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...

2025 Shortlists

May 2, 2024

Meet the Tir na n-Og 2025 shortlist authors and illustrators Primary Shortlist Gareth Evans-Jones Angie Roberts / Dyfan Roberts Sioned Wyn Roberts Secondary Shortlist Dafydd Watcyn Williams Myrddin ap Dafydd Llŷr Titus / Megan Hunter English-language Shortlist Claire...
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...