design & editorial

DESIGN & EDITORIAL

As part of our work in supporting and developing the publishing industry in Wales, the Books Council offers a range of professional services to publishers including editorial and design. The aim is to support and improve the quality of books produced and published in Wales in both Welsh and English.

 

DESIGN

Our Design Team deals with around 100 different titles from Welsh publishers every year and offers the following services:

 

Designing book covers

Designing complete books, from cover to cover

Providing visual material, such as photographs and illustrations, for books.

Our Senior Design Officer and two Design Officers are experienced graphic designers. Although they undertake much of the Department’s work themselves, they can also draw on the services of a pool of 30–40 freelance designers, illustrators and photographers based in Wales, and use their expertise in various fields.

 

The Department is also responsible for designing the Books Council’s branding and internal publications.

 

Freelance designers and illustrators who would like to work on books are warmly invited to contact us.

 

CONTACT DETAILS

Sion Ilar

Senior Design Officer

Books Council of Wales

Castell Brychan

Aberystwyth

Ceredigion

SY23 2JB

Tel: 01970 624151

Fax: 01970 625385

Email: sion.ilar@books.wales

 

EDITORIAL

The Editorial Team provides services to publishers in Wales and deals with up to 180 manuscripts annually, in both English and Welsh. It deals primarily with reading for leisure, and educational material of any kind is not accepted.

 

SERVICES TO PUBLISHERS

The Department offers a subsidised editorial service in both English and Welsh – copy-editing of typescripts and correction of proofs. The Department provides these services for some 20 publishers, with the help of a small team of experienced external editors as required. Priority is always given to books that have received Books Council grants.

 

CONTACT DETAILS

Dr Huw Meirion Edwards

Senior Editorial Officer

Books Council of Wales

Castell Brychan

Aberystwyth

Ceredigion

SY23 2JB

Tel: 01970 624151

Fax: 01970 625385

Email: huw.meirionedwards@books.wales