I have had much else to do with the University of Wales Press in the fifty years since the publication of my first book with them. In October 1965 the Board of Celtic Studies asked me to edit The Welsh History Review (of which I had been assistant editor since 1961), in succession to Professor
The Dinefwr Literature Festival returned to the beautiful grounds of Dinefwr Park in Llandeilo for a second time between 20-22 June, with visitors basking in glorious sunshine during a weekend packed with literature, music and food. Luckily, I was able to represent UWP with a stall, and enjoyed talking to customers while appreciating some background
Women’s Writing in Twenty-First-Century France: Life as Literature, edited by Amaleena Damlé and Gill Rye, was featured last Friday at a cross-cultural launch event to celebrate recent publications on women’s writing. An international group of scholars and experts with specialist interests ranging through French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish literature assembled at the Centre for
In the first part of a series of blogs, Lord Morgan offers some fascinating insights from his years in politics and his experience of publishing with UWP. I have been involved with the University of Wales Press for over half a century. They are a major reason why I received a lifetime achievement award from
Lord Kenneth Morgan of Aberdyfi, the distinguished historian and one-time lecturer at Swansea University, has been honoured in Parliament with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Archives and History. Dr Hywel Francis MP, joint chair of the APPG and Honorary Professor at Swansea University, said, “Lord Morgan fully deserves
Carmarthen Castle: The Archaeology of Government Building Jerusalem: Nonconformity, Labour and the Social Question in Wales, 1906-1939 Dwy Gymraes, Dwy Gymru: Hanes Bywyd a Gwaith Gwyneth Vaughan a Sara Maria Saunders J.O. Francis, realist drama and ethics: Culture, Place and Nation Castell Caerfyrddin: Olrhain Hanes Llywodraethiant
Prof. Richard Wyn Jones spoke to the Western Mail about his new book: ‘The Fascist Party in Wales?’ Plaid Cymru, Welsh Nationalism and the Accusation of Fascism, translated from the Welsh-language original. He said: “The fact of the matter is that Plaid Cymru had fewer illusions than most in the 1930s about the dangers of
During June, the University of Wales Press will be participating in the following events and conferences: 4 Launch of The Fascist Party in Wales? Plaid Cymru and the accusation of Fascism by Richard Wyn Jones at the Wales Millenium Centre, 6pm 9 The Durnell Sales Conference, presenting new titles to sales representatives for
Sarah Lewis attended a fascinating and thought-provoking seminar entitled ‘Invisible Catalans and the Nationalist Struggle for Recognition, 1886–2014’ at Swansea University on 2 April. The event was the fruit of a research partnership between Swansea University’s Institute of Identities and GRENS Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. The aim was to spark a lively academic exchange between
April is always an exciting time for publishers, heralding the annual mega-event, the London Book Fair. Even though I have been in publishing for some years now, a sense of anticipation and wonder strikes me afresh each time as I reach Earls Court on a sunny spring day. The enormity of scale and attendance of
Attracting exhibitors and visitors from across the globe, the London Book Fair is a key event in the publishing industry calendar. I had been very much looking forward to making my first trip there this year – and am now looking forward to 2015 already, as 2014 so surpassed my expectations! The pilgrimage to Earl’s
The 50th annual conference of the Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS) took place in Birkbeck, London on 2–4 April 2014. Here at University of Wales Press we are very excited about our growing Iberian and Latin American Studies series, and so I was delighted to be in attendance and manning the stall at this event.
From the Association of Welsh Writing in English: “Dr Matthew Jarvis (Aberystwyth University/University of Wales Trinity St David) and Lisa Sheppard (Cardiff University) are this year’s winners of the prestigious M. Wynn Thomas Prize for an outstanding academic essay in the field of Welsh Writing in English. The judging panel, Professor Diana Wallace (University of
During May, UWP will be represented at the following events: 1 May In Conversation with… Lord Michael Heseltine at the Welsh Governance Centre in the Pierhead Building, Cardiff Bay. Catherine Jenkins and Llion Wigley will be present with a selection of our political titles. 1–3 May The Celtic Revival in Scotland (1860–1930) conference at the University of
The Wales Governance Centre and the Open University Wales celebrated May Day by jointly hosting a conversation with Lord Heseltine in Cardiff Bay. The Press, with a stand full of our politics titles, were in attendance to support our authors and to hear the great man – a Swansea boy! – at first hand. The
On 10th February Sarah Lewis attended a steering group meeting of OAPEN-UK (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) at Woburn House, London. Running from 2010 to 2015, OAPEN-UK is a long-term collaborative research project with participants across a range of stakeholders in the scholarly world: publishers, librarians, academics and researchers. The aim is to gather
The IPG Annual Conference was held this year in Oxfordshire on Wednesday 26 to Friday 28 February. Over 300 delegates attended the conference with a full itinerary of expert speakers addressing the hot topics in publishing. This year, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to attend the event, and it really opened my
During April, the University of Wales Press will be participating in the following conferences: 3–4 April Catherine Jenkins will be attending the Society of Latin American Studies (SLAS) conference in London, where she will be selling books from the Iberian and Latin American Studies series and networking with authors and delegates. 8–10 April staff will
‘Welsh Studies’: a limp term, I’ve always felt. Whoever heard of ‘English Studies’ in England? There, as in every other confidently established country, constant self-sustaining reflection on its own complex distinctiveness is so hard-wired into public consciousness and routinely mainstreamed in its education system, as in its popular culture, that it is taken for granted
HEFCE made the following announcement in their newsletter of 6th February; please refer to HEFCE’s website for further details. “In planning an approach for Open Access and the next REF, we received very clear advice that the monograph publishing world is not yet ready to support an Open Access requirement. We have listened to this
In planning an approach for open access and the next REF, we received very clear advice that the monograph publishing world is not yet ready to support an open-access requirement. We have listened to this advice, and are proposing that monographs will not be required to be published in an open-access form to be eligible for
During February, the University of Wales Press will be participating in the following conferences: 3 February Robin Grossmann will attend an event organised by Cardiff University in order to launch books written by staff at the School of Welsh, including three published by UWP: Jailtacht, Parents Personalities and Power and Pe gallwn mi luniwn lythyr.
One of our authors from the Gothic Literary Studies series gives her thoughts on the field: In August 2013, the International Gothic Association held its bi-annual conference at the lovely University of Surrey in the south-east of England, UK. As always, the Gothicists pulled off yet another brilliant conference. I am a tenured faculty member
R. S. Thomas celebrated his centenary year by lording it over London. On the evening of Monday, 2 December, Lord Gowrie delivered a talk on ‘The Witness of R.S. Thomas.’ Grey Gowrie held several Cabinet posts under Margaret Thatcher, and has been Chair of both Sotheby’s and the Arts Council of England, but he also
UW Press Book wins prestigious international prize • Gothic Music: The Sounds of the Uncanny by Isabella Van Elferen has won the Allan Lloyd Smith Memorial Prize, an international prize for gothic criticism Gothic Music: The Sounds of the Uncanny by Isabella Van Elferen has been announced as the winner of the Allan Lloyd Smith
A very warm welcome to an exciting new era for the Press – a brand new website with our very own bilingual blogs dedicated to a wealth of insightful reader topics. Given we have the privilege of working with so many different and talented authors from across the world, we will be inviting them to
