Wales Book of the Year 2020
English language Judges
Ken Wilson-Max
Sampurna Chattarji
Tiffany Murray
Welsh language Judges
Betsan Powys
Siôn Tomos Owen
Emyr Lewis
Casi Wyn
English Language Shortlist and Prizewinners
Overall Award
Broken Ghost,
Niall Griffiths
(Jonathan Cape)
Wales Arts Review People's Choice Award
The Girl Who Speaks Bear,
Sophie Anderson
(Usborne)
The Rhys Davies Trust Fiction Award
Broken Ghost,
Niall Griffiths
(Jonathan Cape)
Dignity,
Alys Conran
(Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
Stillicide
Cynan Jones
(Granta)
Poetry Award
Footnotes to Water
Zoë Skoulding
(Seren)
Fur Coats in Tahiti
Jeremy Over
(Carcanet)
Erato
Deryn Rees-Jones
(Seren)
Creative Non-Fiction Award
On the Red Hill
Mike Parker
(William Heinemann)
Brando’s Bride,
Sarah Broughton
(Parthian)
Where There’s a Will,
Emily Chappell
(Profile Books)
Children and Young People Award
The Girl Who Speaks Bear,
Sophie Anderson
(Usborne)
Butterflies for Grandpa Joe,
Nicola Davies
(Barrington Stoke)
Max Kowalski didn’t mean it,
Susie Day
(Puffin)
Welsh Language Shortlist and Prizewinners
Overall Award
Babel,
Ifan Morgan Jones
(Y Lolfa)
Golwg 360 People's Choice Award
Babel,
Ifan Morgan Jones
(Y Lolfa)
Fiction Award
Babel,
Ifan Morgan Jones
(Y Lolfa)
Iaith y Nefoedd,
Llwyd Owen
(Y Lolfa)
Gwirionedd,
Elinor Wyn Reynolds
(Gwasg y Bwthyn)
Poetry Award
Hwn ydy’r llais, tybad?
Caryl Bryn
(Cyhoeddiadau’r Stamp)
Ar Ben y Lôn,
Idris Reynolds
(Gwasg Gomer)
Pentre Du, Pentre Gwyn,
Myrddin ap Dafydd
(Gwasg Carreg Gwalch)
Creative Non-Fiction Award
Byd Gwynn, Cofiant T. Gwynn Jones,
Alan Llwyd
(Cyhoeddiadau Barddas)
Hanes Rhyfeddol Cymry Lerpwl,
D Ben Rees
(Y Lolfa)
Merched y Chwyldro,
Gwenan Gibbard
(Cyhoeddiadau Sain)
Children and Young People Award
Chwedlau’r Copa Coch: Yr Horwth
Elidir Jones
(Atebol Cyf)
Llyfr Adar Mawr y Plant
Onwy Gower
(Y Lolfa)
Genod Gwych a Merched Medrus
Medi Jones-Jackson
(Y Lolfa)