Gomer Press

Gomer Press

Gomer Press is a printing and publishing company based in Llandysul, west Wales. The company was first established in 1892 and is owned by the same family to this day. Jonathan Lewis, the great grandson of the company's founder, is the current managing director. Gomer Press today is both a printing company and the largest publishing house in Wales.

Specializing in books which have a distinctive Welsh identity, Gomer has four distinct lists:

English books for adults

The English list for adults features history, travel writing, biography, literature, cookery and visual arts. Authors and artists include Gillian Clarke, Jim Perrin, Kyffin Williams and Idris Davies.English books for children

English books for children

Pont Books is an imprint designed to produce English books with a Welsh connection for children.

Welsh books for children

Books for children of all ages in the Welsh language published by Gomer range from Smot's board books to teenage fiction. There are a number of different series, including Chwedlau o Gymru (Legends from Wales series), Cyfres Llyffantod (Hoppers series), and Cyfres Clwb Cysgu C?l (Sleepover Club series).

Welsh books for adults

Gomer publishes the work of a number of the Welsh language's eminent literary figures, past and present, such as Islwyn Ffowc Elis, T. Rowland Hughes, Gwenallt, Hywel Teifi Edwards, Angharad Price and Owen Martell. There are also two bilingual series - Trosiadau/Translations and Cip ar Gymru/Wonder Wales.

External links

* [http://www.gomer.co.uk Gomer Press website]


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