Books for adults (1)

Description A novel set in the imaginary university town, Hergest. Dr Rodrigo Lewis of Patagonia is on a one year sabbatical there and is also expl...

Description A collection of short stories by 10 authors who identify as women living in Wales in the twenty first century, as they discuss their ex...

Description A one-volume history of Christianity in Wales, from its Roman origins to the present Details ISBN: 9781786838216 Publication Date: 15 ...

Description A new version of the magisterial volume on Welsh history, with information extending from the ice-age to the current period. Includes a...

Description A readable volume covering the humour of three of Ceredigion's leading writers: Moc Rogers, Tegwyn Jones and Hywel Teifi Edwards. Detai...

Description A valuable record of life on a farm in rural Meirionethshire in the early years of the twentieth century, by one who was raised in the ...

Description The poems in Homelands by Eric Ngalle Charles are irresistibly rich in tone, subject and emotion. Native to Cameroon in west Africa, he...

Description Dr Emma Short offers a fresh perspective with a simple evidence-based guide to leading a healthier, happier and calmer life. It has a h...

Description A tribute volume to one of Wales' most substantial thinkers over the past half century. A professor and author, E. Gwynn Matthews has p...

Description The autobiography of a Cardiffian who has made a unique contribution to the revival of the Welsh language in South-east Wales as leader...

Description This unique memoir in verse offers a series of snapshots about religion and sexuality. In verse because it's how Bell remembers: snapsh...

Description I Am the Mask Maker and other stories brings together 11 of Rhiannon Lewis's compelling short stories. They transport us to places as v...

Description A memoir about grief, nature and what a small community in the Welsh valleys can teach us about life. 'A beautiful and poetic meditatio...

Description I Think We’re Alone Now is a bold and far-ranging second collection from a fresh and original new voice in British poetry. This was sup...

Description 7-year old Awen suffers an acid attack on her face, and the world she knows turns it back on her, and she has to flee... 45-year old Ce...

Description A volume that celebrates the success of a number of families who have passed on the Welsh language to a new generation overseas. We hea...

Description This book is about the impact of Welsh devolution on public policy. It examines how, from a fragile beginning, distinct political insti...

Description On receiving news of a beloved teacher’s death, a man struggles with the loss of a relationship sustained by deep admiration and love. ...

Description The first detailed study of Thomas Rees' background and the part he played in the mid-19th century Rebecca Riots in west Wales. Events ...

Description In Service is the tale of one person's journey into manhood, ultimately finding himself in the theatre of war. Details ISBN: 9781803992...

Description The Prize-winning volume of the Literary Medal Competition at the Conwy County 2019 National Eisteddfod of Wales. Details ISBN: 9781784...

Description Cardiff-based poet Abeer Ameer writes of her forebears in her first collection, Inhale/Exile. Dedicated to the 'holders of these storie...

  Description In 2005 Diana Ashworth and her husband spotted a dilapidated farmhouse with 25 acres in a rural hamlet in Montgomeryshire, the plan b...

Description A novel set in a mining valley in south Wales during World War II. First friendships among a group of boys are seen from the perspectiv...

Description This is a historical story about James Parry (the author's grandfather), and Asmus Nikolai Clausen. James Parry rose to become captain ...

Description This is the biography of one well-loved Welshman from the Tanat Valley.  In World War Two he was whisked away from his village, into th...

Description The sequel to the prizewinning novel Salt. Historical fiction based on the true-life experiences and struggles of Kean's own Jamaican g...

Description With a forensic eye, Howells takes us on a journey through ordinary human lives and the extraordinary natural world we are in danger of...

Description With science fiction tropes recalling Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut and more recently Olga Ravn's The Employees, philosophical reflecti...

Description Hugh Jones was the last traditional shepherd of the upper Tywi valley. His memoirs recalls traditions and customs that have long vanish...

  Description Learn Welsh now! This booklet has all you need to start: a phrasebook, a pronunciation guide, a basic grammar and English / Welsh voc...

Description Leaving the Hills by Tony Curtis is a collection full of stories from everywhere by a great Welsh poet at his best. From the Welsh moun...