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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
November – Screen reads
English Adult
Selected Work, '95-'98
Stage scripts of Song from a Forgotten City and Gas Station Angel and the film-shooting script of House of America by Ed Thomas, reflecting both the raw and lyrical, with critical essays by Marc Evans and Jeni Williams and a conversation with David Adams. 18 black-and-white photographs.
Border Lines: Dennis Potter
A pioneering study of the work of the eminent television playwright analysing his major plays and assessing his contribution to contemporary British culture.
One Man, One Voice
A collection of five monologues by Welsh dramatists portraying five characters lacking in confidence attempting to understand their complex worlds and find their self-identity.
Richard Burton - So Much, so Little
A new study of Richard Burton showing how his Welshness shaped his character and his career and placing him fully in his English, American and Welsh context. Black-and-white photographs.
How Green Was My Valley
A reprint of a classic novel presenting a nostalgic portrayal of the hardship and warmth of community life in the south Wales mining valleys in the early 20th century.
Wales on Screen
A comprehensive multi-faceted assessment of the current state of the television and film industry in Wales, its relevance to the lives of the people of Wales, the role of women and the Welsh language, the success of animation and the future of digital television, comprising ten chapters by twelve contributors. 16 black-and-white illustrations.
The Web of Belonging
A novel portraying the peaceful life of a young couple living in Shrewsbury, before their elderly relatives come to stay. A novel by a popular author, the work has now been adapted into an ITV film starring Brenda Blethyn, Kevin Whately, Rosemary Harris, Anna Massey and Peter Sallis.
White Powder, Green Light
A new edition of a humorous novel set in Cardiff and London about a middle-aged female lecturer and film scriptwriter who almost loses her senses as she is drawn into the alcohol and drugs culture, by the author of Rancid Aluminium.
Don't Cry for Me Aberystwyth
It's Christmas in Aberystwyth. The tourists have gone home. The latest movie starring Clip the Sheepdog is on at the cinema. And a man wearing a red and white robe is found brutally murdered in a Chinatown alley. A single word is scrawled in his blood on the pavement: Hoffmann. But who is Hoffmann? Thus begins the latest hilarious adventure in the Louie Knight series.
Grand Slam - Behind the Scenes of the Classic Film
A book of photographs and text about the filming of the classic Grand Slam, originally broadcast 30 years ago. Includes images of the immortal Hugh Griffith, Windsor Davies, Dewi Pws and Sharon Morgan.
Tipping the Velvet
Set against the tawdry glamour and excitement of the music-halls, Sarah Waters' debut novel is a full-bodied evocation of the show business world of Victorian London. Nan King is an extraordinary heroine. From the oysters of Whitley Bay, to life as a top male impersonator, from hard times as a prostitute and even a rent-boy, to her role as an aristocrat's plaything and even a campaigning socialist, the narrative is sustained by her indomitable spirit and lusty appetites.
