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Explore your creativity in Wales' Year of Discovery.

#Her100Cerdd returns to celebrate National Poetry Day

During the month of the Welsh History Festival for Children, Yr Ysgwrn is thrilled to work with the Festival and Welsh Books Council to provide literary experiences outside the classroom for the secondary school pupils of Gwynedd.

The Welsh Books Council is delighted to be working with the Forward Arts Foundation to celebrate the power of poetry this October.

96-year-old Lancaster Bomber John Martin to receive a copy of his secretly-published memoir,  A Raid over Berlin  on BBC1's The One Show.

The contribution of the late Gareth F. Williams to literature for children and young people will be celebrated with the 2018 Mary Vaughan Jones Award.

The Welsh Books Council is delighted to announce that it will be holding a pioneering course for authors and illustrators of books for children aged between 3 and 7 years, in conjunction with Literature Wales, in an effort to fill the shelves of bookshops with original Welsh publications for children.

Literature Wales has recently announced that the next round of Bursaries and Mentoring is now open for submission. The schemes are open to emerging and experienced writers alike.

Manon Steffan Ros has been awarded the Literary Medal at the 2018 National Eisteddfod for her novel, 'Llyfr Glas Nebo'.

The winner of the Daniel Owen Memorial Prize for 2018 is Mari Williams for her novel, Ysbryd yr Oes.