The Page Turner Awards is inviting creative authors, writers, and screenwriters from around the globe to enter their writing projects into their 2022 awards, which has just opened. In particular, the awards judging panel is keen to discover unique voices from diverse cultures. The team at Page Turner Awards passionately believes that talented writers can be from any background, age, race, religion, or interest. Whether you have a guide to the most intriguing cultural practises, a memoir about your diversity…
Futuregen by Dr Jane Davidson A new book by Dr Jane Davidson urges other nations to learn from Wales’ Well-Being of Future Generations Act. In her new book, #futuregen: Lessons From a Small Country, ex-Minister for Environment, Housing and Sustainability, reveals what governments, policy makers and activists around the world can learn from the creation and implementation of the Well-Being of Future Generations Act, and the strong vision put forward by Wales. Topics cover zero waste, supporting agriculture, supporting local…
Independent Bookshop Week 2019 Indie bookshops host events and exclusives, with author tours, illustrated windows, prizes, exclusive book releases – and much more Patrick Gale, Victoria Hislop, Katherine Rundell, Ben Aaronovitch, Jo Brand, Libby Page, Catherine Bruton, Liz Fenwick among authors taking part in IBW 2019 Oi IBW Children’s Bag design revealed Over 400 bookshops across the UK & Ireland to take part London: Plans for Independent Bookshop Week 2019 (15-22 June) have been revealed, including author tours and…
The Girls, a children’s picture book written by Swansea-raised Lauren Ace and illustrated by Cardiff-based Jenny Løvlie , has been named the winner of the Illustrated Books Category at the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019. Announced last night (Thursday 21st March) at a ceremony at the bookseller’s flagship shop in London Piccadilly, Ace and Løvlie share the prize consisting of £2000 and the promise of ongoing commitment to their respective writing and illustrating careers. Inspired by the author’s own nurturing…
Celebrated authors and illustrators will once again bring a cast of colourful characters and amazing tales to inspire and entertain little literature lovers this spring, as the Cardiff Children’s Literature Festival returns to the Welsh capital over two weekends in April. (Saturday 21st/Sunday 22nd and Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th April) The award-winning festival is set to host more than 40 exciting events in English and Welsh at iconic venues across the city centre including Cardiff Castle, City Hall…
Last weekend saw the arrival of Cardiff’s first book festival. A 3-day event with numerous activities, workshops, debates and dialogue held across the city. As an avid book lover myself the news of the event was music to my ears. I was delighted when I was invited along to sample some of what the book festival had to offer. Over the weekend I went along to a workshop with local writers Rachael Trezise, Johnathan Edwards and Dan Tyte. I…
A book festival backed by award-winning writers and leading figures in Welsh public life has launched a crowdfunding campaign to bring a three-day festival aimed at promoting reading, writing and debate to the Welsh capital for the first time this autumn (28-30th October 2016). It comes in the year the city celebrates the centenary of its most famous literary son, Roald Dahl. Organisers Brian Meechan, Cerith Mathias and Anna Day are aiming to raise £5,000 via Indiegogo, a crowdfunding platform…
New commuter-friendly summaries of leading business books launched Britain’s rail network, buses and the Tube are about to be turned into the country’s biggest learning zone, enabling busy professionals to learn the lessons of respected business leaders and self-help experts in the time it takes to get to work in the morning. A new service has launched in the UK, Joosr (www.joosr.com) – providing downloadable non-fiction book summaries that can be read in just 20 minutes. The subscription-based app offers top quality summaries of some of the world’s most…
Sci Fi is crowned Wales’ favourite genre of book, closely followed by Romance and Detective novel About a third of those surveyed named Harry Potter and Robin Hood as two of the country’s favourite fictional characters they’d like to see featured in a mash-up novel Wales is a country of book fans with nearly half (42%) reading every day for pleasure – and 34% at least once a week Science fiction has been named Wales’ favourite genre of book…
