Browse our Bookshelf, selected annually by the Exchange as a window to recent Welsh literary works which we recommend for translation.
Gillian Clarke
Former National Poet of Wales Gillian Clarke presents a new striking version of Y Gododdin, one of Britain’s greatest cultural treasures. Dating back to the sixth century and attributed to the poet…moreChristopher Meredith
Still builds on Meredith’s previous collection, Air Histories, shifting between the personal and impersonal, developing a characteristically wide range of forms, techniques, settings and moods from…moreMarged Tudur
Winner of the Wales Book of the Year 2021 | PoetryThis remarkable debut poetry collection – written in response to the death of the poet’s brother, Dafydd – is a profound and contemporary…moreAbeer Ameer
Inhale/Exile is the debut poetry collection by Abeer Ameer, a rising poet of Iraqi heritage, who lives in Cardiff, Wales. Inspired by the many stories she heard as a child and visiting family in…moreLlŷr Gwyn Lewis
Winner of the Creative Non-Fiction Award, Wales Book of the Year 2015When the author is given a small package, containing letters and papers relating to his grandfather’s brother, who was killed…moreEluned Phillips
This very first publication of a lost classic by the poet Eluned Phillips (1914 – 2019) throws new light on the life and work of an important woman of Wales, whose legacy has for too long remained…moreDylan Moore
In his debut novel, Dylan Moore explores the so-called 'refugee crisis' of the mid 2010s. Set in Newport, South Wales; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and places in between, the book examines the experiences…moreManon Steffan Ros
Shortlisted in the Tír na nÓg Awards 2021Gwenno is dead: perfect, clever, beautiful Gwenno, popular with the swots and cool kids alike. But was she really the angel that everyone thought she was…moreGary Raymond
Robert Clifford is in Cairo to present his latest film for a festival prize. It has taken seven gruelling years of his life to make and is definitely NOT a film about his mother. But his moment in…moreChristopher Meredith
Octogenarian language geek Vernon, who's never written a book, tries to find a way to write the story of his long marriage to Hannah. Under the comic surface of Vernon's pompous voice hides a story…moreHoratio Clare
After a lifetime of ups and downs, Horatio Clare was committed to hospital under Section 2 of the Mental Health Act.From hypomania in the Alps, to a complete breakdown and a locked ward in…moreAngharad Price
Shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year 2021 | Creative Non-FictionYmbapuroli gathers into one gem of a collection a decade of essays and thought pieces by Angharad Price, one of the most…moreFflur Dafydd
Phases of life are measured by the waxing and waning of the moon in this unique volume, award-winning novelist and screenwriter Fflur Dafydd’s first foray into memoir. Illustrated (or should that…moreMegan Angharad Hunter
Winner of Wales Book of the Year 2021A pioneering début by an extraordinarily talented young writer, tu ôl i’r awyr (behind the sky) weaves together the stories and psychologies of Deian and…moreAled Jones Williams
Described by its author as more akin to myth than a novel, Y Wraig ar Lan yr Afon (The Woman on the Riverbank) centres on the arrival of the mysterious Rachel, who sets up home in the Red House on…moreRachel Trezise
In the divisive wake of the Brexit referendum comes Rachel Trezise’s Easy Meat: bold, timely, and unremittingly humane.23 June 2016 is a day like any other for Caleb Jenkins. The former reality…moreLlio Maddocks
Shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year 2021 | FictionThe struggles of millennial life are captured with candour, humour, and poignancy in Llio Maddocks’ debut novel. Lowri has lost her way since…moreAngharad Tomos
Shortlisted in the Tír na nÓg Awards 2021When circumstances compel Dorcas – a farmgirl in nineteenth-century Wales – to take up employment as a maid in Lord Penrhyn’s castle, her story becomes…more