2006 Award

Winner - Robert Minhinnick, To Babel and Back (Seren)

The Welsh-language prize was awarded to Rhys Evans for his biography of Gwynfor Evans, Gwynfor: Rhag Pob Brad, published by Y Lolfa.

The Short List

Robert Minhinnick - To Babel and Back (Seren)
Kitty Sewell - Ice Trap (Honno)
Ifor Thomas - Body Beautiful (Parthian)

The writers on the Welsh-language Short List were Rhys Evans, Dafydd Johnston and Manon Rhys.

The Long List

Carole Cadwalladr, The Family Tree (Doubleday)
Russell Celyn Jones, Ten Seconds from the Sun (Little, Brown)
Gwyneth Lewis, Two in a Boat (Fourth Estate)
Jo Mazelis, Circle Games (Parthian)
Christopher Meredith, The Meaning of Flight (Seren)
Robert Minhinnick, To Babel and Back (Seren)
Kitty Sewell, Ice Trap (Honno)
Owen Sheers, Skirrid Hill (Seren)
Ifor Thomas, Body Beautiful (Parthian)
Nia Williams, Persons Living or Dead (Honno)

The Judges

THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PANEL: Nicola Heywood Thomas (Chair), John Sam Jones and Daniel Williams

The Welsh-language panel were Catrin Beard (Chair), Elan Closs Stephens and Ieuan Wyn