Pigeon by Alys Conran named Wales Book of the Year 2017
Pigeon by Alys Conran has been named Wales' Book of the Year 2017.
The author was awarded with three prizes, including the people's choice winner, for her tale of childhood memories during a ceremony in Cardiff. Other winners included Idris Reynolds who scooped the main Welsh language prize for his collection about the late Archdruid of Wales Dic Jones. Lleucu Siencyn, of Literature Wales, said the awards were a celebration of Wales' "very best writers". Literature Wales organises the event, but in June it was announced that responsibility for them will be transferred to the Wales Books Council. The 2017 Welsh language People's Choice was awarded to Guto Dafydd for his novel Ymbelydredd (Y Lolfa). English language winners and runners-ups The Roland Mathias Poetry Award The Rhys Davies Trust Fiction Award The Creative Non-Fiction Award The judges for the English prizes are author Tyler Keevil, academic Dimitra Fimi and poet Jonathan Edwards. Welsh language winners and runners-up shortlist Poetry Award Fiction Award Creative Non-Fiction Award The judges are critic Catrin Beard, author and poet Mari George and bookshop owner Eirian James. The winners of each category received £1,000, while the overall winner received an additional £3,000.