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Brand new clubs that offered teenage boys the opportunity to meet celebrities, win prizes and enjoy many activities!
Reading Communities
The towns of Barry and Llanelli organised a whole host of book-based events over the summer and autumn!
Click here for more details of the 2008 Reading Communities.
Give a Book Week
Celebrities and members of the public throughout Wales gave each other books as gifts during this special week in July!
Click here to take a peek at the week's activities
Monthly Themes
August – Read the game
Welsh Adult
Y Byd Mawr Crwn
An entertaining volume of the colourful impressions of an enthusiastic football supporter who has travelled extensively to watch football and to support the Welsh national team. 35 black-and-white photographs.
Straeon o'r Strade
A very entertaining celebration of the rich tradition of Llanelli RFC from 1888 to 2004, comprising accounts of memorable games played on Strade Park such as games against international teams and cup and league fixtures together, with stories about notable club players. 40 colour and 66 black-and-white photographs. An English version is available: 1843235706.
Pwll, Pêl a Phulpud
The autobiography of the Rev. Elwyn Jenkins, a minister of religion in the Lampeter area. He recounts his story from his early childhood growing up in Cross Hands, his work as a coal-miner, his achievement on the rugby field when he played for Wales against the British Lions, and his period as a minister in the Amman Valley, Aberystwyth, and latterly in the Lampeter area.
Sach Winwns, Y
A lively and humorous debut novel by the writer from the Cwm-ann area. The story is about the goings-on in a soccer team in south west Wales, which is useless, and faces regular thrashings on their playing field. The curious and bizarre solution to the team's problems comes in the form of an African enchantment to improve their fate!
Cyfres y Cewri: 31. Y Crwt o'r Waun
Gareth Edwards's autobiography - one of Wales's rugby giants during the 1960s and 1970s, and his mythical status hasn't faded since. This volume should appeal to a range of readers, including those who witnessed his achievement on the rugby pitch, as well as the younger generation wishing to learn more about Gareth and the rugby golden era.
Stephen Jones - O Clermont i Nantes
The memoirs of Welsh captain and outside half Stephen Jones - from his time with Clermont Avergne in France, his return to Stradey and then leading Wales for the World Cup. Includes a chapter of the Welsh team's campaign for the World Cup.
