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
London Welsh Centre was introduced in 1925. When it reappeared after the Second World War in October 1946 it was called "Y Ddinas". Some idea of the range of activities at the London Welsh Centre in the post war years can be gathered from the announcement in "Y Ddinas" for just one month, January 1948. The Centre was the venue for three dances, two nights of community singing, a concert, two whist drives and an "at home". The Centre’s magazine is now published quarterly alongside regular newsletters by email. Welsh language classes have been held more or less continuously at the London Welsh