Wales Book of the Year Shortlist Announced

Shortlists have been announced for this year's English and Welsh-language Wales Book of the Year Awards.Two independent judging panels have selected nine works for each language in categories for poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction.

The shortlists include works by award-winning author Horatio Clare, former national poet Gwyneth Lewis, and Prof M Wynn Thomas, an expert in the literature of modern Wales.
The winners will be announced in June.

The Roland Mathias Poetry Award

• All fours by Nia Davies
• The Mabinogi by Matthew Francis
• Diary of the Last Man by Robert Minhinnick

Fiction Award

• Hummingbird by Tristan Hughes
• Light Switches Are My Kryptonite by Crystal Jeans
• Bad Ideas \ Chemicals by Lloyd Markham

The Creative Non-Fiction Award

• Icebreaker by Horatio Clare
• David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet by Thomas Dilworth
• All that is Wales: The Collected Essays of M. Wynn Thomas

Welsh-language Poetry Award

• Llif Coch Awst by Hywel Griffiths
• Treiglo by Gwyneth Lewis
• Caeth a Rhydd by Peredur Lynch

Welsh-language Fiction Award

• Gwales by Catrin Dafydd
• Fabula by Llyr Gwyn Lewis
• Hen Bethau Anghofiedig by Mihangel Morgan

Welsh-language Creative Non-Fiction Award

• Meddyginiaethau Gwerin Cymru by Anne Elizabeth Williams
• Blodau Cymru: Byd y Planhigion by Goronwy Wynne
• Ar Drywydd Niclas y Glais by Hefin Wyn