MATCHES THE BEERS TO THE BANDS
STEVE MASON IN CONVERSATION W/ HUW STEPHENS
LIBERATION THROUGH HEARING: RICHARD RUSSELL OF XL RECORDS
IN CONVERSATION W/ EAMONN FORDE
HOW TO KILL A LANGUAGE: SOPHIA SMITH GALER IN CONVERSATION W/ HUW STEPHENS
KIRI PRITCHARD-MCLEAN IN CONVERSATION W/ TONY BONTANA & HENRY WIDDICOMBE
THE GREEN MAN POP QUIZ W/ EAMONN FORDE & LAURA BARTON
WEIRD WALK HOSTS STEWART LEE & TIM PLESTER: A LIVE PODCAST RECORDING
HOW WALES CONQUERED THE '9OS CHARTS: NEIL COLLINS IN CONVERSATION W/ TERESA DELFINO
ZACK POLANSKI IN CONVERSATION W/ WILL HAYWARD
THE GUARDIAN INTERVIEW W/ SAMANTHA MORTON
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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This #NationalYearOfReading, we're asking Calon authors for the books which inspire them, bring them comfort and joy, and those they enjoyed long before they became writers📚️ Discover the beautiful books that Ellie Evelyn Orrell, author of 'Gathering Days' has enjoyed as a reader💚 #ymgolli #goallin

Which books did you read whilst working on your manuscript?

Small Arcs of Larger Circles by Nora Bateson
Things I Don’t Want to Know by Deborah Levy
The Caiplie Caves by Karen Solie
Modern Nature by Derek Jarman

Which book could you read over and over again?

A Horse at Night: On Writing by Amina Cain
A quietly powerful book about the routines and internal conversations of writing. Often find myself returning to lines or passages as reminders of the beauty to be found in process and inspiration.

Do you have a favourite comfort read?

Anything written by Tove Jansson

Stories which glitter with island swims and the wonder of days lived through cold, dark winters and long summers. Something about her writing always feels like home.

Which book would you always recommend or give as a gift?

A Month in Siena by Hisham Matar. A beautiful—both heartbreaking and hopeful—account of the ways in which we might process grief through art.

Favourite recent reads

Women Without Men
by Shahrnush Parsipur

Pink Soap
by Anju Gaston

Territory of Light
by Yuko Tsushima

Books by women, about women.

Book cover which features line drawings of a daffodil, grapes, leaves, a kettle, and a bottle.

Text reads: Out Now!

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

'Gathering Days: A collection of things foraged and found' by Ellie Evelyn Orrell is out now! 🌿 Along the seasons of a year, 'Gathering Days' recalls the ways in which the act of collecting might offer a sense of purpose in times of uncertainty. Find your copy in your favourite local bookshop 📚️

I follow the patterns in ever-widening circles. Gathering dust in the heat of summer. Rainwater in all seasons. Occasional snow, glimpsed in the kernel of a persimmon seed. Bramble, acorn, hawthorn and cherry. Tracing the lines of a landscape and the patterns of a year. Towards a greater appreciation of what was there all along.

Along the seasons of a year, Gathering Days recalls the ways in which the act of collecting might offer a sense of purpose in times of uncertainty. Walks across the fields and coasts of Wales bring encounters with stories from elsewhere – a quiet garden in Kyoto or a lamplit street in Seville.

Woven together, these contemplations of land, self and place form a memoir that celebrates the small yet miraculous moments of everyday life, while asking the question of how we might steady ourselves against a landscape.

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

📚️ Waterstones Wales Book of the Month 📚️ We are thrilled that the new paperback edition of 'Where the Folk: A Welsh Folklore Road Trip' by Russ Williams is the @waterstones.bsky.social Wales Book of the Month! Head to your nearest branch to pick up your copy 📚️

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

One week to go! 'Gathering Days: A collection of things foraged and found' by Ellie Evelyn Orrell is publishing 6 August 🌿 Pre-order your copy now from your favourite local books 📚️

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Text reads: Coming Soon 6 August

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

🎪📚Eisteddfod y Garreg Las 📚🎪 P'nawn Mercher nesaf am 14.00yp yn Llwyfan Llyfrau y Pentref Llên, ymunwch mewn sgwrs rhwng Myrddin ap Dafydd a @carwyngraves.bsky.social, awdur y gyfrol ddiweddar 'Cynefin' am botensial chwyldroadol canu natur y Gymraeg.

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Offer ends today! Follow the link below to pre-order 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers' by @drangelamuir.bsky.social at @waterstones.bsky.social for 25% off! Ends midnight tonight! Use code SUMMER26 at checkout 📚️

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25% OFF RRP
Pre-order now with code: SUMMER26
21-24 July
Online Only
Selected Lines only
T&Cs available on Waterstones.com

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

We are delighted to see Mikey Bell's 'How an Egg Changed My Life' included in @nationalbooktokens.bsky.social's Best New Books in 2026! Discover more here and find your copy in your favourite local bookshop! bit.ly/4wT32sF 📚️ www.uwp.co.uk/book/how-an-...

