The Future is Welsh: Introducing Lipstick Eyebrows, a collection of short stories from upcoming Welsh women writers
Honno has championed fiction written by Welsh women for nearly 40 years. This year will mark the first collection from Honno’s new Commissioning Editor Rebecca Parfitt, in collaboration with editor Mari Ellis Dunning. Lipstick Eyebrows is an anthology showcasing the latest talent from a diverse collection of rising literary stars.
These nine stories, chosen for their contemporary edge come from new authors we are excited about. From this all female cast Lipstick Eyebrows covers themes of arrival, change, reconciliation, departures, estrangement, death, survival and the intricacies of women’s lives. A perfect book for the train, for contemporary fiction lovers and the ideal gift this Christmas, Lipstick Eyebrows is the gateway book to exploring contemporary Welsh women’s fiction.
Stories include: Kate Waddon, Wild Romances; Carolyn Thomas, The King of the Fairies; Gosia Buzzanca, Summer’s End; Silvia Rose, By the Water’s Edge; Naomi Paulus, Lipstick Eyebrows; Julie Primon, Something About Weddings; Tracey Rhys, Pearls Before Swine; Chinyere Chukwudi-Okeh, To Buy An Expensive Dream; Ellen Davies, Scab.
“The future is Welsh, baby.” To Buy an Expensive Dream, Chinyere Chukwudi-Okeh
Lipstick Eyebrows will be published on 16 November 2023.
EDITOR: Rebecca Parfitt has worked in publishing for over 15 years. She has edited many short story collections and is also founder and editor of the Ghastling magazine. She is also writer, poet and film- maker. Women and women’s issues are at the heart of everything she does.
EDITOR: Mari Ellis Dunning is a poet and writer living on the west coast of Wales. Her poetry collection Salacia was shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year while Pearl and Bone was selected as Wales Arts Review’s Best Poetry Collection of 2022. She is passionate about motherhood, violence against women and depictions of the female body.
Mari Ellis Dunning 
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