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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 2007

YR ERGYD OLAF

Llwyd Owen
(Y Lolfa)
£7.95
ISBN 9781847710116 (1847710115)
A gripping novel by Llwyd Owen about an under-world of gang warfare in south Wales, where murder is becoming a way of life.

Yr Ergyd Olaf

NOVEMBER 2007

DYFI JYNCSHIYN: Y DYN BLIN

Gareth F Williams
(Gwasg Gwynedd)
£8.95
ISBN 9780860742418 (0860742415)
In September 1965, John and Marian left their homes in Gwynedd, setting off to start new lives. Following an unsettling night sleeping on benches at Dyfi Junction, they promised that they'd reunite at the same spot forty years later.

Dyfi Jyncshiyn: Y Dyn Blin

SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 2007

SIBRYDION O ANDROMEDA

Emyr Wyn Roberts
(Gwasg Gwynedd)
£7.95
ISBN 9780860742296 (0860742296)
A gripping novel containing elements of science fiction. Dafydd Gruffydd sees an alien UFO and an alien creature. He must avoid the authorities in order to discover the chilling secret about earth's situation.

Sibrydion o Andromeda

AUGUST 2007

HOGAN HORNI

Menna Medi
(Gwasg Gomer)
£7.99
ISBN 9781843237297 (1843237296)
A humorous novel about Tina Thomas, a newspaper reporter with the Borth Journal.

Hogan Horni

JULY 2007

CESTYLL YN Y CYMYLAU

Mihangel Morgan
(Y Lolfa)
£6.95
ISBN 9780862439798 (0862439795)
A novel written by one of our most prominent authors in the form of a biography to an artist, not recognised during his own life. It is set in a town similar to Aberystwyth.

Cestyll yn y Cymylau
JUNE 2007

GWYLLIAID GLYNDÅ´R

Daniel Davies
(Y Lolfa)
£7.95
9780862439873 (0862439876)
A satirical novel about a risky attempt to purloin the historically significant Letter of Pennal from the National Library of Wales. A witty novel satirizing the institutions and people of Wales with humour and flair.
Fy Mrawd a Minnau

MAY 2007

FY MRAWD A MINNAU

Alun Jones
(Gomer)
£8.99
9781843237891 (184323789X)
A novel about a mystery, and an attempt to solve an elusive event in the past. Teifryn is a school history teacher, but he prefers to ponder on a tragedy that happened outside his grandmother's house years ago- especially when he hears how indifferent Laura (his grandmother's neighbour) was to her husband's ashes. In time the scattered fragments of history begin to weave together...

Fy Mrawd a Minnau

APRIL 2007

Y GEMYDD

Caryl Lewis
(Y Lolfa)
£7.95
ISBN 9780862438012 (0862438012)
A novel which examines solitary lives, and provides powerful portrayals of characters who work in a market that's about to close. The narrative focuses on Mair who makes a living out of jewellery and house clearances - that is, until she finds one jewel that transforms her life completely

Y Gemydd

MARCH 2007

CYSGOD Y CRYMAN: ADDASIAD LLWYFAN

Islwyn Ffowc Elis, adaptation by Siôn Eirian
(Gomer)
£6.99
ISBN 9781843238225 (1843238225)
A stage adaptation of the iconic Welsh novel, Cysgod y Cryman, depicting rural life in Powys, and in particular the friction between two generations of a landowning family when the son becomes a communist and aethist thus inducing his father's wrath.

Cysgod Y Cryman

FEBRUARY 2007

FYNY LAWR

Meleri Wyn James
(Gomer)
£7.99
ISBN 9781843237600 (1843237601)
A novel about the 'ups and downs' in the life of Judith Myfanwy Evans. Her friend Erin persuades her to join a slimming club where she meets 'Huw Teifi' the soap opera star of 'Pobol y Gwm'. Their subsequent relationship sets off a series of events that reveal a secret Judith has tried to keep for years...

Fyny Lawr

JANUARY 2007

EUOG

Llion Iwan
(Gomer)
£6.99
ISBN 9781843237594 (1843237598)
The last in the trilogy, to follow Casglwr and Lladdwr. Dafydd Smith stands falsely accused of murdering his partner, and now he wants to get hold of the true villain, Louis Cypher. He proceeds in his search and attempts to resolve the situation, but other forces are also at work to find the "Casglwr"...

Euog


Novels of the month 2000

Novels of the month 2001

Novels of the month 2002

Novels of the month 2003

Novels of the month 2004

Novels of the month 2005

Novels of the month 2006


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