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The winner of the Literary Medal for 2017 is Sonia Edwards for her novel,  Rhannu Ambarél.

The Daniel Owen Memorial Prize 2017 is withheld at the National Eisteddfod.

Literature Wales has announced that the next round of Writers' Bursaries and Mentoring is now open for submission.

The Welsh Books Council are organising another Author Tour with a difference as part of their successful  @LlyfrDaFabBooks  scheme. Past events have included a train journey in the company of author Meinir Wyn Edwards along the Cambrian Railway but this time pupils will be making their journey along the Conwy Valley Line to Llandudno.

The Welsh Books Council is pleased to announce that four leading publishers have succeeded in securing the work to publish books for Welsh learners. Atebol, CAA (Educational Resource Publisher, Aberystwyth University), Gomer Press and Y Lolfa have secured contracts to publish five books each for Welsh learners over the next 18 months.

Ken Skates, Cabinet Secretary for the Economy and Infrastructure, Welsh Government, and author Rob Lewis will officially launch the Challenge in Wales at Prestatyn Library, Denbighshire, on Monday 10 July 2017, between 1 and 2:30pm.

On 21 and 22 June, scores of children from 32 schools across Wales took over the Arts Centre in Aberystwyth for two days of keen competition. It was the national round of Darllen Dros Gymru, the Welsh Books Council's Welsh-language books competition for primary schools in Wales. All pupils were competing for a number of prestigious awards by discussing books and performing short dramatic presentations based on titles they had read.

RNIB Cymru's Transcription Team have won a prestigious award at the New York Festival's World's Best Radio Programmes ceremony which was held last night (19 June), at the salubrious Manhattan Penthouse, New York.

A team of avid readers from Stebonheath School, Llanelli, have been crowned the 2017 Champions of BookSlam, the Welsh Books Council's annual reading competition for children.

The Welsh Books Council welcomes the publication of the independent Review of Support for Publishing and Literature in Wales and will be discussing its findings and recommendations with relevant stakeholders and within its own management and governance structures.