Literature Wales (formerly Academi) is the National Company for the development of literature in Wales. Literature Wales includes Yr Academi Gymreig / The Welsh Academy - the society for writers in Wales, and Tŷ Newydd Writers’ Centre.
Literature Wales’ many projects and activities include Wales Book of the Year, the National Poet of Wales, Writers on Tour funding scheme, writing courses at Tŷ Newydd, Translators’ House Wales, the BayLit and Tŷ Newydd festivals and Young People’s Writing Squads. It also has fieldworkers working specifically to develop literature activity in the south Wales valleys and north Wales.
The services offered by Literature Wales for writers include mentoring, writers’ bursaries, information and advice and independent manuscript assessment.
Literature Wales also runs the Glyn Jones Centre - a resource centre for writers and the public. Here it hosts writers’ surgeries, workshops, meet the author sessions and offers advice on how to be a writer in Wales. Literature Wales also runs regular events, from book launches and workshops to conferences and poems & pints nights, in many of the Wales Millennium Centre’s spaces.
Visit the Literature Wales website at www.literaturewales.org for further information. Here you will find searchable databases showing you what’s on and where in literary Wales, who the writers are and what they do, how to get published and with whom, and a one-stop shop of advice for all in the literary world.