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Bad Ideas \ Chemicals by Lloyd Markham shortlisted for the Betty Trask Award 2018

Bad Ideas \ Chemicals (Parthian Books) by Lloyd Markham has been shortlisted for the Betty Trask Award 2018.

Set in a dystopian, not-too distant future, the novel takes the traditional south Wales novel of urban decay into completely new territory.

The Betty Trask Prize is presented ...more

Translation Challenge 2018

Every year, Wales Literature Exchange works together with Wales PEN Cymru and Cymdeithas Cyfieithwyr Cymru (The Association of Welsh Translators and Interpreters) to host the Translation Challenge, which encourages and promotes creative and literary translation into Welsh. The ...more

Wales Literature Exchange attend ENLIT meeting

Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones will attend the European Network for Literary Translation held in Frankfurt, Germany on 30 May 2018.  The ENLIT network gathers together European translation funding bodies including Literature Ireland, FILI and Etxepare, twice a year to discuss best ...more

Wales Book of the Year 2018 Shortlist Announced

The Wales Book of the Year 2018 shortlist has been announced by Literature Wales.

The 2018 Wales Book of the Year Awards are presented to the best literary works published in 2017, in Welsh and in English, in three categories: Poetry, Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction, and ...more