Formed in 1967 Y Lolfa is one of Wales’s largest and best known publishing houses. The company’s name, Y Lolfa (‘The Lounge’ or ‘fun-place’), derives from Lol (meaning ‘fun’ or ‘nonsense’, the satirical magazine it published) but the company gradually expanded from funny cards and political posters into more popular publishing, including light Welsh-language tutors (Welsh is Fun has sold over 250,000 copies!). It then ventured into contemporary novels, sports and factual books, and children’s books by original Welsh artists and authors.
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Captain Richard William Leslie Wain V.C. - The Tank Corps at Cambrai, 1917
by Jonathan Hicks
Price: $19.99
ISBN: 9781912631261
Publisher: Y Lolfa
Pub Date: 2020-11-23
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Y Lolfa
272 Pages
Biography of Richard Wain from Penarth, Glamorgan, Wales, who won the Victoria Cross for his heroic actions at the Battle of Cambrai in the First World War, aged only 20. Also traces in detail the history of the British Army Tank Corps and its contribution to the winning of the war, looking at personnel training and the development of early tanks.
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Formed in 1967 Y Lolfa is one of Wales’s largest and best known publishing houses. The company’s name, Y Lolfa (‘The Lounge’ or ‘fun-place’), derives from Lol (meaning ‘fun’ or ‘nonsense’, the satirical magazine it published) but the company gradually expanded from funny cards and political posters into more popular publishing, including light Welsh-language tutors (Welsh is Fun has sold over 250,000 copies!). It then ventured into contemporary novels, sports and factual books, and children’s books by original Welsh artists and authors. 
