Professor Carwyn Jones – Trustee

Jun 17, 2021

Professor Carwyn Jones is a former First Minister of Wales (2009–2018) and was a Member of the Senedd for Bridgend from 1999–2021. After graduating in law from Aberystwyth University, he went on to train as a barrister in London before working in legal practice at...

Professor Gerwyn Wiliams – Trustee

Jun 17, 2021

Gerwyn Wiliams has been Professor of Welsh at Bangor University since 2005, and has worked at the School of Welsh since 1989. He has been a member of the Advisory Board of O’r Pedwar Gwynt magazine since 2019 and a member of the Board of Directors of Theatr Bara Caws...

Professor Jane Aaron – Honorary Secretary

Jun 17, 2021

Professor Aaron is a Welsh educator, literary researcher and writer. Until her retirement in December 2013, she was Professor of English at the University of Glamorgan in south Wales. She then became an associate member of the Centre for the Study of Media and Culture...

Professor M. Wynn Thomas – Trustee

Jun 17, 2021

M. Wynn Thomas, longtime Chair of the Books Council, is Professor of English and holder of the Emyr Humphreys Chair in Welsh Writing in English at Swansea University, and is the former Director and founder of CREW. He is a specialist in American poetry and in the two...

Board of Trustees

Jun 17, 2021

Linda Tomos – Chair Linda Tomos has been a chartered librarian since 1975 and was the National Librarian for Wales from 2015–2019, leading the strategy of the National Library in Aberystwyth. Rona Aldrich – Vice-Chair Originally from Anglesey, Rona Aldrich has lived...