Kelman shortlisted for book of the year award - The Herald
Also on the shortlist are three children's books, Space Pirates and The Treasures of Salmagundy by Scoular Anderson, Skarrs by Catherine Forde and Sleepwalking by Nicola Morgan. They will vie for the Children's Book of the Year prize. The winners are to be announced on June 9 at Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh.
The following titles have been nominated for this year’s 2005 Tir na n-0g shortlist:
Best English-language Title
In Chatter Wood, Jac Jones (Pont Books)
Nat, Margaret Jones (Pont Books)
The Seal Children, Jackie Morris (Frances Lincoln)
Turning Points in Welsh History 1485–1914, Stuart Broomfield, Euryn Madoc-Jones (University of Wales Press)
Best Welsh-language Fiction
Eco, Emily Huws (Cymdeithas Lyfrau Ceredigion)
Graffiti, Angharad Devonald (Dref Wen)
Gwas y Stabl, Mair Wynn Hughes (Gomer)
I’r Tir Tywyll, Elgan Philip Davies (Cymdeithas Lyfrau Ceredigion)
Best Welsh-language non-fiction
Byd Llawn Hud (Gwasg Gomer)
Chwyldro! Chwyldro?, Robin Evans (Canolfan Astudiaethau Addysg)
Dwli o Ddifri, Ceri Wyn Jones (Gwasg Gomer)
Hen Wragedd a Ffyn ac Eira Gwyn, gol. Myrddin ap Dafydd (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch)
CLPE Poetry Award 2005 shortlist
John Agard & Grace Nichols (editors): From Mouth to Mouth
(Walker)
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James Berry: Only One of Me
(Macmillan)
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Seamus Cashman (editor): Something Beginning with P
(O’Brien Press)
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Stephen Knight: Sardines
(Macmillan)
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Roger McGough (editor): Sensational!(Macmillan)
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Adrian Mitchell: Daft as a Doughnut
(Orchard)
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Brian Moses (compiler): Blood and Roses - British History in Poetry
(Hodder)
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The winner of the 2005 CLPE Poetry Award will be announced at a ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall on June 6th 2005. The judges are Valerie Bloom and Tony Mitton, and the judging panel is chaired by Margaret Meek Spencer.
The CLPE Poetry Award, for a book of poetry for children, was launched by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education in 2003 and is sponsored by Mr and Mrs Pye's Charitable Foundation.
