Announcing the Winner of the English-language Tir na n-Og Award 2024

Announcing the Winner of the English-language Tir na n-Og Award 2024

May 17, 2024

Where the River Takes Us by Lesley Parr (published by Bloomsbury Publishing) is the 2024 winner of the Tir na n-Og English-language Award for children and young people’s literature.  Author Lesley Parr has won the Tir na n-Og English-language Award with Where the...

2024 Shortlists

May 2, 2024

Meet the Tir na n-Og 2024 shortlist authors and illustrators Primary Shortlist Caryl Lewis Valériane Leblond Sioned Wyn Roberts Daf James Casia Wiliam Naomi Bennet Secondary Shortlist Casia Wiliam Megan Angharad Hunter Sian Eirian Lewis English-language Shortlist...
Announcing funding of £500,000 for the New Audiences Grant 3

Announcing funding of £500,000 for the New Audiences Grant 3

Mar 21, 2024

The Books Council of Wales is inviting applications for a third round of the New Audiences Grant, thanks to £500,000 of funding from Welsh Government through Creative Wales. The purpose of the grant is to support and develop the publishing industry in Wales. Grants...
Announcing funding of £500,000 for the New Audiences Grant 3

English-language Shortlist for 2024 Tir na n-Og Awards revealed

Mar 15, 2024

  The Books Council of Wales and influencer, presenter and book lover Ellis Lloyd Jones revealed the English-language shortlist for this year’s Tir na n-Og Awards on Friday 15 March at 12pm, on their Instagram and TikTok channels. The awards celebrate the very...
Announcing funding of £500,000 for the New Audiences Grant 3

Announcing the 2024 Tir na n-Og Awards Welsh-language Shortlist

Mar 13, 2024

​ The Books Council of Wales revealed the Welsh-language shortlist for this year’s Tir na n-Og Awards on S4C’s programme, Heno on Wednesday 13 March. The awards celebrate the very best of stories from Wales and about Wales that were published in 2023 The Tir na n-Og...