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 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.

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

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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

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My Country: Three Short-Story Collections by Caradoc Evans

My People, Capel Sion, My Neighbours

Price: £25.97 £21.00

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