Two Rivers from a Common Spring: The Books Council of Wales at 60

1 Wales. Helgard Krause on charting our book trade through a pandemic and towards a pluralistic Wales

2 The Historical Background Rhidian Griffiths

3 Laying the Foundations Rheinallt Llwyd on Welsh-language publishing up to the seventies

4 The Growth of the Mustard Seed Gwerfyl Pierce Jones on the sixties and up to 2010

5 Cloudbusting Elwyn Jones on how Welsh-language publishers and publishers in Wales worked together to respond to financial cuts during a period of recession

6 Two Rivers from a Common Spring M. Wynn Thomas on how the Council became, and remains, pivotal to the service of a vibrant publishing industry working within two linguistic landscapes

7 Appealing to the Young D. Geraint Lewis on publishing for children and young people

8 Encouraging Reading for Pleasure Siwan M. Rosser on the Survey of [Welsh-language] Books for Children and Young People of 2017

9 From Fax to Gwales.com Phil Davies on how philosophy and systems underpin an online hub for customer, bookshop, librarian and publisher

10 In the Hands of Readers Bethan Hughes on libraries and reader development

11 Hand-picked, Hand-delivered, Here to Stay Eirian James on how small independent bookshops are for life, not just a pandemic

12 The Creative Partnership Alun Jones on the author and the editor

13 New Voices, New Formats Richard Davies on his publishing house, Parthian

14 ‘I Suddenly Felt Very Black and Very Welsh’ Lisa Sheppard on how the empathy that fiction teaches can facilitate a more inclusive society

15 Putting Yourself Back into ‘the Other’ Elgan Rhys on developing, with young people, a series of diverse Welsh-language novellas

16 Hearsay, Mis-history and the Bear’s Head Hanan Issaon editing the diverse essay collections Just So You Know and Welsh