I started an online intensive course with Learn Welsh Cardiff a week after leaving my previous job. The course covered entry, foundation, and part of intermediate within a year. The National Centre for Learning Welsh and the Books Council of Wales are marking a milestone this year as they celebrate five years of the popular Amdani series of Welsh books for learners. During 2023 every title in the series will be made available as an audiobook for the first time. This is a humorous romance about one memorable day in the life of Sophia Reynolds, who is on her way to be a film extra, but a number of incidents prevent her from reaching the set. She has to visit the police office several times, but she doesn’t mind, as she fancies the policeman there! It is my ultimate dream to visit Patagonia to hear Yr Hen Iaith spoken in Trelew, Gaiman, and Trevelin." For the love of my new home Emily Withers, 23, Cardiff

Martha, Jac a Siancoby Caryl Lewisis a portrait of a farming family in Ceredigion, where the farm itself casts a long shadow over their lives. It’s made its way into many a ‘top ten’ book list. The heartfelt story of two sisters who try to come to terms with their mother’s illness, and its effect on their own lives.. A Welsh-language adaptation by Elin Meek o Forget to Remember by Alan Maley. Amdani’ is a lively series of reading books specifically designed for adults who are learning Welsh. The books have been carefully graded across four different levels – Mynediad/Entry, Sylfaen/Foundation, Canolradd/Intermediate and Uwch/Advanced. Some day I would love to visit Wales. I watch a lot of British TV and I love it when the setting for those shows are in Wales because it looks so wild and beautiful."

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This series of books was launched to meet a gap in the market by giving adult Welsh learners the chance to enjoy reading a variety of contemporary subjects and themes.

Mab y Cychwrby Haf Llewelynis steeped in the estuary country and people of NW Wales in the 17 thcentury. You get a sense of the characters knowing and understanding the landscape, and the descriptions are beautiful.The series is celebrated through the Amdani Festival, which will be held virtually this year between 27 February and 3 March, providing learners with opportunities to enjoy activities and events that are linked to reading in Welsh.

He said: "I really wish to be fluent and to come and live in Wales in a town like Blaenau Ffestiniog or Y Bala. The plan is to spend a month next summer in north Wales to really improve my Welsh. Whilst we can definitely be inspired by the past we need to keep creating and evolving, which is what I hope to do with my own music and contribute in my own small way." To reconnect with Welsh roots Andrea Atkinson, 73, Largs on the West Coast of Scotland

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The song was so beautiful that it made me want to learn Welsh. I have been studying Welsh on Duolingo ever since then."

The audiobooks will enable our learners to gain confidence by hearing the language, and we look forward to continuing to collaborate with the Books Council to introduce even more titles to the series.” Collins SpurrellWelsh Dictionary-The Collins Spurrell Welsh Dictionaryhas more words in it, but it doesn’t offer examples and tips. There are plenty of online dictionaries too. Liz now uses her Welsh to run a blog and podcast, Liz Learns Welsh, and was invited to make a vlog with S4C Dysgu Cymraeg. Families and children from the North Wales Africa Society will see their own story in print this year as Y Lolfa prepares to publish The Fish Princess – a story created by the families through workshops with author Casia Wiliam and illustrator Jac Jones. Modrybedd Afradlonby Mihangel Morgan- In Mihangel Morgan’‘Modrybedd Afradlon’, two elderly sisters disappear with their nephew on a road trip, but there is a twist in the tale!She said: "It made a huge difference to hear the emotions come through via the Welsh language – especially since in the play Lady Mortimer's husband, who speaks no Welsh, desperately wishes he understood what his wife was saying to him. Chwalfaby T. Rowland Hughes- Another good read by T. Rowland Hughes is ‘Chwalfa’which is set during the Great Penrhyn Quarry Strike from 1900-1903. It chronicles its effect on one family as the community struggles to survive. The books are graded at four levels for learners – Entry, Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced, and the aim is to provide learners with opportunities to enjoy reading about a range of subjects. The series is the result of a successful partnership between the National Centre for Learning Welsh and the Books Council of Wales. The Books Council of Wales’ New Audiences Grant has awarded funding to 43 different projects to create new opportunities and develop new audiences within the publishing sector in Wales, thanks to support from Creative Wales. But why are people learning? Popular reasons are to enhance career prospects, to help children in Welsh-medium education, to connect with heritage, and for fun.