We are delighted to be working in partnership with our colleagues at a number of organisations across the sector to deliver Wales Book of the Year. These partnerships ensure maximising the impact of this literary highlight, and their details can be found here:
Arts Council of Wales are core funders of Literature Wales and believe the arts are central to the life and wellbeing of the nation. They turn this mission into actions by funding and developing the arts in Wales. The Art Council’s principle sponsor is Welsh Government and they also distribute funding from the National Lottery and raise additional money where they can from a variety of public and private sector sources.
For more information, please visit: http://www.arts.wales/
The Welsh Government is the devolved Government for Wales. Welsh Government is principle sponsor of Arts Council of Wales.
For more information, please visit: https://gov.wales/?lang=en
We are delighted that Cardiff University School of English, Communication and Philosophy are sponsors of the 2025 English Language Wales Book of the Year Award.
Website: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/english-communication-philosophy
We are delighted that Cardiff University School of Welsh are sponsors of the 2025 Welsh Language Wales Book of the Year Award.
Website: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/welsh
The Books Council of Wales is a national body, funded by the Welsh Government, which provides a focus for the publishing industry in Wales. It provides a number of specialist services (in the fields of editing, design, marketing and distribution) with a view to improving standards of book production and publication in both Welsh and English.
For more information, please visit: http://www.cllc.org.uk/
The announcements will be shared on both BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio Wales stations this year, thanks to our partners BBC Cymru Wales.
Nation.Cymru is an independent online news service, providing rolling coverage of Welsh news, politics, current affairs, culture, and sport. Nation.cymru will host the People's Choice Award for the second time in 2025, which will open following the announcement of the Welsh Language Shortlist in May 2025.
https://nation.cymru/
Golwg360 is a culture a current affairs magazine covering news, sport and the arts. Golwg360 hosts the Barn y Bobl Award 2025 which will open following the announcement of the Welsh Language Shortlist in May 2025.
Website: https://golwg.360.cymru/
Penderyn Distillery is the home of Welsh Whisky and produces award-winning single malt whiskies and spirits from 3 distilleries: their HQ, in Brecon Beacons (Bannau Brycheiniog) in South Wales, a second distillery in Llandudno (opened May 2021), and third in Swansea Copperworks (opened June 2023).
Website: https://www.penderyn.wales/
The Rhys Davies Trust sponsors the Rhys Davies Fiction Prize, part of Wales Book of the Year. This award celebrates Wales’ outstanding literary talent in English-language fiction.
The Rhys Davies Trust was founded in 1991 by Meic Stephens, with funds generously provided by Lewis Davies, brother of the writer Rhys Davies (1901-78). The Trust is a registered charity whose objectives are to promote the writer’s work and foster Welsh writing in English, especially in the valleys of south Wales and in the genres in which Rhys Davies wrote.
For more information, please visit: http://www.rhysdaviestrust.org/
HSJ Accountants are sponsoring the Welsh Fiction Award, part of Wales Book of the Year. This award celebrates Wales’ outstanding literary talent in Welsh-language fiction.
Hadio sponsors the English-language Creative Non-Fiction category award, part of Wales Book of the Year. This award celebrates Wales' outstanding literary talent in English-language creative non-fiction.
We are very grateful to the Trustees of Cronfa Elw Park Jones for their generous support of the Welsh Language Children & Young People Award for Wales Book of the Year 2025.
