Cover to Cover enjoys hosting regular book launches, author talks, signings and literary events. We aim to bring you fantastic authors from all ends of the spectrum, from fresh and exciting new fiction writers to well-established bestselling name-drops!
Meet The Authors: Helen Iles, Delyth Jenkins, and Jane Fraser
Come and share an hour or two with some Welsh women and their words. Delyth Jenkins, Jane Fraser and Helen iles read from their recent works and answer questions about their experience of writing about the land they love. Helen’s family have lived at least four generations in Swansea and Gower. In 2012, she reluctantly uprooted and moved with her new husband to Australia, then to Spain. Hiraeth reflects on the nature of home and …. Read More
An Evening With Warren Gatland
Cover To Cover presents: An evening with Warren Gatland. Come and join the three-time Grand Slam-winning coach for the launch of his much-anticipated autobiography. As he leaves his post as Head Coach of Wales at the end of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, Gatland’s definitive autobiography provides a colourful and vivid chronicle of an extraordinary three decades at rugby’s dynamic coal-face. His personal journey has been rewarding and challenging in equal measure, spanning many …. Read More
Max Porter and LANNY
In this special event, Max Porter, winner of the 2016 Dylan Thomas Prize for his internationally-acclaimed ‘Grief is the Thing with Feathers’, joins Francesca Rhydderch to discuss and read from his globally anticipated, Booker longlisted novel, Lanny. Followed by Q&A and book signing. ‘In came the sound of a song, warm on his creaturely breath. My singing child, bringing me gifts. A second or two before I realise it’s not him. Lanny?’ ‘It’s hard to …. Read More
Kitty Sewell: The Fault. Book Launch
Come and join international best-selling author Kitty Sewell for the Swansea launch of her new thriller – The Fault. Saturday 28th September. In-store. 2PM. Kitty Sewell was born in Sweden, but has joint British and Canadian nationality. She spent her adolescence in Spain and returned to live in Andalucia in 2003, keeping a foot each in Wales and Canada, and a hand in Sweden. She has a background in psychotherapy, and alongside this career wrote …. Read More
Bernard Hedges Glamorgan Cricket Swansea Book Launch
Come and join Stephen Hedges for the launch of his biography of his father: Bernard Hedges. Bernard played rugby for Pontypridd and Swansea, represented Great Britain at football, and was a widely respected cricketer with Glamorgan between 1950 and 1967. ‘Bernard was a true sportsman’ Don Shepherd Truly, he was a hero’ Neil Kinnock ‘When it was my turn to face the bowlers, I often chose to be Bernard Hedges’ Sir Gareth Edwards Bernard lived …. Read More
Stephen Hedges and Alan Wilkins. Cricket Book Launch and Signing.
Come and join Stephen Hedges for the launch of his biography of his father: Bernard Hedges. Bernard played rugby for Pontypridd and Swansea, represented Great Britain at football, and was a widely respected cricketer with Glamorgan between 1950 and 1967. ‘Bernard was a true sportsman’ Don Shepherd Truly, he was a hero’ Neil Kinnock ‘When it was my turn to face the bowlers, I often chose to be Bernard Hedges’ Sir Gareth Edwards Bernard lived …. Read More