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New book to inspire girls all over Wales!
This week sees the publication of an inspirational new book aimed at raising the profile of some of Wales’ most outstanding women and getting young readers to celebrate and to take pride in our nation’s history. read more
"One of the UK's finest storytellers" - new paperback version of award-winning fairytales
This week sees award-winning Welsh storyteller and author Daniel Morden’s short story collection, Dark Tales from the Woods, back in print and available in paperback for the first time. Rich with the mystery of the Welsh landscape, the stories are vivid retellings of gypsy tales collected from the famous Wood family of Caegwyn. read more
A chance visit to Gregynog leads to family connections and inspiration for historical novel described as "Welsh literature at its best"
A chance visit to the beautiful Gregynog Hall in Powys set off a chain of events that has led to the publication of a new historical novel set in mid Wales, People Like Us by Jan Brown. read more
Learn Italian with your pet!
With travelling abroad becoming a possibility again, the author of an unusual new handy pocket-sized phrasebook is hoping to use humour to inspire people to learn some simple Italian phrases. Unlike many traditional phrasebooks, Teach Your Dog Italian (Y Lolfa) shows that learning useful expressions doesn’t have to be boring or daunting, and makes picking up a few basics accessible to everyone. read more
Burney Brothers of Hay on Wye - Forgotten Heroes of World War II Celebrated at Hay Festival
The biography of two very different brothers, Christopher and Roger Burney, whose contributions to fighting in the Second World War are of historic importance will be published this month and launch in an event at Hay Festival at the beginning of June. read more
Be part of a project to inspire girls all over Wales!
A Welsh author is launching a search for girls’ names to appear in print in her forthcoming book celebrating inspiring women from Wales. Medi Jones-Jackson is asking for the names of would-be wondrous women aged 7-11 as part of her new project. The aim is to collect as many names as possible to print in her new book Wondrous Women of Wales, which will be published this June by Y Lolfa. read more
A story of Wales, Ukraine, Russia and the Manic Street Preachers
Anyone familiar with the Manic Street Preachers will know the track Dreaming a City (Hughesovka) on their album Futurology. What you may not know is that this was inspired by Colin Thomas’s 2009 book of the same name, reissued this week. “I really loved the book,” wrote singer James Dean Bradfield of Dreaming A City. “I love that kind of digestible history.”. read more
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