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Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Cannot wait to read this 🖤

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Pre-order 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers' by @drangelamuir.bsky.social on the Waterstone's website now for 25% off! Use code SUMMER26 at checkout 📚️ Offer ends midnight 24 July! www.waterstones.com/book/rogues-...

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Coming soon! 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers: A True Crime History of Georgian Britain ' by @drangelamuir.bsky.social is publishing 3 September 📚️ Pre-order now from your favourite local bookshop!

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Text reads: Coming soon! 3 September

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This year's #Wales Nature Week theme celebrates engaging with the nature that's around you : ‘In Your Neighbourhood | Yn Eich Cynefin’ 🌲 Unsure where to begin? Why not read a nature poem, take a walk in a local woodland, or delving deeper into the language we use to describe the Welsh landscape 📚️

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

✨📚 Congratulations to Calon author Gosia Buzzanca whose debut memoir 'There She Goes, My Beautiful World' has won the Wales Book of the Year People’s Choice Award! Congratulations to all the winners, and diolch to Literature Wales for a wonderful evening celebrating the best of Welsh literature!

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Coming soon! We are only one month away from the publication of Ellie Evelyn Orrell's beautiful new book 'Gathering Days: A collection of things foraged and found' 📚️ Pre-order now from your favourite local bookshop!

Book cover which features line drawings of a daffodil, grapes, leaves, a kettle, and a bottle.

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

📚️ Event this Sunday! 📚️ Join Mikey Bell in conversation about his new book 'How an Egg Changed My Life', a tender, funny blend of memoir, cookbook and nostalgic observation on what it takes to feel fulfilled. 📆 Sunday 12 July 🕟️ 4:30pm, 📍 Llety Arall, Gŵyl Arall 🎟️ gwylarall.com/calendr/2026...

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Dydd Sul yma! Ymunwch â Mikey Bell mewn sgwrs am ei gyfrol newydd 'How an Egg Changed My Life', sy'n gymysgedd tyner a doniol o gofiant, llyfr coginio a myfyrdod hiraethus am sut i deimlo'n gyflawn. 📆 Dydd Sul 12 Gorffennaf 🕟️ 4:30yp 📍 Llety Arall, Gŵyl Arall 🎟️ gwylarall.com/calendr/2026...

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Mikey Bell – How an egg changed my life

12 July. Llety Arall

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We are so looking forward to the first ever Gŵyl Tysha Festival in Llanelli this weekend! Brush up on the radical history of the Rebecca Riots in 'Rebecca's Country: A Welsh Story of Riot and Resistance' by @rhianejones.bsky.social ✊️ 📚️ www.uwp.co.uk/book/rebecca...

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

‘Dylai fod copi ymhob ystafell ddosbarth hanes.’ Adolygiad arbennig o 'Welsh Women on This Day' gan Mared Llywelyn yn rhifyn diweddaraf Hanes Byw! Dewch o hyd i gopi o'r gyfrol a'r cylchgrawn yn eich siop lyfrau leol!

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Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I'm very pleased to say my new book, 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers: a True Crime History of Georgian Britain' is available to pre-order through @calonbooks.bsky.social I hope people enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it! #georgianhistory #historyofcrime #history www.uwp.co.uk/book/rogues-...

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Rogues, Rakes and Robbers | UWP

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Out now! 'How an Egg Changed my Life: A Memoir' by Mike Bell is available now! Find your copy in your favourite local bookshop 📚️

Book cover which features a dippy boiled egg in a blue and white striped egg cup on a bright blue background. Text reads 'Out Now!'

The story of trying to get life right even when things feels a little bit wrong, ‘How an Egg Changed My Life’ is a tender, funny blend of memoir, cookbook and nostalgic observation on what it takes to feel fulfilled.

From growing up as a gay teenager in the Welsh valleys to trying to find his own space in the city, Mikey Bell builds a life that looks good on paper – but a curious sense of dissatisfaction lingers, which makes even the best achievement feel incomplete. With honesty and wit, Mikey’s story captures the disappointment and struggle of discovering that life rarely unfolds as you expected.

During an existential panic, Mikey takes a trip to Italy, cooking and eating his way toward clarity – and along the way examines identity, expectations, success and what it means to find fulfilment. With reaffirming recipes that turn everyday food into a lens for joy, ‘How an Egg Changed My Life’ reminds us that we can always find a new appetite for life, but only when we learn to define w

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

New event! Join Mikey Bell at Waterstones Cardiff to discuss his debut memoir 'How an Egg Changed My Life'! Mikey will be in conversation with @emilygarside.bsky.social, author of 'Rainbow Wales' 📚️ 🕢️ 7:00pm - 8:30pm 📆 10 July 📍 Waterstones, Cardiff 🎟️ www.waterstones.com/events/how-a...

