Tywyn author Manon Steffan Ros is gearing up to release her new novel next month

The Blue Book of Nebo, out on 6 January, is an English language translation of Manon’s multi-award-winning young adult crossover novel that has already been adapted from Welsh into French, Arabic, Catalan, Spanish and Polish.

It’s about Dylan, who was six when The End came, back in 2018; when the electricity went off for good, and the ‘normal’ 21st-century world he knew disappeared.

Now he’s 14 and he and his mam have survived in their isolated hilltop house above the village of Nebo in north-west Wales, learning new skills, and returning to old ways of living.

Despite their close understanding, the relationship between mother and son changes subtly as Dylan must take on adult responsibilities.

And they each have their own secrets, which emerge as, in turn, they jot down their thoughts and memories in a found notebook – The Blue Book of Nebo.

First written and published in Welsh, Llyfr Glas Nebo won the Prose Medal at the 2018 Eisteddfod and the triple crown of prizes at the 2019 Wales Book of the Year Award: the Aberystwyth University Fiction Award, the People’s Choice Award and the Welsh-language Overall Winner

Manon was born in Snowdonia and worked as an actress and musician before becoming a full-time writer. She has written over 23 Welsh books for adults and children and has won the Wales Book of the Year for her adult fiction as well as being four-times winner of the Tir na n’Og Wales Children’s Book Awards.

She has also won Eisteddfod and National Theatre Wales awards for her script writing.