Vote for the Wales Book of the Year 2025 People's Choice Award

The Wales Book of the Year Award celebrates talented Welsh writers who excel in a variety of literary forms in both Welsh and English.

There are four categories in both languages – Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction and Children and Young People, with one of the category winners going on to win the Overall Award and claiming the title, Wales Book of the Year.

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Shortlist

The Shortlist consists of 24 books in total – twelve in each language, three in each category.

The overall English-language prize is sponsored by Cardiff University's School of English, Communication and Philosophy, and the overall Welsh-language prize is sponsored by Cardiff University’s School of Welsh.

The People's Choice Award is sponsored by Nation Cymru and the Barn y Bobl Prize is sponsored by Golwg360.

The English language titles shortlisted are:

Poetry Award
Girls etc, Rhian Elizabeth (Broken Sleep Books)
Little Universe, Natalie Ann Holborow (Parthian Books)
Portrait of a Young Girl Falling, Katrina Moinet (Hedgehog Poetry Press)

Fiction Award – Supported by the Rhys Davies Trust
Earthly Creatures, Stevie Davies (Honno)
Clear, Carys Davies (Granta)
Glass Houses, Francesca Reece (Headline Publishing Group, Tinder Press)

Creative Non-Fiction Award – Sponsored by Hadio
Tir: The Story of the Welsh Landscape, Carwyn Graves (Calon Books)
Nightshade Mother: A Disentangling, Gwyneth Lewis (Calon Books)
Nature’s Ghosts: The world we lost and how to bring it back, Sophie Yeo (HarperNorth)

Children & Young People Award
A History of My Weird, Chloe Heuch (Firefly Press)
Fallout, Lesley Parr (Bloomsbury)
Why Did My Brain Make Me Say It?, Sarah Ziman (Troika)

You can vote for your favourite below by tapping on the red vote box under the book you want to vote for.

You can only vote once.

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The Welsh-language Shortlist is:

Poetry Award
Rhuo ei distawrwydd hi, Meleri Davies (Cyhoeddiadau’r Stamp)
Pethau sy’n Digwydd , Siôn Tomos Owen (Barddas)
O’r Rhuddin, Sioned Erin Hughes (Y Lolfa)

Creative Non-Fiction Award
Oedolyn (ish!), Melanie Owen (Y Lolfa)
Camu, Iola Ynyr (Y Lolfa)
Casglu Llwch, Georgia Ruth (Y Lolfa)

Fiction Award – Sponsored by HSJ Accountants
Nelan a Bo, Angharad Price (Y Lolfa)
Madws, Sioned Wyn Roberts (Gwasg y Bwthyn)
V + Fo, Gwenno Gwilym (Gwasg y Bwthyn)

Children and Young People Award – Supported by Cronfa Elw Park-Jones
Cymry. Balch. Ifanc., edited by Llŷr Titus and Megan Angharad Hunter (Rily Publications LTD)
Arwana Swtan a’r Sgodyn Od, Angie Roberts and Dyfan Roberts (Gwasg y Bwthyn)
Rhedyn, Myrddin ap Dafydd (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch)

You can vote for books on the Welsh language shortlist here.