Welsh autobiographies and reminiscences

Description A Casual Life In Six T-Shirts is no ordinary memoir. Euron Griffith has lied to David Cassidy, seen his dreams of pop stardom being tor...

Description Deeply funny and deeply sad, this memoir is a frank look into a child’s tumultuous mind, a classic story of a working-class girl growin...

Description One summer, a mother and daughter are reunited in the small village of Betws Gwerful Goch in North Wales following the death of a fathe...

Desription Rhys Jones was brought up on a council estate in South Wales where expectations for what life held in store for you were slim, and the f...

Description Brilliant, honest and combative, his autobiography, written with Tom Fordyce, is the story of one of the most compelling and singular f...

Description Brilliant, honest and combative, Alun Wyn Jones's signed autobiography, written with Tom Fordyce, is the story of one of the most compe...

Description Jeffrey Weeks was born in the Rhondda in 1945, of mining stock. As he grew up he increasingly felt an outsider in the intensely communi...

Description Life-affirming autobiography of Karl Phillips, The Bootlegger, a social-media sensation with 320K followers for his humorous matchday v...

Description Autobiography of Llanelli prop, Welsh Rugby Union Board and International Rugby Board member Anthony Buchanan. A behind-the-scenes look...

Description The official autobiography of Carwyn Jones, former First Minister of Wales. This is a book about a life lived in and out of the public ...

Description In a colourful and frank account of a sterling career, Jamie Roberts reveals all about life on tour, in boot camps and in dressing room...

Description Autobiography of distinguished psychiatrist David Enoch, author of modern classic Uncommon Psychiatric Syndromes and committed Christia...

Description This is a hugely engaging, finely written and observed account of growing up on a farm on the Welsh border in the 1950s. It details the...

Description Johanna Francis watched the Nazis take Amsterdam, her wealthy family active in the resistance, sheltering a Jewish family and running a...

Description Fighting to Speak reveals the journey of a miner's son with a stutter who succeeded to play rugby at the highest level and defeat his d...

Description When the author is given a small package, containing letters and papers relating to his grandfather’s brother, who was killed in Syria ...

Description Mike Phillips is one of Welsh rugby's most decorated players. With multiple Grand Slams and Lions tours under his belt, he was revered ...

Description In this clear and absorbing memoir John Sam Jones writes of a life lived on the edge. It's a story of journeys and realisation, of acce...

Description In this clear and absorbing memoir John Sam Jones writes of a life lived on the edge. It is a story of journeys and realisation, of acc...

Description Covering one Sunday tournament in the depths of Languedoc when his team bids to make the National Finals, Bill Rees produces a deeply f...

Description Memoir of Wrexham's star player, Paul Mullin - as seen in 'Welcome to Wrexham', a Disney+ documentary series by Ryan Reynolds and Rob M...

Description The story of the second half of Nigel's career as one of the most famous referees in World Rugby and one of only two Welsh referees eve...

Description Nonconformist is about discovering Welsh roots, exploring the language and culture of the contemporary Cymru. It is the true story of J...

Description A boy running around a running track in the early evening opens a memoir of candour and insight. From a working-class Rhondda childhood...

Details ISBN: 9781785151934 Publication Date June 2019Publisher: William Heinemann, London Author: Mike Parker Format: Hardback, 222x138 mm, 400 pa...

Description On The Red Hill celebrates the ebb and flow of seasons, of ever-changing landscapes, and the family (both beloved and infuriating) that...

ISBN: 9780008336578Publication Date September 2019Publisher: HarperCollins, CheltenhamFormat: Hardback, 242x160 mm, 398 pagesLanguage: English Open...

Description Open Side is not simply a chronology of events or a celebration of statistics. Written in a compelling but soul searching style, this i...

Description Recklessly honest, and as funny as it is grave, Original Sins is an extraordinary memoir of faith, family, shame and addiction. But ul...

Description Welcome to Maggie's melting pot, from Nigeria to Wales via Essex. Maggie will be sharing some of her fascinating stories from this jou...

Description An entertaining and informative reflective biographical account of the times and life of actor William 'Bill' Roache that will have end...

Description Riverwise, a volume of slow river prose centred around Afon Teifi, is a book of wanderings and wonderings, witnessings and enchantments...

Description The stories of women from Wales’ minority communities are seldom heard. This book comprises the life stories of 40 Black Asian Minority...

Description Signed by the author In a colourful and frank account of a sterling career, Jamie Roberts reveals all about life on tour, in boot camps...