Books for adults (1)

Description A Welsh rhymes dictionary including simple guidelines about rules relating to the Welsh Language and writing poetry in strict metre. A ...

Description This book is the next, natural step in Martin's wanderings around England and Wales. If Take The Slow Road whetted the appetite for a G...

Description A boy running around a running track in the early evening opens a memoir of candour and insight. From a working-class Rhondda childhood...

Description 2019: Following her father's death, Carole decides to use her inheritance to buy a remote traditional cottage outside the village in mi...

Description This is an account of a year in the life of Peter Berry, an ordinary man living in a sleepy Suffolk village. Happily married and runnin...

Description The author’s memoirs of growing up on the Llŷn Peninsula in the 1950s and 1960s, bookended by memories from other members of the Pwllhe...

Description Philip Hume's book provides a richly-illustrated history of the medieval Mortimer family of Wigmore in north Herefordshire, with a focu...

Description Listen. The bee walks across my finger, slow as anything and I can see through the gauzy wing, to the detail of my skin. You aren't loo...

Description It was a period of Welsh politics that has become etched in the collective memory. The rise of a Welsh independence movement and the fi...

Description The history of Wales as a destination and confection of English Romantic writers is well-known, but this book reverses the process, tur...

Desciption A volume brimming with quotations from the last 30 years by various poets. This is an ideal volume for those looking for an inspiring or...

Description Oswestry: a local history is based upon articles written by the author for Oswestry & Border Counties Advertizer, the Country Quest...

Description Oswestry: Parish, Church and People is based on a series of articles prepared by the author for St Oswald's monthly parish magazine in ...

Description If, like so many others, you enjoyed Parsnips and Owls and are ready for more of a challenge, you're going to love Parsnips and Owls 2!...

Description If, like so many others, you enjoyed Parsnips and Owls 1 and 2 and are ready for more of a challenge, you'll want to get your teeth rig...

Description Are you just like over a million other Welsh learners who've used Duolingo to learn the language?Have you completed the course and are ...

Description Comedy drama for two actors by Gruffudd Owen. Lowri's determined to survive her brother's wedding day while Idris misses his old best f...

Description A new edition of The Peacemakers, which includes some of Waldo Williams' most celebrated poems. It comprises the Welsh-language origina...

Description Beautiful, emotional and richly imagistic, Mari Ellis Dunning presents mothers in many forms: those experienced, chosen, unwitting, and...

Description On her 32nd birthday, Martha receives an unexpected present from her parents. The news marks the beginning of a journey that will chang...

Description Dyma gasgliad o haiku, senryu a cherddi bychain gan John G Rowlands, bardd a pheintiwr o Geredigion yn wreiddiol.  Fel yn ei gasgliad ...

Description The story of one woman’s life in rural mid Wales at the turn of the 20th c. Despite poverty and setbacks, she climbs the ladder to beco...

Description What is the difference between fear and excitement? How does the mind and body create emotions? When can anxiety be a force for good? T...

Description Poet and illustrator Siôn Tomos Owen's book is full of colour and passion about life as a father and patriot from Rhondda Valley, and d...

Description Biography of Joseph Jenkins (1818–98). Tregaron tenant farmer Jenkins was innovative and successful with an award for the best farm in ...

Description A gripping tale of human horror, survival and resilience, and of the ways in which humankind confronts death. This is a Welsh adaptatio...

Description Through the lens of South Wales Police, this volume reflects upon the changing role of the police in society. Written by police officer...

Description Elfed Thomas, ex-headmaster of Pontrobert school, once wrote that Pontrobert was very much like heaven - you don't see the place until ...

Description A modern collection of short stories with a city feel which was highly praised in the Literary Medal competition at the 2023 National ...

Description This novel about the relationship between a grandfather and his grandson touches on Wales's relationship with slavery, and discusses ho...

Description An uplifting, warm and humorous novel which explores the relationship between wise Welsh sheepdog Mot and his owner Lea. Will Mot help ...

Description A stunning novella which presents a vivid and yet subtle portrait of an unique character and of change in rural Llŷn. A masterpiece. De...

Description A brief popular history of the Welsh protest against the Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales in Caernarfon in 1969. Placar...

Description A collection of short stories by Andrew Teilo, comprising stories that oscillate from light-hearted to serious, from the natural to the...