Y Lolfa
Y Lolfa is a Welsh printing and publishing company based in Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion, in Mid-Wales. It publishes a wide variety of books in Welsh and English. It also provides a commercial print service. Y Lolfa was established in 1967 by Robat Gruffudd. It is now an independent, limited company run by the founder's sons, Garmon Gruffudd and Lefi Gruffudd, with Paul Williams as production manager.
Using the new small offset printing method, it started producing material both for the activist Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, with which it was loosely associated, and for its own publications which included Lol, the satirical magazine from which the company's name was derived.
The company gradually expanded the variety of its publications to include popular series for children, contemporary novels, diaries, humorous tutors for Welsh learners, a range for tourists to Wales and a Welsh sports title. It has adopted a deliberate policy of not adapting books from other languages in order to support Welsh artists and authors.
It was involved with the publication of Papur Pawb, one of the first Welsh community papers, in 1974.
Y Lolfa published Llyfr y Ganrif in association with the National Library of Wales in 1999. It celebrated 50 years in business in 2017 and in 2017 employed twenty-two full-time staff, publishing around 80 titles annually.
