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2020 Prize Winner
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 6th year.
The 2020 Award Ceremony took place online at 4pm on Monday 11th May.
(A video of the digital ceremony can be seen below.)
The winners were Bruce Conforth & Gayle Dean Wardlow for their book:
'Up Jumped The devil: The Real Life Of Robert Johnson'
Published in the UK by Omnibus Press.
The 2020 Award Ceremony took place online at 4pm on Monday 11th May.
(A video of the digital ceremony can be seen below.)
The winners were Bruce Conforth & Gayle Dean Wardlow for their book:
'Up Jumped The devil: The Real Life Of Robert Johnson'
Published in the UK by Omnibus Press.
Award Video
Richard Thomas - the organiser of the prize - talks about the shortlist; Stephen Davies - Penderyn Distillery's CEO - announces the winner; Bruce Conforth accepts the prize; Eliza Carthy and Richard Boon - two of the prize judges - say why they chose the winning book, and finally Charles Shaar Murray has a conversation with Bruce Conforth.
Richard Thomas - the organiser of the prize - talks about the shortlist; Stephen Davies - Penderyn Distillery's CEO - announces the winner; Bruce Conforth accepts the prize; Eliza Carthy and Richard Boon - two of the prize judges - say why they chose the winning book, and finally Charles Shaar Murray has a conversation with Bruce Conforth.
Previous Winners
2019
Shirley Collins - 'All In The Downs' (Strange Attractor)
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)
2019
Shirley Collins - 'All In The Downs' (Strange Attractor)
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)
2020 Shortlist - announced 24th Feb 2020
at the Boogaloo in Highgate
Up Jumped The Devil - Bruce Conforth & Gayle Dean Wardlow (Omnibus Press)
The Searing Light, The Sun and Everything Else - Jon Savage (Faber & Faber)
Record Play Pause - Stephen Morris (Constable)
It Gets Me Home This Curving Track - Ian Penman (Fitzcarraldo Editions)
Another Planet - Tracey Thorn (Canongate Books)
The Lark Ascending - Richard King (Faber & Faber)
The Searing Light, The Sun and Everything Else - Jon Savage (Faber & Faber)
Record Play Pause - Stephen Morris (Constable)
It Gets Me Home This Curving Track - Ian Penman (Fitzcarraldo Editions)
Another Planet - Tracey Thorn (Canongate Books)
The Lark Ascending - Richard King (Faber & Faber)
2020 Longlist - announced 16th Jan 2020
at the Walthamstow Trades Hall
Afternoons With The Curtains Drawn - Brett Anderson (Little, Brown)
Cruel To Be Kind - Will Birch (Constable)
Up Jumped The Devil - Bruce Conforth & Gayle Dean Wardlow (Omnibus Press)
A Fabulous Creation - David Hepworth (Bantam Press)
Revenge of The She Punks - Vivien Goldman (Omnibus Press)
The Searing Light, The Sun and Everything Else - Jon Savage (Faber & Faber)
Record Play Pause - Stephen Morris (Constable)
It Gets Me Home This Curving Track - Ian Penman (Fitzcarraldo Editions)
Fried and Justified - Mick Houghton (Faber & Faber)
Another Planet - Tracey Thorn (Canongate Books)
Crossroads - Mark Radcliffe (Canongate Books)
The Lark Ascending - Richard King (Faber & Faber)
Year of The Monkey - Patti Smith (Bloomsbury Publishing)
A Seat at The Table - Amy Raphael (Virago)
Cruel To Be Kind - Will Birch (Constable)
Up Jumped The Devil - Bruce Conforth & Gayle Dean Wardlow (Omnibus Press)
A Fabulous Creation - David Hepworth (Bantam Press)
Revenge of The She Punks - Vivien Goldman (Omnibus Press)
The Searing Light, The Sun and Everything Else - Jon Savage (Faber & Faber)
Record Play Pause - Stephen Morris (Constable)
It Gets Me Home This Curving Track - Ian Penman (Fitzcarraldo Editions)
Fried and Justified - Mick Houghton (Faber & Faber)
Another Planet - Tracey Thorn (Canongate Books)
Crossroads - Mark Radcliffe (Canongate Books)
The Lark Ascending - Richard King (Faber & Faber)
Year of The Monkey - Patti Smith (Bloomsbury Publishing)
A Seat at The Table - Amy Raphael (Virago)
2020 Judges
Chalkie Davies
Jeremy Deller
Cosey Fanni Tutti
Mark Thomas
Eliza Carthy
Charles Shaar Murray
Richard Boon
