Get On Board
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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
September – You are what you read
Welsh Adult
Tinboeth
A compilation of erotic short stories written by nine of Wales' most famous female authors: Caryl Lewis, Eigra Lewis Roberts, Meg Elis, Gwen Lasarus, Bethan Gwanas, Lleucu Roberts, Gwyneth Glyn, Siân Northey and Fflur Dafydd.
Bwystfilod Rheibus
The memoirs of Robyn Llŷn, the former archdruid. Various parts of the autobiography focus on his upbringing, his life's milestones, his venture into politics and contesting the Arfon constituency for Plaid Cymru, and his tenure as archdruid of Wales.
Beti Bwt
A novel based on the memories of a child in Trefor on the Llŷn Peninsula. It depicts a vivid portrayal of life in a Welsh village in the 1950s and was second in the Prose Medal Competition at the National Eisteddfod of 2007.
Nerth Bôn Braich
A novel written collaboratively by seven female authors, each writing a chapter - Sian Eirian Rees Davies, Gwen Lasarus, Rhiannon Thomas, Eurgain Haf, Caron Edwards, Annes Glyn and Janice Jones. The story revolves around a competition to find the strongest woman in Wales, who will, in turn, represent Wales at a similar worldwide competition.
Rhyw Deid yn Dod Miwn
A combination of poetry and striking photographs of the Welsh coast. This volume gives a new and fresh light on our familiar coast. The photographer's notes offer an insight to his work, and the volume also includes a colour map of the locations featured.
Aber - Ysgrifau am Aberystwyth
A striking photographic full-colour hardback book to celebrate a seaside and university town, considered to be one of the most iconic towns in Wales. Authors well known for their associations with Aberystwyth - Catrin Beard, Lyn Lewis Dafis, Lyn Ebenezer, Meleri Wyn James, Sioned Puw Rowlands, Eurig Salisbury - contribute short essays to accompanyKeith Morris's witty images.
Bro a Bywyd / His Life, His Land: Kyffin Williams
A comprehensive picture of the life and land of Wales's greatest artist in the twentieth and early twenty-first century. In text and pictures, his life is documented from his childhood in Llangefni to his return to Anglesey in 1974 to work as a professional artist.
Byd Go Iawn Un Nos Ola Leuad
A study of life in Caradog Prichard's popular novel, Un Nos Ola Leuad, portraying the characters of Bethesda and the Ogwen valley. It portrays life and society, buildings and places as they were in Caradog Prichard's days.
Gwylliaid Glyndŵr
A satirical novel about a risky attempt to purloin the historically significant Letter of Pennal from the National Library of Wales. A witty novel satirizing the institutions and people of Wales with humour and flair.
