Wales book of the year 2020

Wales Book of the Year 2020 Winners Announced

The Wales Book of the Year 2020 winners for English language works have been announced on the BBC Radio Wales Arts Show this evening in a special hour-long programme dedicated to the awards.

 

Creative Non-Fiction

On the Red Hill by Mike Parker (Heinemann)

 

Poetry

Footnotes to Water by Zoë Skoulding (Seren)

 

Children and Young People

The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson (Usborne)

 

Fiction

Broken Ghost by Niall Griffiths (Jonathan Cape)

 

Wales Arts Review People’s Choice Award

The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson (Usborne)

 

Overall Winner

Broken Ghost by Niall Griffiths (Jonathan Cape)

 

You can listen to the whole show on BBC Sounds.

And you can keep up with the winners of the Welsh language categories here.

Judging the English-language books this year are author and illustrator Ken Wilson-Max; author, teacher and translator Sampurna Chattarji; and Fulbright Scholar, Senior Lecturer and Hay Festival Fellow, Tiffany Murray.

Wales Book of the Year has been run by Literature Wales since 2004, during which time some of Wales’ most renowned writers have been celebrated alongside brilliant new talents.

A total prize fund of £14,000 will be distributed to the winning writers. Each category winner will receive a prize of £1,000 and the main award winners will receive a further £3,000. Each winner will also receive an iconic Wales Book of the Year trophy designed by the installation artist and blacksmith Angharad Pearce Jones.