Gorsedh Kernow has announced the winners of the annual Holyer an Gof competition at a ceremony hosted by Waterstones of Truro. 

Established and organised by Gorsedh Kernow to raise the standard and profile of publishing in Cornwall, this year’s winners were once again chosen from the best, recently published books about Cornwall or in Cornish.

Grand Bard of Cornwall Merv Davey, Telynor an Werin, presented certificates and cups to the winners.

The winners were:

Cornish language books for teaching: Gerlyver Poket (Pocket Dictionary) edited by Ken George, published by Kesva an Taves Kernewek.

Cornish language books for children: Winni-an-Pou (Winnie the Pooh) by A A Milne, translated by John Parker, published by Kesva an Taves Kernewek.

Cornish language books for adults and the Kowethas Cup for authorship or translation: Dhe Emlow an Galaksi (To the Edge of the Galaxy) by Rod Lyon, published by Kesva an Taves Kernewek.

Books for children of primary age and books for young adults and winner of the Gorsedh Kernow Ann Trevenen Jenkin Cup: Captured! The incredible True Story of Thomas Pellow by Craig Green & Oliver Hurst, published by Mabecron Books.

Adult Fiction: The Divided Way by Sheila Pilley, published by St Ives Printing & Publishing Co.

Poetry and Drama: National Minority by Alan M Kent, published by Francis Boutle Publishers.

History, Language and Creative Arts: Battle Beneath the Trenches by Robert K Johns published by Pen & Sword Books Limited.

Marine, Industrial Heritage and Environment: Loe Bar and the Sandhill Rustic Moth by Adrian Spalding, published by Brill, Leiden.

Non Fiction in which illustrations predominate: Cornish Light – The Nottingham 1894 Exhibition Revisited by David Tovey for Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Penzance & Nottingham City Museums and Galleries, published by Sansom & Company.

Booklets: Botallack Sketchbook 3 by Glynda Winterson, published by Vann Halman Publishing.

The Waterstones Award, chosen by the Manager and Staff of Waterstones Truro, was won by Shout Kernow: Celebrating Cornwall’s Pub Songs by Hilary Coleman & Sally Burley, published by Francis Boutle Publishers.

The winner of the Literary Salver, chosen by members of the Cornish Literary Guild, was Geraint – Last of the Arthurians by Donald R Rawe, published by Lodenek Press.

 The Holyer an Gof Trophy 2015, for the most outstanding entry in the whole competition, was awarded to Loe Bar and the Sandhill Rustic Moth by Adrian Spalding.