{"id":360430,"date":"2025-08-20T21:46:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T21:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/360430\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T21:46:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T21:46:21","slug":"welsh-publisher-reaches-irish-book-of-the-year-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/360430\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh publisher reaches Irish Book of the Year shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-255737\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Nation-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\"  \/>Two titles from Dalen on the Irish Book of the Year shortlist<\/p>\n<p>A Welsh publishing house which has produced books in the Irish language for over a decade has made it to the shortlist of the Irish Book of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Irish cultural organisation An tOireachtas announced their shortlist for the Irish language Book of the Year awards today (20 Auguast).<\/p>\n<p>The awards are split into three categories, including the Gradam de Bhaldraithe for books translated into Irish. Of the six titles shortlisted in this category, four are published by Dalen \u00c9ireann, the Irish imprint of Cardiff-based Welsh publisher Dalen (Llyfrau) Cyf.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dalen.ie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dalen<\/a> specialises in publishing adaptations of some of the classics from the European bande dessin\u00e9e genre.<\/p>\n<p>As well as in Irish, they have published in Welsh, Cornish, Scottish Gaelic and Scots, with Asterix and Tintin amongst their most popular series.<\/p>\n<p>Dalen\u2019s titles on this year\u2019s Gradam de Bhaldraithe shortlist are Na Draoithe: 1. Na h\u00cdobart\u00ed Oghaim, P\u00e1irc an Chr\u00f3caigh, L\u00fac\u00e1s L\u00fafar: An Glasach, and Saraif\u00edn is a M\u00f3rshaothar Iontach.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftfestival.co.uk\/wales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CRAFTFestivalWALES-Nation.Cymru-728px-x-90px-ENGLISH.gif\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cA wonderful honour\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dalen publisher, Alun Ceri Jones, said, \u201cWe\u2019ve been publishing in Irish for over 10 years, and have brought over 90 titles to readers in Ireland. Having 4 of our latest books on this year\u2019s shortlist is a wonderful honour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-255738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Nation-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\"  \/>Two titles from Dalen on the Irish Book of the Year shortlist<\/p>\n<p>Alun Ceri Jones continued: \u201cOur Na Draoithe series has also been published by us in Welsh as Y Derwyddon, and in English as Druids. L\u00fac\u00e1s L\u00fafar: An Glasach has appeared in Welsh as Lewsyn Lwcus: Traed Wadin, and some might remember Saraif\u00edn is a M\u00f3rshaothar Iontach as Seraffin in Welsh. Unpublished in either Welsh or English is P\u00e1irc an Chr\u00f3caigh, a standalone graphic novel recounting the horrific 1920 Croke Park massacre in Dublin by the British Army\u2019s Black &amp; Tans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been able to assemble a wonderful team of experienced, young and enthusiastic authors and editors to work on our Irish titles, and we\u2019re most grateful to them for their excellent and hard work in developing our books.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.llyfrgell.cymru\/ymweld\/pethau-iw-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4776_NLW_No-Welsh-Art-Digital-Advert_Mar-2025_Land_V2_CY-1-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Promotion of Irish (and more)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An tOireachtas organises the Book of the Year awards in partnership with Foras na Gaeilge, the all-Ireland organisation tasked with promoting Irish<\/p>\n<p>Across the 3 categories, a shortlist of 19 titles from 10 publishers has been announced, including 6 each for the Gradam de Bhaldraithe and Gradam U\u00ed Sh\u00failleabh\u00e1in, and 7 for Gradam R\u00e9ics Carl\u00f3. The three awards carry a prize fund of \u20ac17,000<\/p>\n<p>M\u00e1ir\u00edn Nic Dhonnachadha, An tOireachtas Chief Executive, said: \u201cI congratulate the publishing houses, writers, illustrators and translators who have been shortlisted this year.<\/p>\n<p>Their commitment ensures that readers of all ages and backgrounds have access to high-quality books that enrich the Irish language reading community. We are extremely proud to celebrate their achievements today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dalen\u2019s titles are no strangers to the Gradam de Bhaldraithe shortlist. Their Tintin title, Taisce Raga Rua, won the award in 2021. This year\u2019s Gradam de Bhaldraithe winner will be announced in a ceremony at the National Theatre, Galway on 30 September 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Dalen\u2019s complete list of titles in Irish, Welsh, Cornish, Scottish Gaelic, and Scots can be found on their website <a href=\"https:\/\/dalen.ie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>dalen.ie<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                                Support our Nation today<\/p>\n<p>For the <strong>price of a cup of coffee<\/strong> a month you can help us create an<br \/>\n                                    independent, not-for-profit, national news service for the people of Wales, <strong>by<br \/>\n                                        the people of Wales.<\/strong>\n                                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two titles from Dalen on the Irish Book of the Year shortlist A Welsh publishing house which has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3938],"tags":[3444,77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-360430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115063291397951007","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}