Over here at the Graffeg office we are so excited to see our upcoming picture book Red is Homehit the shelves of libraries and bookshops next week. We recently got to chat to the iconic author-illustrator duo, Emma Bettridge and Josephine Birch about the publishing process of their second picture book together and here's what they had to say.
We are so thrilled to share that Choose Love my Nicola Davies and Petr Horáček has been longlisted for the 2024 UKLA Book Awards!
The UKLA Book Awards, sponsored by LoveReading4Kids and Reading Cloud, celebrates children's books to encourage, inspire and educate. The books are chosen by teachers for teachers to share with pupils as part of the classroom experience.
September is a notoriously busy month for all. We're sending the kids back to school, clocking back into office, consuming copious amounts of coffee, some of you early birds might even be preparing for – dare we say it – Christmas! As usual we've got plenty going on over here at the Graffeg offices to keep us busy, but this month we thought we'd share with you what exactly we're doing.
The summer holidays are slowly coming to an end, which means one thing – it's the back to school season! Whether you're looking forward to the children being back with their friends or wish the holidays could last just a little bit longer, what better way is there to spend these final days of summer than reading with your young ones?
Translation is an art that allows us to share stories all across the world, which is exactly what we aim to do. Translating texts creates a much richer global literary scene, but also allows for a deeper understanding of culture and tradition. As a publisher, we love being able widen our audiences through the means of translation.
As a publishing house, where would we be without our readers? Over the last 20 years they've bought, read, reviewed, gifted and maybe even reread some of our titles. They've spent hours poring through the pages of books that we worked on tirelessly, giving them homes at local schools, libraries or on their own bookshelves
We were absolutely delighted to watch Nicola Davies receive the 'Highly Commended' award at the 2023 CLiPPA Awards for her moving poetry collection,Choose Love, illustrated by Petr Horáček.
We were absolutely thrilled to lauch David Moore's latest publication, Ray Howard-Jones: My Voice is The Hand of The Sea last night at Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd / National Museum Cardiff.
Here at Graffeg we are thrilled to be publishing The Little Laverbread book by Jonathan Williams, who is a laverbread extraordinaire. This book is brimming with delicious recipes, all featuring one of the only ingredients in the world that you will only find in Wales - laverbread.
With not long to go until the publication of Isla McGuckin and Catalina Echeverri's April's Garden, we had the chance to talk with Isla so that she could tell us more about her inspiration for the book and the publishing process.
We're so excited to share that Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, Pembrokeshire Coast National Authority and Eryri National Park Authority are launching two bilingual exhibitions this summer. The partnership will bring the best-selling, award-winning book The Lost Words / Geiriau Diflanedigto life at Yr Ysgwrn, Trawsfynydd, and Oriel y Parc, St Davids.
Empathy day is a focal point for celebrating and growing empathy's power to create a better world. It aims to inspire children and young people to learn more about empathy through reading.