Welsh Academic Press

01/03/2025

Dydd "Byddwch lawen a gwnewch y pethau bychain"
Dewi Sant

"Be joyful and do the little things"
St. David

A very timely reminder from the national saint of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 that it's the small acts of kindness and thoughtfulness that are the essential elements of humanity

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus i'r byd ❤

26/11/2024

It was a great honour to attend the🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 commemoration at Senedd Cymru in the presence of the Deputy First Minister and the Deputy Chief of the Ukrainian Embassy to remember the millions who were starved to death by Stalin in 1932-33, and to hear tributes to Gareth Vaughan Jones who first revealed the unspeakable horrors being inflicted on so many.
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26/11/2024

With just a few days to go before Ireland elects its next government, here's an excellent guide to the election from
Lila Haines the author of the highly acclaimed 'Radicals & Realists - Political Parties in Ireland'.

Lila Haines The neighbours to the west are at it again – after two referendums plus local and European elections just a few months back, Ireland is in the throes of a short sharp general election campaign. Votes will be cast on 29 November, three weeks after Taoiseach Simon Harris ‘went to the ....

22/10/2024

Join John Osmond in conversation with Prof. Richard Wyn Jones
on 6 Nov as they discuss the 2021-24 Plaid Cymru / Welsh Labour Co-operation Agreement and John's new book: The Politics of Co-Opposition

Organised with Wales Governance Centre

Croeso i bawb - Book here 👇

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-politics-of-co-opposition-tickets-1055113897069?

Join Professor Richard Wyn Jones and John Osmond to discuss the politics of the 2021 Welsh Labour - Plaid Cymru Cooperation Agreement

21/10/2024

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"Buried alive by the National Coal Board"

08/10/2024

The inside story of the historic 2021-24 agreement between Plaid Cymru and Welsh Labour: 'Plaid was prepared to lose an electoral battle in order to win the war of ideas.'
Out now in pbk and ebk. www.welsh-academic-press.wales

20/09/2024

'a timely and thought-provoking book'
Prof Gerald Holtham

'Original…fair-minded…the book will have interest to politics scholars, as well as students of Welsh history'
Prof Leighton Andrews

‘A fascinating glimpse of the psychology deployed to achieve what was an historic agreement in which Plaid Cymru was prepared to lose an electoral battle in order to win the war of ideas.’
David Williams, former Political Editor, BBC Wales

The Politics of Co-Opposition reveals how a completely new form of political engagement in the British Isles – the 2021-24 Co-operation Agreement between Plaid Cymru and Welsh Labour – created history and provided the major part of the Welsh Government’s policy programme for over three years.

Available in paperback and eBook: welsh-academic-press.wales

04/06/2024

Radicals & Realists is an indispensable and insightful guide to political parties in Ireland: how they have evolved and how their electoral fortunes are shaping the future of the island they share.
Available in pbk and ebk from all booksellers.

04/06/2024

Radicals & Realists - the essential guide to political parties in Ireland and the perfect companion to the 2024 elections.
Available now in pb and ebk from all booksellers.

12/03/2024

S'mae Llundain!
Welsh Academic Press is exhibiting London Book Fair this week, 12-14 March, as part of the collective stand (diolch i Creative Wales / Welsh Government) where we're showcasing the best of Welsh publishing to booksellers, distributors & agents from around the world.