Gorsedh Kernow is pleased to announce the winners of the annual Holyer an Gof Publishers’ Awards scheme.
Established and organised by Gorsedh Kernow to encourage publishing in Cornwall, this year’s winners were chosen from the best, recently published books about Cornwall, set in Cornwall or in Kernewek (the Cornish language).
“Sadly, we’ve not been able to hold our usual gala awards event for a second time because of Covid-19 restrictions. In its place people involved in the scheme plus the Grand Bard of Gorsedh Kernow Elizabeth Carne (Melennek), Tiffany Truscott from Radio Cornwall, Deborah Tritton (Kresen Kernow Project Lead) and Kim Cooper (Library Officer) met in the atmospheric surroundings of Kresen Kernow in Redruth to record a virtual ceremony with the help of recordists Jon and Keith Shaw. The resulting video, a photo gallery of participants and a full list of winners can be seen here: https://gorsedhkernow.org.uk/holyer-an-gof-virtual-ceremony/ Congratulations – keslowena – to all winners’, said Holyer an Gof co-organiser Professor Gareth Parry, Mab Meliner Gwlan.
The ‘Holyer year’ begins again on November 1st. 2021. If you are the publishers of a 2021 book about Cornwall, set in Cornwall or in the Cornish language (Kernewek), please visit the website www.holyerangofawards.org.uk nearer the time for information about entry. If you know of a 2021 book which fulfils the criteria, please let us know at enquiries@holyerangofawards.org.uk. Holyer an Gof’s organisers and reader-reviewers are keeping their fingers crossed for next year!
The winners of the 2021 Gorsedh Kernow Holyer an Gof Publisher’s Awards are:
Class 1 Publications in the Cornish language
Class 1a Cornish language books for teaching
Bora Brav by Polin Prys pub. Kesva an Taves Kernewek
Class 1b Cornish language books for children
The Story of St. PIran by Tom Gainey pub. Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek
Class 1c Cornish language books for adults
The Charter Fragment and Pascon Agan Arluth by Nicholas Williams, Michael Everson and Alan M. Kent pub. Evertype
Class 1d Books translated into Cornish
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte trans. Nicholas Williams pub. Evertype
Class 2 Books for children
Class 2a Books for children of primary age
The Sleeping Garden by Sarah Hewitt pub. Mabecron Books
Class 2b Books for young adults
Arthur’s Kingdom by Rosie Morgan pub. Liscarret Creations
Class 3 Fiction for adults
Class 3a Literary Fiction
Through the Granite Mirror by Pauline Sheppard pub. United Writers’ Publications Ltd.
Class 3b General Fiction
The House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild pub. Bloomsbury Publishing
Class 4 Poetry and Drama
Class 4a Poetry
Invisible Borders edited by Linda Cleary pub. Hypatia Publications
Class 5 Non fiction
Class 5a Non Fiction – Social, Cultural and Political History
An American Uprising by Kate Werran pub. Pen and Sword
Class 5b Non fiction – Science, Environment and Industrial / Marine
A Flora of Cornwall by Colin French pub. Wheal Seton Press
Class 5c Non fiction – Leisure and Lifestyle
Cornish Waves by Michael Lacey pub. Waves Gallery
Class 5d Non fiction – Memoir
The Wild Silence by Raynor Winn pub. Michael Joseph
Class 6 Booklets
Above the Tin Stream by Mike O’Connor and Barbara Griggs pub. Lyngham House
Trophies
The Holyer an Gof Cup – awarded to one of the winners in classes 1 – 4
Through the Granite Mirror by Pauline Sheppard pub. United Writers’ Publications Ltd.
The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies (FOCS) Holyer an Gof Cup – awarded to one of the winners in classes 5 and 6.
A Flora of Cornwall by Colin French pub. Wheal Seton Press
The Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek Cup – awarded for the best original fiction work in Cornish or translation into Cornish:
The Story of St. PIran by Tom Gainey pub. Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek
The Ann Trevenen Jenkin Cup – awarded for authorship in Class 2, books for children and young adults:
The Sleeping Garden by Sarah Hewitt pub. Mabecron Books
The Holyer an Gof Publishers’ Awards scheme website carries lists of submitted books in 2020, nominated publications and the list of winners this year. https//www.holyerangofawards.org.uk