Here is this year’s shortlist. Our congratulations to all nominated publishers and authors. Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on 5th. July to which all submitting publishers and all shortlisted authors are invited. Publishers’ websites are linked.
Holyer an Gof Publishers’ Awards 2025. Shortlisted entries.
Class 1 Dyllansow yn Kernewek (Publications in the Cornish language)
Class 1a: Lyvrow yn Kernewek rag dyskas (Books in Cornish for teaching)
There were no entries in this class this year
Class 1b: Lyvrow yn Kernewek rag fleghes (Books in Cornish for children)
· An Flogh Gruffalo pub: Agan Tavas
Class 1c: Lyvrow yn Kernewek rag tevesigyon ha tevesigesow (Books in Cornish for adults)
· Broder Wella pub: Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek
· Lyver Keginieth pub: Diana Trudgeon
· Termynyow a Dheu pub: Francis Boutle Publishers
Class 1d: Lyvrow treylyes yn Kernewek (Books translated into Cornish)
· An Rin Kernewek pub: Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek
Class 2 Books for children
Class 2a: Books for children of primary age
· Storm of Clocks pub: self-published
· The House in Cornwall pub: Manderley Press
· The Last Giant of Marazion pub: Mabecron Books
Class 2b: Books for young adults
· The Adventurer’s Guide to the Creatures of Cornwall pub: self-published
Class 3 Fiction for adults
Class 3a: Literary fiction
· Cornwall in Short pub: Inkfish
· Give Him a Little Earth pub: Cornwall National Landscape
· Twelve Stories for Twelve Sections pub: Hermitage
Class 3b: General fiction
· 13 Ghost Stories pub: Mabecron Books
· A St. Ives Christmas Mystery pub: Allison and Busby
· Cornwall Beneath and Beyond pub: Cornwall Writers
· The Echoing Shore pub: Nicola Mann (self-published)
· The Last Time I Saw Him pub: Wildfire
Class 4 Poetry and Drama
Class 4a: Poetry
· Battery Rocks pub: Seren Books
· Darkling: The Owl’s Song pub: Head of Zeus
Mordros: sound of the sea pub: Cornwall Writers
Class 4b: Drama
· The Last Shout pub: Scryfa
Class 4c: Music
· Bledhen an Tir pub: Fenten
· Carols of The Roseland pub: Federation of Old Cornwall Societies
· The Children of Argenteilin pub: Lyngham House
Class 5 Non-fiction for adults
Class 5a: Social, cultural and political history
· Cornish Churches in the 19th. Century pub: Devon and Cornwall Record Society (Boydell and Brewer)
· D H Lawrence and Cornwall pub: University of Exeter Press
· The Country Houses of Cornwall pub: Fountain Lake Press
· Trelawny’s Cornwall pub: W&N (Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group)
Class 5b: Science, Environment and Industrial/Marine
· Four Foot Gauge pub: Bob Richards (self-published)
· Railways of Cornwall: Decade of Change pub: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd.
· The Hayle and West Cornwall Railways: Penzance to Truro (1843-1865) pub: The Trevithick Society
Class 5c: Leisure and Lifestyle
· 111 Places in Cornwall That You Shouldn’t Miss pub: Emons Verlag GmbH
· 15 Short Walks in Cornwall pub: Cicerone Press
· The Crypt Group 1946-49 pub: St Ives Printing and Publishing Company
Class 5d Memoir
· The Bus Drivers of Penzance pub: Graylight Publishing
· The Cove pub: W&N (imprint of The Orion Publishing Group)
· The Heart of the Woods pub: The Quarto Group
· These Treasured Hills: Memories of a Polgooth Family pub: The Trevithick Society
Class 6 Booklets
· Hope for Cornwall pub: Homes for Cornwall
· The Old Town Hall, Falmouth pub: Falmouth Civic Society