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A Courtier’s Trifles by Walter Map
Translated by Walter Map and J. R. de Boulton-Holland
By turns credulous and shrewd, devout and ribald, a rich and vivid medley of tales from the Middle Ages.
Y diawl a’m llaw chwith
Welcome
Since the start of 2015, Cockatrice Books has been publishing ground-breaking short stories from Wales and beyond, masterful novels, brilliant nonfiction and outstanding scholarship representing the best of Welsh literature from the 7th Century to the 20th, along with challenging fiction and poetry by Roger Granelli, Nigel Jarrett, Rob Mimpriss, and A. L. Reynolds. The hell with your red dragon – it’s the Cockatrice leads the way.
New and Forthcoming
Forthcoming
Never Lost for Words: Selected Essays by Nigel Jarrett
Witty, wide-ranging, and often provocative, this highly readable and entertaining collection discusses chess, swimming, language, literature, daily life and modern communications with the author’s customary playfulness, curiosity, and flair.
New from the Authors
Gwyriad: Poems by Nigel Jarrett
‘Brilliance and intrigue of language; an ability to trawl the impassive depths.’ Phoebe Walker, Lunar Poetry
‘Wonderful… often wily stuff, altogether a pleasure to read.’ Mab Jones, Buzz Magazine
River of Hope by Roger Granelli
‘His characters breathe, make you care. One day the people that count will realise that Roger Granelli is… the best un-sung novelist in Wales.' Phil Rickman
‘Roger Granelli’s books are incredibly hard to put down.’ The Big Issue
Pugnacious Little Trolls by Rob Mimpriss
‘Bathed in white fire in every sense… Borges would happily own them.’ Gee Williams
‘Freely and fiercely inventive short stories… supercharged with ideas’ Jon Gower, Nation.Cymru
Seaside Towns by A. L. Reynolds
‘gentle yet searing, introspective yet intensely physical. A real gem of a book… Seek it out if you can.’ Rachel Rees, Buzz Magazine
‘the intimately human in an epic light, in the awesome interconnectedness of all’ Niall Griffiths, Nation.Cymru
Featured Classics
The Sleeping Bard by Ellis Wynne
Translated by T. Gwynn Jones with an introduction by Rob Mimpriss
Combining epic with satire, Ellis Wynne’s three visions of the world, death and hell in T. Gwynn Jones’s masterful translation.
Welsh Folklore and Folk Culture by T. Gwynn Jones
T. Gwynn Jones’s erudite and accessible introduction to the gods, heroes, monsters, demons, charms, superstitions, and traditions of Wales.
A Book of Three Birds by Morgan Llwyd
Translated with an introduction by Rob Mimpriss
‘Lucid, skilful, and above all, of enormous timely relevance.’ Jim Perrin
A History of Wales by J. E. Lloyd
With an introduction by Leanne Wood
Meticulous yet sweeping, J. E. Lloyd’s epic history of Wales from the earliest times to the death of its last native prince.
Special Offers
Reasoning: Three Short-Story Collections by Rob Mimpriss
Reasoning: Twenty Stories, For His Warriors: Thirty Stories, Prayer at the End: 23 Stories
‘Dark, complex, pensively eloquent.’ Sophie Baggott, New Welsh Review
Price: £23.97 £19.99
Reading for Renegades
A Book of Three Birds by Morgan Llwyd, The Sleeping Bard by Ellis Wynne, Pugnacious Little Trolls by Rob Mimpriss
‘Lucid, skilful, and above all, of enormous timely relevance.’ Jim Perrin
Price: £25.97 £21.00
My Country: Three Short-Story Collections by Caradoc Evans
My People, Capel Sion, My Neighbours
Price: £25.97 £21.00
