Our Bookshelf
Browse our Bookshelves, selected annually by the Exchange as a window to recent Welsh literary works which we recommend for translation.
"The crackling dialogue is truly brilliant and the humour dark and wonderfully mischievous."
Dewi Prysor
"[Idwal Davies] is a very compelling protagonist. I hope we hear more of his history... A round, rich character
Bethan Mair, Rhaglen Ffion Dafis, BBC Radio Cymru
“The flawed Detective Idwal Davies and a motley crew of characters all step out of the page, fully alive.”
Mared Lewis
Gwynt y Dwyrain
Winner of the Daniel Owen Memorial Prize at the 2023 National Eisteddfod of Wales
Sergeant Idwal Davies is the first to arrive at Tan-y-graig on the Sunday morning at the turn of the millennium. And as he assists in the investigation of a young girl's death, he gets far too close to the heart of the case and must confront difficult experiences from his own past. An original, extremely readable addition to 'Welsh Noir', that also asks profound questions about life and the decline of Welsh society.
Alun Ffred Jones worked as a teacher, journalist, and television producer and director before moving into politics, representing Caernarfon as a Member of the Senedd for Plaid Cymru. He served as Minister for Heritage between 2008 and 2011, and in 2008 made history by being the first UK representative to speak in the Welsh language at a meeting of the European Union.
- Y Lolfa (2023)
Y Lolfa