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Coming soon! As it's the last day of #Pride month, we're giving you an early sneak peek of one of Calon's 2027 titles! 'Queer Wales on this Day' by @norenashopland.bsky.social is publishing 7 January 📚️ Each daily entry paints a portrait of someone who made a difference by being true to themselves

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Tomorrow! Join @emilygarside.bsky.social at @queerbritain.bsky.social for a fascinating afternoon discussing queer Welsh icons with Lisa Power 📚 🕝 2:30pm 📆 27 June 📍Queer Britain, 2 Granary Square, London, N1C 4BH 🎟️ www.outsavvy.com/event/33534/...

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Glamorgan Archives Archifau Morgannwg @glamarchives.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

A big thank you to Emily Garside for an excellent talk last night on her new book, RainbowWales. Thanks to everyone who joined us, we hope you enjoyed.

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Glamorgan Archives Archifau Morgannwg @glamarchives.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Diolch yn fawr i Emily Garside am sgwrs ardderchog neithiwr ar ei llyfr newydd, Rainbow Wales. A diolch i bawb ymunodd a ni, gobeithio i chi joio.

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Cardiff Hubs & Libraries @cdflibraries.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Ar 25 Mehefin mae’n bleser gennym groesawu'r awdur @emilygarside.bsky.social i drafod 'Rainbow Wales', ar daith gyffrous, ysbrydoledig o ffigyrau LHDTC+ o ddiwylliant a chwaraeon i wleidyddiaeth ac actifiaeth. Tocynnau: tinyurl.com/yrcxyc5e @cardiff-hub.bsky.social @calonbooks.bsky.social

Rainbow Wales: Queer Icons Past and Present / Eiconau Cwiar Ddoe a Heddiw. Dydd Iau 25 Mehefin, 5.45. Ymunwch ag Emily Garside ar daith gyffrous, ysbrydoledig o ffigyrau LHDTC+ o ddiwylliant a chwaraeon i wleidyddiaeth ac actifiaeth, ac archwiliad llawen o dapestri cyfoethog hunaniaeth Gwiar yng Nghymru.  Bydd Emily yn sgwrsio â Mikey Bell

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Cardiff Hubs & Libraries @cdflibraries.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

On 25th June we’re delighted to welcome author @emilygarside.bsky.social to discuss Rainbow Wales, an exciting, inspiring tour of figures from culture and sport to politics & activism. Tickets: tinyurl.com/yrcxyc5e @cardiff-hub.bsky.social @calonbooks.bsky.social

Rainbow Wales: Queer icons past and present
Thursday 25 June, 5.45pm
Join Emily Garside for an exciting, inspiring tour of LGBTQ+ figures from culture and sport to politics and activism, and a jubilant exploration of the rich tapestry of Queer identity in Wales. Emily will be in conversation with Mikey Bell

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

'Seascape: Notes from a changing coastline' by @mateoy.bsky.social is now out in paperback! Find a copy in your favourite local bookshop 📚️

Cover of Seascape which features a person stood on a clifftop looking out over a person stood with their arms outstretched in wonder at the seascape.

Text reads: ‘Seascape is a vivid portrait of the Welsh coast as it is today, a fascinating lesson about its many salty pasts, and a clear-eyed assessment of the challenges to come, on the front line of climate change. Matthew Yeomans takes the wide view, and joins the dots, weaving a story that's urgent and informed, but also a good blast of seaside fun.’

Mike Parker

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Llongyfarchiadau @emilygarside.bsky.social on being included in the Wales Online 2026 Pinc List! 🩷🌈 Celebrating the achievements of the most influential LGBTQ+ people in Wales, have a look at the whole list here 👇 www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

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The 2026 Pinc List as we name the most influential LGBT+ people in Wales

In its 11th year our Pinc List recognises those going the extra mile to further the lives of LGBT+ people in Wales

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Happy Indie Bookshops week! This week we are celebrating 20 years of #IndieBookshopWeek! What better way than to visit your favourite local bookshop? Featured bookshops: 📚️ North Books, Hay-on-Wye 📚️ Gay-on-Wye, Hay-on-Wye 📚️ Palas Print, Caernarfon

Window display at Gay-on-Wye with Rainbow Wales displayed. Book cover features a pink paintbush painting a rainbow over a plain blue background

Nightshade Mother on a shelf. Cover features a nightshade plant wrapping suffocatingly around the title.

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Mike Parker @mikeparker.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

This is tomorrow! Should be a fun chat with Alex about his fascinating and very entertaining romp through a century of Welsh literature. So much to chew over, and all in the care of the truly brilliant @montylitfest.bsky.social. Best cakes on the circuit.

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