Adra: Byw yn y Gorllewin Cymraeg

by Simon Brooks

A volume of the reminiscences and political commentary by noteable campaigner Simon Brooks. The author offers a penetrating analysis of Welsh communities as he and his son follow Porthmadog Football Club during the 2017-18 season. 39 colour photographs.

168 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2018

About the author

Dr Simon Brooks (born 1971) is a Welsh academic and writer. He is a former editor of the Welsh language current affairs magazine Barn (1996 - 2007), as well as founding co-editor of the Welsh language cultural magazine Tu Chwith between 1993 and 1996. A collection of his journalism in Barn was published in 2009. He is also a founding member of the Welsh language pressure group Cymuned, for whom he was a prominent media spokesman between 2001 and 2004, and whose central office he ran. He was a lecturer at the School of Welsh, Cardiff University.

His book Pam na fu Cymru (2015) was shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year award in the non-fiction category. The English edition, Why Wales Never Was was published in 2017.