Last updated: 02 July 2010
Philip Gross is the winner of the English-language 2010 Wales Book of the Year prize for his collection of poetry on photography, I Spy Pinhole Eye. (Photo © Emyr Young / Academi)
John Davies won the Welsh-language award for his book Cymru: Y 100 lle i'w gweld cyn marw. Both authors each pick up a prize of £10,000.
The result of this year's prize was announced at a ceremony on 30 June at St David's Hotel and Spa in Cardiff Bay, presented by Ö÷²¥´óÐã Wales' political editor Betsan Powys.
Browse a gallery of photographs taken at the 2010 award ceremony.
The award is Gross' second major accolade of the year - having won the 2009 TS Eliot Poetry Prize for his collection The Water Table.
Photograph of the shortlisted authors Terri Wiltshire, Nikolai Tolstoy and Philip Gross © John Briggs
The shortlisted authors for the Wales Book of the Year 2010 prize were announced on 6 June 2010 on the final day of the .
Professor of creative writing at the University of Glamorgan Philip Gross was shortlisted for I Spy Pinhole Eye, his work of poems and photographs that address the ideas of perception, revelation and truth.
American born Terri Wiltshire was selected for her novel Carry Me Ö÷²¥´óÐã, a luminous story set in Alabama (where the author was raised) about loyalty and belonging. Wiltshire now lives in Newport, south Wales.
And Nikolai Tolstoy was shortlisted for The Compilation of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi, which seeks to establish the chronology and provenance of the early medieval tales.
Browse photos from the shortlist announcement at the Hay Festival.
The shortlist for the Welsh language prize was also announced and consists of Banerog, a volume of poetry by Hywel Griffiths, Naw Mis, a novel by Caryl Lewis and Cymru: Y 100 lle i'w gweld cyn marw, by John Davies, a guide to 100 places in Wales that the author believes people should see before they die.
The winners of the £10,000 prizes will be announced in a ceremony to be held on Wednesday 30 June 2010 at The St David's Hotel and Spa, Cardiff.
Photograph of the longlisted books © Academi
The longlist for the Wales Book of the Year 2010 was announced on 20 April 2010 at an event in Bangor, with a vibrant mix of debut novelists, short story collections, poetry and travel writing all competing for the prize.
Browse a photo gallery from the announcement of the 2010 longlist.
Wales Book of the Year 2010 Longlist
- Horatio Clare, A Single Swallow
- Jasmine Donahaye, Self-Portrait as Ruth
- Philip Gross, I Spy Pinhole Eye
- Emyr Humphreys, The Woman at the Window
- Peter Lord, The Meaning of Pictures
- Mike Thomas, Pocket Notebook
- Nikolai Tolstoy, The Oldest British Prose Literature: The Compilation of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi
- Alun Trevor, The Songbird is Singing
- Richard Marggraf Turley, Wan-Hu's Flying Chair
- Terri Wiltshire, Carry Me Ö÷²¥´óÐã
The longlist for the Welsh language prize was also unveiled on the same night. Read more on the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Cymru Cylchgrawn website and browse a photo gallery of the Welsh language longlisted authors at the event at The Management Centre in Bangor.
Rhestr Hir Llyfr y Flwyddyn 2010
- Siân Melangell Dafydd, Y Trydydd Peth
- John Davies, Cymru: Y 100 lle i'w gweld cyn marw
- Hywel Griffiths, Banerog
- Caryl Lewis, Naw Mis
- Haf Llewelyn, Llwybrau
- D. Densil Morgan, Lewis Edwards
- Sian Owen, Mân Esgyrn
- Manon Rhys, Cornel Aur
- Cefin Roberts, Cymer y Seren
- Manon Steffan Ros, Fel Aderyn
Photograph of the longlist announcement event © Academi
