H g o a i n w ANNIVERSARY CATALOGUE n e y r 1967-2017 b 50 c di an d rif o gyhoe Books for Wales www.ylolfa.com celebrating 50! Welcome to our 50th Anniversary Catalogue! Following the great party we had in Aberystwyth in May, with two top Welsh bands, it’s still hard to believe we’ve now hit middle age, especially as we’ve always flaunted our roots in the youthful protest of the fun-loving, anti- establishment Sixties! But if we’ve managed to build a such as Nigel Owens and Carwyn James, biographies successful company over the of leading Welsh footballers and also books inspired years, hopefully true to those by Wales’ recent foray into the European Cup. There ideals, how can we complain? are books about Welsh history – national and local Y Lolfa literally means – creative fiction, poetry, ‘The Lounge’ but also ‘Fun- humour and biographies of place’, Lol being the satirical general interest. We now magazine we got involved publish a wide choice for with back in the Sixties. We Welsh learners, and a range were the unofficial printers to of Welsh-interest books for the activist Welsh Language tourists. Society and as publishers we However, please note that aimed at a mix of the political this catalogue includes and popular. Our earliest best- books published in the last seller – selling over 250,000 three years only, with just a Our warehouse in Talybont, with its mural copies – was the humorous few from our backlist. For a by local artist, Ruth Jên Welsh is Fun, and we then full list of titles, authors, and gradually expanded into all sorts of books of Welsh other information, please go interest, in both languages. for a print quote, to our new, mobile-friendly email This variety is reflected in this catalogue. You’ll find website at www.ylolfa.com. 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Rights and other queries: contact Garmon Gruffudd on [email protected] or ring 01970 832 902. biography Adams, Sam Davies, Brian Evans, Rhys Where the Stream Ran Red Salem Soldier Gwynfor Evans: Portrait of a The memoir of writer and editor Sam Adams. The life of Second World War soldier Elfed Patriot It’s the story of the place where he was Davies (1919–2002), who was raised in An English adaptation of a comprehensive, raised, Gilfach Goch, Glamorgan; the story the rural hamlet of Salem, Trefeurig near critical, gripping biography of the single of his family yet also the story of families Aberystwyth. The book gives vivid account most influential Welsh politician of the 20th throughout the South Wales coalfield in the of Elfed’s childhood in Trefeurig, his century, and the one most responsible for early years of the 20th century. employment in Aberystwyth before the war Welsh devolution. 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Carwyn James confessions of a deeply spiritual man; with was not only a legend to rugby fans in Wales Bevan, Teleri a foreword by Dr Rowan Williams, former and beyond, but also a prominent figure in The Ladies of Blaenwern Archbishop of Canterbury. the fields of Welsh broadcasting, politics and This book follows the story of three ladies £9.95 9781847713766 literature. who formed a musical partnership, The £14.99 9781784614041 Dorian Trio. By World War II, they had Davis, Kit & Davis, John turned to farming in Llanarth, where they From Harriet with Love Goodman, Jolyon kept indigenous Welsh breeds, but their main The story of Harriet Davis, the authors’ Curnow Vosper: His Life and interest was their internationally-respected daughter, who suffered from a rare Welsh cobs. degenerative metabolic disease and Works The life and work of painter Curnow Vosper £8.95 9781847712639 passed away aged only 11. 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