Basic Skills Book Awards Winners

The second Basic Skills Book Awards ceremony was arranged under the auspices of the Basic Skills Agency and the Welsh Books Council in Cardiff on 30 March 2007, as part of the Welsh Assembly Government's National Basic Skills Strategy. The Jury was chaired by John Valentine Williams.

The winning publishers were:

Overall Excellence Award
Cyfres Darllen Mewn Dim, Angharad Tomos and Pecyn Athrawon - Cyfrol 1, Anwen Owen, Y Lolfa


Tony Schiavone, Basic Skills Agency Executive Director Wales, presenting the Overall Excellence Award to Garmon Gruffudd (left), Y Lolfa.

Primary Age-group Awards

Literacy Category: books or schemes in English
Flying Start with Literacy, Ros Bayley and Lynn Broadbent, Continuum (Network Educational Press)


Bridget Gibbs (left), Continuum (Network Educational Press) with
Gwerfyl Pierce Jones, Director Welsh Books Council.

Literacy Category: books or schemes in Welsh
Cyfres Darllen Mewn Dim, Angharad Tomos and Pecyn Athrawon - Cyfrol 1, Anwen Owen, Y Lolfa


Garmon Gruffudd, Y Lolfa.

Numeracy: books or schemes in Welsh or English
Math@tebol, - Datrys Problemau 1 and Datrys Problemau 2
Sharon Shapiro, Book 1 adapted by Gwyneth Jones and Book 2 adapted by Owain Sion Williams, @ebol


Glyn Saunders Jones, @ebol

Non-book Materials e.g. CD-ROMs, multi-media packs:
Sali Mali 1-2-3, B-DAG Cyf.


Gwerfyl Pierce Jones, Director Welsh Books Council, presenting the award to Aled Richards, B-DAG.

Secondary Age-group Awards

Literacy: Welsh-language books or schemes
Cyfres I’r Byw, Elin Meek and Meleri Wyn James, Gwasg Gomer


Mairwen Prys Jones (left), Publishing Director Gomer Press with Nerys Wyn Jones from the Basic Skills Agency.

Numeracy: books or schemes in Welsh or English
Cyfres Ymlaen â Ni, Hilary Koll and Steve Mills, adapted by Sian Owen, @tebol.


Glyn Saunders Jones, @ebol

Adult Awards

Literacy Category: books or schemes in English
Quick Reads, Various publishers


Kathy Gale (left), Project Director Quick Reads with Sandra Morton from the Basic Skills Agency.

Honorary Awards
Cyfres Stori Sydyn, Gwasg Gomer and Y Lolfa
Quick Reads (Wales), Accent Press


Toni Schiavone, (centre) Basic Skills Agency Executive Director Wales, with the winners of the Honorary Awards – from left to right : Garmon Gruffudd, Y Lolfa; Mairwen Prys Jones, Gomer Press and Hazel Cushion, Accent Press.

Basic Skills Book Awards 2003

The first ever Basic Skills Book Awards ceremony was arranged under the auspices of the Basic Skills Agency and the Welsh Books Council in Cardiff on 24 November 2003, as part of the Welsh Assembly Government's National Basic Skills Strategy. The Jury was chaired by Glenys Kinnock MEP.

The winning publishers were:

Overall Excellence Award
Hodder and Stoughton:
Fast Forward Maths
Hilary Koll and Steve Mills

Primary Age-group Awards

Literacy: English-language basic skills books or schemes:
A&C Black:
Go Facts: Animal Starter Pack
Paul McEvoy, Katy Pike and Sharon Dalgleish

Literacy: Welsh-language basic skills books or schemes:
The Centre for Educational Studies, Aberystwyth:
Cyfres Clic 1 & 2, various authors

Non-book materials:
Catch Up (Oxford Brookes University with the support of the Caxton Trust):
The Catch Up Programme, Dee Reid, Diana Bentley and Suzi Clipson-Boyles
Dyfal Donc Adaptation Anne Kenyon

Secondary Age-group Awards

Literacy: English-language basic skills books or schemes:
UWIC Press:
New Plays from Wales for Young People, various authors

Literacy: Welsh-language basic skills books or schemes:
Gwasg Gomer:
Cyfres Saeth, various authors

Numeracy books or schemes - in English or in Welsh:
Hodder and Stoughton:
Fast Forward Maths
Hilary Koll and Steve Mills

Adult Awards

Literacy: English-language basic skills books or schemes:
David Fulton Publishers:
Literacy for Childcare Students �ɜ a Basic Skills Guide (part of the Excellence in Childcare series) June Green