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
