The evening will be presented by Gavin and Stacey star Steffan Rhodri, who is currently appearing in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of A Mad World My Masters. He will be joined by co-presenter Ffion Dafis, the actress and presenter who is a popular and familiar face on S4C.
During the evening, the winners will make their way to the stage to the accompaniment of live music from Y Niwl - the Welsh instrumental surf-rock band whose recent successes include having their song Undegpedwar used as the theme tune to the BBC weekend sports show Football Focus.
The Wales Book of the Year Award 2013 is presented to the best Welsh and English-language works published in 2012 in the fields of creative writing and literary criticism in the following categories: Fiction, Creative Non-fiction and The Roland Mathias Award for Poetry. Category winners will receive a cheque for £2,000, and the main Award winner in both Welsh and English will receive a further £6,000 each. At the Ceremony the winners of the People’s Prize and Gwobr Barn y Bobl will also be announced and presented with a specially commissioned trophy by Media Wales and Golwg360 respectively.
The Ceremony will take place on Thursday, 18 July, at 7.00pm at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. Tickets cost £10.00 / £8.00, and a wine and canapé reception is included in the price.
Tickets can be purchased by contacting Literature Wales on 029 2047 2266, or contact post@literaturewales.org for further information.
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