These publications have been shortlisted in Gorsedh Kernow’s Holyer an Gof Publishers’ Awards competition. Class winners and cup winners will be named at the awards ceremony on July 4th. 2026. Book covers can be seen in a separate post.
Holyer an Gof Publishers’ Awards 2026. Shortlisted entries.
Class 1 Dyllansow yn Kernewek (Publications in the Cornish language)
Class 1a: Lyvrow yn Kernewek rag dyskas (Books in Cornish for teaching)
- Cornish Conversation Patterns for Beginners by Dewi Rhys-Jones pub. Dewi Rhys-Jones
- Dres an Vledhen / An Teylu Banalek by Brian Webb and Graham Sandercock pub: Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek
Class 1b: Lyvrow yn Kernewek rag Fleghes / Books in Cornish for Children
- Maysi ha’n Tros Kevrinek by Delia Brotherton pub: The St. Ives Printing and Publishing Company
Class 1c Lyvrow yn Kernewek rag Tevesigyon / Books in Cornish for Adults
- Bewnans Meryasek ed. Roger Courtenay pub: Kesva an Taves Kernewek
- Dons Men by Sam Ruane-Brown pub: Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek
- Gwedrow-Mires by Lianne Wilson pub. Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek
Class 1d: Lyvrow treylyes yn Kernewek (Books translated into Cornish)
- Furneth ha Finder Brys translated by Nicholas Williams pub. Evertype
Class 2 Books for children
Class 2a: Books for children of primary age
- A Dog called Dreckly by Anna C Wilson illustrated by Maria Floyd pub. Mabecron Books
- A Very Sparkly Mousehole Christmas by Michelle Cartlidge pub. Mabecron Books
- Waves of Mischief by Lilac Rosenwyn pub. Cornish Books
Class 2b: Books for young adults
- The Last Giants of Kernow by Stephen Polglase pub. Field Notes
- The Shell Secret by Sue Palmer pub. Candy Jar Books
Class 3 Fiction for adults
Class 3a: Literary fiction
- Cornish Folk Tales of Place: Traditional Stories from Mid and West Cornwall by Anna Chorlton pub: The History Press
- Prime Position by Alan Davis pub: United Writers Publications Ltd.
- Wait for the Wagon by Richard Nettell pub: United Writers Publications Ltd.
Class 3b: General fiction
- A Cornish Legacy by Fern Britton pub. HarperFiction (HarperCollins)
- Dead Shore by Berrick Ford pub. Harvey Berrick Publishing
- Secrets of the Bees by Jane Johnson pub. Head of Zeus
- The High Tide Murder by Emylia Hall pub. Thomas & Mercer
- The Silver Tide by J. H. Mann pub: Dark Spider Books
Class 4 Poetry and Drama
Class 4a: Poetry
- Dwell by Simon Armitage pub: Faber & Faber
Class 4b: Drama
There were no entries in this class this year
Class 4c: Music
There were no entries in this class this year
Class 5 Non-fiction for adults
Class 5a: Social, cultural and political history
- Alfred Wallis: Child Pauper to Artistic Luminary by Matilda Webb pub: Seadrift Press
- Beyond the Bookshelves edited by Sally Corbet pub: The Penwith Local History Group
- Operation Overlord (1943-1944) and Cornwall’s Contribution by Kenneth Rickard pub: K.H. and V.J Rickard
- Saving Lives in Scilly by Vyvyen Brendon pub: United Writers Publications
- The Cornish Language in the Nineteenth Century by Kensa Broadhurst pub: Pallgrave Macmillan
- The Little History of Story-Telling in Cornwall by Mike O’Connor pub: The History Press
Class 5b: Science, Environment and Industrial/Marine
- Farm Industries Ltd by Philip M Hosken pub: Marrack Publishing
- The Neet Estuary and Coastline History before there was Bude by Nick Cole pub: Nick Cole
Class 5c: Leisure and Lifestyle
None of the entries were nominated this year
Class 5d Memoir
- Stone Lands by Fiona Robertson pub: The Little Brown Book Group
- The Toronto Cornish Association Review by Toronto Cornish Association members pub: The Toronto Cornish Association
Class 6 Booklets
- Cornish Angels by Alison Englefield pub: The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies
- Portraits of St. Petrocs by Adam Drouet with St. Petrocs pub: Adam Drouet and St. Petrocs