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Y Lolfa (Welsh for The Lounge) is a prominent Welsh printing and publishing company based in Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion in Mid-Wales. It publishes a wide variety of books in Welsh and English while also offering a commercial print service.
The company was established in 1967 by Robat Gruffudd and was a product of the linguistic and political awakening that happened in Wales at the time. Using the new small offset printing method, it started producing lively, colourful material both for Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (The Welsh Language Society), with which it was loosely associated, and for its own publications which included Lol, the satirical magazine from which the company's name was derived.
The company gradually expanded the variety of its publications to include popular series' for children, contemporary novels, diaries, humorous tutors for Welsh learners, and a wide range books for tourists to Wales. It has adopted a deliberate policy of not adapting books from other languages in order to support Welsh artists and authors.
The company has also been on the forefront of technical developments. It was the first Welsh publishing company to have its own website and was closely involved with the publication of the first Welsh community paper, Papur Pawb, in 1974. Its printing facilities currently include Komori 5-colour and perfecting presses.
Y Lolfa published Llyfr y Ganrif ("The Book of the Century") in association with the National Library of Wales in 1999, and recently won the Academi Welsh Book of the Year prize for three consecutive years. Its newest publishing venture is the Alcemi imprint for new fiction in the English language.
Y Lolfa is an independent, limited company now run by the founder's sons, Garmon Gruffudd (Managing Director) and Lefi Gruffudd (General Editor).
References
- "Y Lolfa yn dathlu'r deugain (Y Lolfa celebrates forty years)". BBC News Wales (in Welsh). 24 September 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Morgan, Gareth (11 March 2006). "Controversial Welsh novel goes to print". Western Mail. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "Wrong date... but early pancakes". BBC News. 10 February 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
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