Latest news: Holyer an Gof Award

Posted: July 18, 2022

Holyer an Gof

I am absolutely delighted to announce that The Bee and The Sun has won the Holyer an Gof award for poetry.

‘The annual Gorsedh Kernow Holyer an Gof Awards were instigated in 1996 for books published in 1995 and are so named in memory of Redruth publisher and Cornish Bard Leonard Truran, whose Bardic name was Holyer an Gof – Follower of The Smith. The scheme was established and is organised by Bards of Gorsedh Kernow to promote books about Cornwall, set in Cornwall or in Cornish (Kernewek).

Each year about 60 – 80 books are submitted by publishers from Cornwall and beyond and these are read and evaluated by members of a panel of Readers. The winning entries are announced at a presentation evening held in July.

There are 12 categories, each nominated book receiving a Gorsedh Kernow Certificate. There is a winning book in each class/sub-class, which receives a Gorsedh Kernow Winner’s Certificate.’

Congratulations to all the other nominees and winners!

Many thanks to Fiona Kennedy and Zephyr publishing who are so wonderful to work with.