Paned with 'The Five'

Join members of the team behind the new collection, The Five! Published by Firefly Press, the work was originally released in Welsh, uniting experienced writers with newer writers, to create a interrelated story about the lives of five school friends. It has now been translated to English by Mared Roberts, and edited by the architect of the original project, Elgan Rhys.

The Five follows a year in the interconnected lives of five very different teenagers who forge a singular bond at their secondary school in north-west Wales.

This boldly original and tender-hearted YA novel edited by Elgan Rhys is adapted by Mared Roberts from the multi-award-winning Welsh-language series Y Pump, which was co-created in an innovative authorship process which paired established authors with emerging young writers with lived experience relevant to the characters within the novel.

Written by Elgan Rhys with Tomos Jones, Mared Roberts with Ceri-Anne Gatehouse, Marged Elen Wiliam with Mahum Umer, Iestyn Tyne with Leo Drayton, Megan Angharad Hunter with Maisie Awen.

This event is run in collaboration with Paned o Gê, the LGBTQ+ bookshop that operates out of The Queer Emporium.

Further Information

Alcohol will be served at this event. This is a seated event. Loud sounds may feature as part of the performances.

Accessibility Information

Our events are situated in the Royal Arcade, Morgan Quarter. Access to this can be gained via our shop front entrance, which includes a step or via our side entrance, which is level with the ground but please let us know in advance if you would like to use this one as it is often locked. There is also a disabled toilet on site.

The Queer Emporium is situated at the lower half of St. Mary's Street. There is a taxi rank diagonally across from the space and Uber cars are able to collect people from the Marriott Hotel, which is approximately 0.4 miles away. Here, many buses also stop to collect passengers and allow them to alight. Parking is available in St. David's Hall 2 and the John Lewis Car Park, both of which are approximately 0.2 miles from The Queer Emporium.

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