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2019 Prize Winner
'The Mercury Prize of Books' - NME
The Penderyn Music Book Prize is the only UK-based book prize specifically for music titles including history, theory, biography, autobiography. It is now in its 5th year.
The 2019 Award Ceremony took place at the Laugharne Weekend on Sunday 7th April.
The winner was Shirley Collins for her book, 'All In The Downs', published by Strange Attractor
The 2019 Award Ceremony took place at the Laugharne Weekend on Sunday 7th April.
The winner was Shirley Collins for her book, 'All In The Downs', published by Strange Attractor
Previous Winners
2018
Stuart Cosgrove - 'Memphis 68: The Tragedy of Southern Soul' (Polygon)
2017
Daniel Rachel - 'Walls Come Tumbling Down' (Picador)
2016
Jon Savage - '1966: The Year The Decade Exploded' (Faber)
2015
Mark Lewisohn - ‘The Beatles - All These Years: Volume One: Tune In' (Little, Brown)
2018
Stuart Cosgrove - 'Memphis 68: The Tragedy of Southern Soul' (Polygon)
2017
Daniel Rachel - 'Walls Come Tumbling Down' (Picador)
2016
Jon Savage - '1966: The Year The Decade Exploded' (Faber)
2015
Mark Lewisohn - ‘The Beatles - All These Years: Volume One: Tune In' (Little, Brown)
Video of Award Ceremony & Shirley Collins Interview
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2019 Shortlist
2019 Shortlist Announced
The Bookseller 27th February 2019
2019 Longlist
Mars By 1980: The Story of Electronic Music - David Stubbs (Faber)
All In The Downs: Reflections on Life, Landscape and Song - Shirley Collins (Strange Attractor)
The Only Girl: My Life and Times on the Masthead of Rolling Stone - Robin Green (Virago)
Coal Black Mornings - Brett Anderson (Little, Brown)
Open All Gates: The Story of Can - Rob Young (Faber)
Inner City Pressure: The Story of Grime - Dan Hancox (William Collins)
Going For A Song: A Chronicle of the UK Record Shop - Garth Cartwright (Flood Gallery Publishing)
Bring It On Home: Peter Grant, Led Zeppelin and Beyond: The Story of Rock's Greatest Manager - Mark Blake (Constable)
Harlem 69: The Future of Soul - Stuart Cosgrove (Polygon)
On Michael Jackson - Margo Jefferson (Pantheon Books)
Chamber Music: About the Wu-Tang (in 36 Pieces) - Will Ashon (Granta)
Beastie Boys Book – Michael Diamond & Adam Horowitz (Faber)
When Words Fail: A Life with Music, War and Peace - Ed Vulliamy (Granta)
Sonic Youth Slept On My Floor: Music, Manchester and More – Dave Haslam (Constable)
All In The Downs: Reflections on Life, Landscape and Song - Shirley Collins (Strange Attractor)
The Only Girl: My Life and Times on the Masthead of Rolling Stone - Robin Green (Virago)
Coal Black Mornings - Brett Anderson (Little, Brown)
Open All Gates: The Story of Can - Rob Young (Faber)
Inner City Pressure: The Story of Grime - Dan Hancox (William Collins)
Going For A Song: A Chronicle of the UK Record Shop - Garth Cartwright (Flood Gallery Publishing)
Bring It On Home: Peter Grant, Led Zeppelin and Beyond: The Story of Rock's Greatest Manager - Mark Blake (Constable)
Harlem 69: The Future of Soul - Stuart Cosgrove (Polygon)
On Michael Jackson - Margo Jefferson (Pantheon Books)
Chamber Music: About the Wu-Tang (in 36 Pieces) - Will Ashon (Granta)
Beastie Boys Book – Michael Diamond & Adam Horowitz (Faber)
When Words Fail: A Life with Music, War and Peace - Ed Vulliamy (Granta)
Sonic Youth Slept On My Floor: Music, Manchester and More – Dave Haslam (Constable)
2019 Longlist Quotes
2019 Judges
