Last night more than seventy people attended Gorsedh Kernow’s Holyer an Gof Publishers’ Awards ceremony in the amazing Kresen Kernow in Redruth. Class and cup winners were announced and winners and short-listed publishers and authors received certificates from Jenefer Lowe, Deputy Grand Bard. Our congratulations to everyone and our thanks to all those contributing to the occasion and taking part in the scheme during the year. Photographs of the occasion will be posted soon.
Here is the list of winners:
Class 1 Dyllansow yn Kernewek (Publications in the Cornish language)
Class 1a: Lyvrow yn Kernewek rag dyskas (Books in Cornish for teaching)
- Origo Mundi (Student Edition) edited by Roger Courtenay and published by Kesva an Taves Kernewek. Winner of Class 1a
Class 1b: Lyvrow yn Kernewek rag fleghes (Books in Cornish for children)
There were no submissions in this class this year.
Class 1c: Lyvrow yn Kernewek rag tevesigyon ha tevesigesow (Books in Cornish for adults)
- Dadhel an Dega en Pluw Bawl by Rod Lyon published by Spyrys a Gernow. Joint winner of Class 1c and joint winner of the Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek cup.
- Unn Ethves Kernewek by Philip Chadwick published by Kesva an Taves Kernewek. Joint winner of Class 1c and joint winner of the Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek cup (for fiction in Cornish).
Class 1d: Lyvrow treylyes yn Kernewek (Books translated into Cornish)
There were no submissions in this class this year.
Class 2 Books for children
Class 2a: Books for children of primary age
- The Cornwall Sticker Book by Evelyn Sinclair published by Inspired by Lakeland. Winner of Class 2a
Class 2b: Books for young adults
- Seal Song by Mike O’Connor published by Lyngham House. Winner of Class 2b and of the Ann Trevenen Cup for authorship (children’s literature)
Class 3 Fiction for adults
Class 3a: Literary fiction
- Mother’s Boy by Patrick Gale published by Tinder Press. Winner of Class 3a and of the Holyer an Gof Cup for books in Classes 1 to 4
Class 3b: General fiction
- Maiden Point by J.T. Croft published by Elmfire Press. Winner of Class 3b.
Class 4 Poetry and Drama
Class 4a: Poetry
- Cornish Modern Poetries by Aaron Kent and Ella Frears published by Broken Sleep Books. Winner of Class 4a
Class 4b: Drama
There were no submissions in this class this year.
Class 5 Non-fiction for adults
Class 5a: Social, cultural and political history
- A Murderous Midsummer by Professor Mark Stoyle published by Yale University Press London. Winner of Class 5a and of the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies Holyer an Gof Cup
Class 5b: Science, Environment and Industrial/Marine
- Adrift: The Curious Tale of Lego Lost at Sea by Tracey Williams published by Unicorn. Winner of Class 5b
Class 5c: Leisure and Lifestyle
- Matter of the Otherworld by Samuel Davison published by Samuel Davison. Winner of Class 5c
Class 5d Memoir
- The Draw of the Sea by Wyl Menmuir published by Aurum Press. Winner of Class 5d
Class 6 Booklets
- Rosamunde Pilcher’s Cornwall by Gill Knappett published by Pitkin. Winner of Class 6.