On July 1st 2022, Literature Wales announced the shortlist for the 2022 Wales Book of the Year and 'Pain Sluts' has made the shortlist of only three titles in the English language fiction category, all of which will compete for the Rhys Davies Trust Fiction Award. The other two titles in the English language fiction category are I Am the Mask...
On Saturday 16th July, Cardiff Made Gallery will be hosting the launch of Sian Hughes's new collection of stories 'Pain Sluts'. The evening will feature readings from the collection, a short Q & A with Nation reviewer Sarah Morgan Jones, and the Welsh premiere of award-winning short film 'Consumed', starring Shauna McDonald, based on a story from the collection. 6pm -...
Writer Sian Hughes has recently joined forces with artist Ellie Young, winner of the 2021 Solo Art Prize designed to promote talented artists based in South Wales, to explore common themes in their work. The collaboration has led to a body of new writing that will feature in Young's fanzine. “We are both preoccupied with certain themes,” said Hughes. “One of those...