Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Deborah Kay Davies Wins Wales Book Of The Year 2009
16 Jun 2009

Deborah Kay Davies has won the Wales Book of the Year 2009 for her debut collection of short stories Grace, Tamar and Laszlo the Beautiful published by Parthian.
Davies was presented the £10,000 prize by Betsan Powys.

The judges for the 2009 English-language Award were poet, critic and lecturer at the University of Wales, Tiffany Atkinson; poet, essayist and former editor of Planet, John Barnie and broadcaster and travel writer Mike Parker (Chair).
The winner of the Welsh-language award, who also received a £10,000 prize, was William Owen Roberts for his book Petrograd published by Cyhoeddiadau Barddas.

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