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NOVEL OF THE MONTH
(Welsh-language)

These are the titles which have been chosen as the Welsh-language Novel of the Month since January 2001. For more information about the individual books, and to order ‘on-line’, please click the gwales.com button.

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DECEMBER 2004
 
TOCYN I'R NEFOEDD
Dafydd Llewelyn
(Gwasg y Dref Wen)
£6.99
ISBN 1855966476
A humorous, satirical debut novel about a young minister who foretells the correct lottery numbers, with amusing and touching consequences.
NOVEMBER 2004
 
RHAGOM
Angharad Tomos
(Gwasg Carreg Gwalch
£6.00
ISBN 0863819397
A novel about a soldier in the First World War and his nephew in the Second World War, by a popular author and political campaigner.
OCTOBER 2004
 
Y LLAW WEN
Alun Jones
(Gwasg Gomer)
£7.99
ISBN 1843234416
A powerful novel by one of Wales’s most successful and popular novelists
SEPTEMBER 2004
 
CARNIFAL
Robat Gruffudd
(Y Lolfa)
£6.95
ISBN 0862436753
A humorous, satirical novel about the bigwigs of Welsh society and their wanderings from Cardiff Bay to the carnivals and conferences of Europe.
AUGUST 2004
 
WALIA WIGLI
Goronwy Jones (Dafydd Huws)
(Y Lolfa)
£6.95
ISBN 0862436966
Another entertaining account of the adventures of Goronwy Jones, the infamous 'Dyn D
ŵad' in Cardiff, and in the National Assembly. A sequel to Dyddiadur Dyn Dŵad and Un Peth ’Di Priodi, Peth Arall ’Di Byw.
JULY 2004
 
Y GAUCHO O'R FFOS HALEN
Carlos D. Ferrari, translated by Gareth Miles
(Gwasg Carreg Gwalch)
£7.00
ISBN 0863819222
A translation of a Spanish historical novel retelling the story of the Welshmen and women who sailed to Patagonia in 1865, following the adventures of one young man who joined the La CompanIa de Rifleros regiment, the first troop to cross the prairie to the Andes, and his encounters with Francisco Moreno, Luis Fontana, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
JUNE 2004
 
CASGLWR
Llion Iwan
(Gwasg Gomer)
£6.99
ISBN 1843233533
A mystery novel, based in the Conwy Valley, about a newspaper reporter who stumbles across a horrific story which leads him back into the past. 
MAY 2004
 
CASGLWR
Llion Iwan
(Gwasg Gomer)
£6.99
ISBN 1843233533
A mystery novel, based in the Conwy Valley, about a newspaper reporter who stumbles across a horrific story which leads him back into the past. 
APRIL  2004
 
DAL DY DIR
Iola Jôns
(Gwasg Gomer)
£6.99
ISBN 1843233754
An entertaining novel about three teachers sharing a house in Monmouthshire whose worlds change when one of them is killed in a road accident.
MARCH  2004
 
JARA
Gareth Ff. Williams
(Gwasg Gomer)
£5.99
ISBN 1843232448
A modern novel based on the dark, mysterious TV series for teenagers.
FEBRUARY 2004
 
CLEDDYF LLYM DAUFINIOG
Elgan Philip Davies
(Cymdeithas Lyfrau Ceredigion)
£8.99
ISBN 1902416910
A powerful and readable thriller about the professional and personal problems faced by members of the Dyfed-Powys police force as they investigate the murder of a young woman, written by a master of the genre. A sequel to Fel y Dur.
JANUARY 2004
 
CRONICLAU PENTRE SIMON
Mihangel Morgan
(Y Lolfa)
£6.95
ISBN 086243680X
An entertaining, scathing and ground-breaking novel by one of our most prolific and successful authors.


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