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Dyniaethau a'r Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
This event is part of the Sefydliad Diwylliannol - Cultural Institute series
Carys Shannon
Speaker's BiographyTruth Like Water by Carys Shannon
The debut novel from an award-winning short story writer.
In a small estuary village on the Welsh coast, Catrin is mourning the anniversary of her mother’s drowning when a teenage girl disappears on the same mudflats. Terrified of history repeating itself and driven by unresolved grief, Catrin becomes obsessed with finding Emily.
Her search dredges up secrets from the village’s past and present, uncovering far more than the missing girl.
This is a story of lost women – some who can be found again, and some who can’t.
The debut novel from an award-winning short story writer.
Truth Like Water was awarded a Literature Wales development grant and has been longlisted for the Bath and Mslexia Novel Awards and shortlisted for the Caledonia Novel Award. In 2020 it won the Jericho Writers Festival of Writing Prize.
From: 20 Nov 2025, 6 p.m.To: 20 Nov 2025, 7 p.m.
Location: Taliesin Create, Swansea University, Singleton Park, SA2 8PZ, Swansea
Truth Like Water by Carys Shannon
The debut novel from an award-winning short story writer.
In a small estuary village on the Welsh coast, Catrin is mourning the anniversary of her mother’s drowning when a teenage girl disappears on the same mudflats. Terrified of history repeating itself and driven by unresolved grief, Catrin becomes obsessed with finding Emily.
Her search dredges up secrets from the village’s past and present, uncovering far more than the missing girl.
This is a story of lost women – some who can be found again, and some who can’t.
The debut novel from an award-winning short story writer.
Truth Like Water was awarded a Literature Wales development grant and has been longlisted for the Bath and Mslexia Novel Awards and shortlisted for the Caledonia Novel Award. In 2020 it won the Jericho Writers Festival of Writing Prize.
Contact: Cultural Institute - Swansea University (Email: cultural-institute@swansea.ac.uk)
Website: https://bit.ly/truthlikewater
Event created by: m.t.hughes