Barry-based founder of local book publisher seeking funding
Aim is to develop local Welsh and emerging UK writers
A BARRY woman who set up a local publishing house, Lucent Dreaming, has started a crowdfunder to raise money to fulfil its book projects this financial year.
The publisher was launched in 2021 by Jannat Ahmed (pictured below), who was born and still lives in Barry. Her aim is to develop local Welsh and emerging UK writers.
Lucent Dreaming’s first book project ‘Maps and Rooms: Writing from Wales’ (June 2022) was published in collaboration with Literature Wales’ Representing Wales scheme. Since its launch, Lucent Dreaming has published 142 writers across its titles over the past five years.
Jannat Ahmed said: “Lucent Dreaming originally launched its website in 2017 and after four years of successfully platforming international creative writing in our magazine, I decided to expand into UK publishing. Lucent Dreaming fills a gap in the market, offering a platform for new writers to publish beautiful work in beautiful ways.”
She told the Glamorgan Star that Lucent could offer new authors advice in terms of editing and also said that the company worked with artists to produce really attractive covers and quality printing. The company also has an established distribution network to help bring new books to a wide readership.
She added: “This year, one of our anthologies was shortlisted at The British Book Awards. This was an incredible achievement. We want to continue to publish beautiful books, and to keep sharing stories from around Wales.
“In response to an unexpected funding gap, we have launched a crowdfunder, with a target of raising £3,300 by 4 November 2026. This will close our funding gap, enable us to deliver our existing projects until the end of the year.
“If you would like to support the local arts in south Wales, we would be grateful for any donations – it makes such a difference. I’d like to thank everyone who has donated so far, and everyone who has supported Lucent Dreaming over the last five years. We have already reached 88% of our target.”
Lucent Dreaming’s fundraising campaign page via here.
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