Wins for Tom Bullough and Mari George at Wales Book of the Year 2024

The winner of the Wales Book of the Year in English has actually been introduced as Tom Bullough for his “contemporary classic” Sarn Helen: A Trip Via Wales, Past, Present and Future (Granta), with the Welsh-language award going to Mari George for her novel, Sut i Ddofi Corryn (Sebra).

Yearly, the Wales Publication of the Year Award commemorates gifted Welsh writers who master a range of literary kinds in both Welsh and English. There are 4 groups in both languages– poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction and children and young people. Each group champion takes home a reward of ₤ 1,000, with the general honor champion in each category making a further ₤ 3,000 and claiming the title Wales Book of the Year.

Creative supervisor of Literary works Wales Leusa Llewelyn claimed: “This year, Literary works Wales notes two decades of running this award, which has given numerous writers a system and naturally hundreds of extra pounds’ worth of prizes. We have actually brought readers and authors together in Cardiff, Caernarfon, Merthyr Tydfil and Aberystwyth to be and celebrate celebrated.”

Sarn Helen, a non-fiction account of the author’s walk along the old Roman roadway that ranges from Neath in the south to Caerhun on the north coastline of Wales, and which additionally won the Waterstones Welsh Publication of the Year in 2023, is highlighted by Jackie Morris.

It was a double win for Bullough; he collected the reward for the very best English-language creative non-fiction publication, prior to going back to be crowned champion of the 2024 Wales Book of the Year Honor. He takes home ₤ 4,000 cash prize and a prize by the artist Angharad Pearce Jones.

Each year, the Wales Publication of the Year Award celebrates gifted Welsh authors that excel in a range of literary kinds in both Welsh and English. Each classification victor takes home a prize of ₤ 1,000, with the total award champion in each group making a further ₤ 3,000 and claiming the title Wales Publication of the Year.

George’s novel Sut i Ddofi Corryn follows Muriel and Ken, a married couple in their forties. When her hubby is identified with cancer cells, Muriel transforms to an old text, Llyfr Corynnod y Mwmbwls (The Mumbles Publication of Spiders), mosting likely to radical sizes to locate a cure. It had earlier grabbed the fiction honor.

It is the one that will certainly remain with us lengthiest. The depth of its explorations and raw facts, and the meaningful import of its message, carries it beyond the reward and into the realm of a real modern standard.”

When her spouse is detected with cancer cells, Muriel turns to an old message, Llyfr Corynnod y Mwmbwls (The Mumbles Book of Spiders), going to drastic lengths to find a remedy.