Wales Book of the Year Wales Book of the Year The Wales Book of the Year is a Welsh literary award given annually to the best Welsh and English language works in the fields of fiction and literary criticism by Welsh or Welsh interest authors. Established in 1992, the awards are currently administered by Literature Wales, and supported by the Arts Council of Wales, Welsh Government and the Welsh Books Council. The longlist of ten works in each language is published in April and the shortlist of three works in each language at the Hay Festival in May. The winners are announced in June or
Barry Welsh is Coming theme. A special programme from the fictitious Fishguard Film Festival. This episode won a Bafta Cymru award for Best Light Entertainment. A St. David's Day special in which Barry Welsh searches for the truth behind the patron saint of Wales. Barry is joined by Gwyn, Mr. FFFF, Pete Baikie and Beca Evans (Pub Quiz) for a "live" Hogmany-style extravaganza as Wales counts down to midnight and the "Welshest day of the year", St. David's Day. The third St. David's Day special from the series in which Hugh Pugh provides his own personal account of ten thousand years of Welsh history.