Welsh Writers Showcase with Gutter and Folding Rock

For this event, a collaboration between Scottish and Welsh literary magazines, Gutter and Folding Rock, we are delighted to welcome three outstanding authors from Wales to the bookshop.

Rhian Elizabeth, Brigid Lowe, and Anthony Shapland will be reading from recent work, discussing the current state of Welsh writing, and considering kinship with the literary scene here in Scotland.

The event will be introduced by Kathryn Tann, Non-Fiction and Managing Editor of Folding Rock. Kathryn Tann is a writer, editor and creative producer from the south coast of Wales. Her debut essay collection, Seaglass, was published by Calon Books in 2024. She is the creator of ’This Place’ podcast, and writes a monthly Substack called ‘Dwell’.

Join us in the shop or online to hear from these wonderful authors, check out Gutter and Folding Rock, and chat to people from both literary magazines!

About the Authors:

Rhian Elizabeth is a novelist, poet, and trainee counsellor. She is the author of three poetry collections, and in 2025 she won both the Wales Book of the Year Award and the Nation.Cymru People’s Choice Award for girls etc., published by Broken Sleep Books.

Brigid Lowe grew up in a Welsh-speaking community in Ynys Môn. Her debut novel, The Bloody Brach, was published in January 2026, and her swimming memoir, Shiver, which won the Giles St Aubyn Award for Non-Fiction, is out in September. Brigid now lives in Scotland.

Anthony Shapland is a writer and artist and founder of g39, an artist-led space in Cardiff. His debut novel, A Room Above a Shop, was published by Granta, and he was one of the Observer’s 10 debut novelists of 2025. His fiction ‘Feathertongue' was recently broadcast by BBC Radio 4.