Our Bookshelf
Browse our Bookshelves, selected annually by the Exchange as a window to recent Welsh literary works which we recommend for translation.
“This is an important book for everyone, so that we can come to know ourselves and others. Young people trying to discover their identity will benefit from hearing the contributors’ experiences in this volume, and parents, teachers, grandparents, politicians – everybody – will have the opportunity to learn that everyone has the right to be understood and respected as an individual.”
Tir na n-Og Judging Panel
“This is more than a collection of stories […] it is a celebration of pride, courage, and identity – a volume that gives a flavour of what it’s like to grow up LGBTQ+ in Wales today.”
Llinos Dafydd, Lysh
“A very easy book to read – I would have been so happy to have read it during my teenage years. The stories and perspectives of the young people are inspirational.”
Owain Glyn, Goodreads
Cymry. Balch. Ifanc | Young. Welsh. Proud
A celebration of pride, courage and community, and winner of the 2025 Tir na n-Og Children’s Fiction Award.
A refreshing and deeply personal anthology collecting real-life stories from thirteen young LGBTQ+ contributors, with information about Welsh Pride, including a timeline of queer Welsh history.
Edited by award-winning authors Llŷr Titus and Megan Angharad Hunter, Cymry. Balch. Ifanc. / Young. Welsh. Proud aims to increase understanding and empathy towards people in the LGBTQ+ community by sharing personal experiences. Simultaneously published in Welsh-language and English-language versions, the book is stunningly illustrated throughout by Mari Philips.
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Rily Publications (2024)
Welsh-language version: 978-1804164044
English-language version: 978-1804164051
96pp
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Rily Publications (2024)
Rily Publications: Lynda Tunnicliffe lynda@rily.co.uk
Reviews
“This is an important book for everyone, so that we can come to know ourselves and others. Young people trying to discover their identity will benefit from hearing the contributors’ experiences in this volume, and parents, teachers, grandparents, politicians – everybody – will have the opportunity to learn that everyone has the right to be understood and respected as an individual.”
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