

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Brigid Lowe: The Bloody Branch (GRIFFIN BOOKS AFTER HOURS)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 11 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Immerse yourself in a richly imagined world of myth, magic, and feminist storytelling with author Brigid Lowe, as she discusses her new book The Bloody Branch, a dark, eco-gothic retelling of the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogion.

The Bloody Branch reimagines the stories of Blodeuwedd, Arianrhod, and Goewin through a fierce feminist and ecological lens, bringing Wales’s national myths to life in a narrative charged with magic, danger, and ancient power.

As darkness spreads across the kingdom under the cruel ambition of the magician Gwydion, three women must unite and unleash their most uncanny strengths to defend the land that binds them. Vital, visceral and richly atmospheric, Lowe’s novel is a story of desire, revenge, nature and female resilience, casting an ancient light on themes that feel urgent and resonant today.

Brigid Lowe grew up in a remote Welsh-speaking community on Ynys Môn with her Irish immigrant parents and younger sister. She now lives with her children in Yr Hen Ogledd — The Old North — once part of a shared Cumbric nation with Wales. She studied literature at Bangor, completed her doctorate at Oxford, and later taught at Sheffield and Cambridge Universities, publishing widely on the art of fiction. Brigid descends from travellers, circus performers, mill workers and gallowglass warriors. She photographs flowers, forages, climbs pinnacles, and swims in ice-cold waters, caves and bottomless pools — a life steeped in the landscape that informs her fiction. 

This event is part of our new Griffin Books After Hours series of talks, interviews and discussions, which will take place in our newly expanded shop.  

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Wednesday 11 February  | 7.30 pm
Griffin Books, 9A Windsor Road, Penarth, CF64 1JB*
Tickets: £20.00 including a SIGNED hardback copy of The Bloody Branch (RRP £16.99)** / £8.00 Event Only*** / £5.00 Student Ticket / £5.00 Inclusive Ticket

*IMPORTANT: Please be aware that the toilet at Griffin Books can only be accessed via three steps and so is not accessible for wheelchair users or people with mobility issues. Please contact us on info@griffinbooks.co.uk if this would prohibit you from attending.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/penarth/brigid-lowe-the-bloody-branch-griffin-books-after-hours/200029313957953
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, performances, entertainment, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://GriffinBooksEvents.co.uk/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=penarth-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Penarth
- **state**: WA
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: 9A Windsor Road, CF64 1JB Penarth, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 51.43899
- **long**: -3.17392
- **full address**: 9A Windsor Road, CF64 1JB Penarth, United Kingdom, Peter Alan - Penarth, 3 Windsor Road, Penarth, CF64 1JA, United Kingdom

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- **organizer**: Griffin Books (https://allevents.in/org/griffin-books/13248479)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 11 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 9A Windsor Road, CF64 1JB Penarth, United Kingdom, Peter Alan - Penarth, 3 Windsor Road, Penarth, CF64 1JA, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Griffin Books
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, performances, entertainment, storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Brigid Lowe: The Bloody Branch (GRIFFIN BOOKS AFTER HOURS) ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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