My name is Carol Lovekin. I am a writer, a mother & a feminist. My heritage is Irish although I have lived in Wales since 1979.
My stories touch on the Welsh Gothic & its most powerful motif: the ghost. They concern the nature of magic & how it threads through the fabric of our lives. I explore possibilities: the fine line between the everyday & the time-shifting world of enchantment. My books are also firmly rooted in reality. I write about family relationships: how people, women in particular, respond to loss & how they survive. My first four books are set in Wales, where I have lived for several decades: a place whose legends & landscapes inform my writing.

My newest book, Only May was published on 19 May 2022.

‘Simply stunning’
~ Linda Hill

My third novel, Wild Spinning Girls was published
20th February 2020 & was shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year
(Rhys Davies Trust) Fiction Award

‘Beautiful and utterly unforgettable’
Louise Beech

Snow Sisters, my second novel, was published on 21st September 2017. It was chosen by the Welsh Books Council as their October Book of the Month (for independent shops.)

‘A small world, beautifully drawn’
~ Su Bristow

Ghostbird, my first novel, was published in March 2016. It was a Guardian Readers’ Choice for 2016 & in the same year was longlisted for the Not the Booker Prize. Edna O’Brien was on the list – I’ll be dining out on that wee nugget forever…

‘Spellbinding’
Judith Kinghorn

All my books are available on Amazon, a variety of book shops & the publisher, Honno.

Homepage header image: Janey Stevens