Rebecca Thomas, historian, novelist and writer from Cardiff, recently won the Daniel Owen Memorial Award 2026 at the National Eisteddfod, Wales’ biggest cultural festival held in North Pembrokeshire.
Rebecca’s Welsh-language fantasy novel ‘Ynys Gwales’, tells the story of Llyr and his family of fishermen and Morfudd, the guardian of Ynys Gwales.
Rebecca spent the Summer as Artist-in-Residence on Ynys Enlli with the Ynys Enlli-Bardsey Island Trust, as a result funding from The Ashley Family Foundation, allowing her to produce this award-winning novel, competing against other writers to win a prize of £5000.
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