Wales Book of the Year 2023
English-language Judges
Emily Burnett
Emma Smith-Barton
Kristian Evans
Mike Parker
Welsh-language Judges
Sioned Wiliam
Ceri Wyn Jones
Savanna Jones
Megan Angharad Hunter
The English Language Winners
Overall Award & The Rhys Davies Trust Fiction Award
Drift, Caryl Lewis (Doubleday – an imprint of Transworld, Penguin Random House)
The Poetry Award
As If To Sing, Paul Henry (Seren Poetry Wales Press Ltd)
The Creative Non-fiction Award
And… a memoir of my mother, Isabel Adonis (Black Bee Books)
The Children & Young People Award
When the War Came Home, Lesley Parr (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)
Wales Arts Review’s People’s Choice Award
The Last Firefox, Lee Newbery (Penguin Random House Children’s)
The Welsh Language Winners
The Fiction Award, and Overall Wales Book of the Year Award
Pridd, Llŷr Titus (Gwasg y Bwthyn)
The Children & Young People Award
Dwi Eisiau Bod yn Ddeinosor, Luned Aaron & Huw Aaron (Atebol)
The Creative Non-fiction Award
Cylchu Cymru, Gareth Evans-Jones (Y Lolfa)
The Poetry Award
Anwyddoldeb, Elinor Wyn Reynolds (Cyhoeddiadau Barddas
The Golwg360 Barn y Bobl Award
Sgen i’m Syniad – Snogs, Secs, Sens, Gwenllian Ellis (Y Lolfa)