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 also featured cast members from the Channel 4 series "Absolutely", while some character elements from "Absolutely" were incorporated into the programme. Denzil and Gwynedd, two of the original "Absolutely" characters, briefly returned in "Barry Welsh is Coming" for shorter sketches, now accompanied by their 21-year-old son, Codfyl. The show returned in 2007 in the form of three themed specials broadcast throughout the year, presented by Sparkes in the guise of Fishguard news reporter Hugh Pugh. The new episodes were produced in-house by ITV Wales. The most popular segment of the programme, Hugh Pugh is a news reporter from Fishguard with