@PenderynPrize
2023 Prize Winner (announced 27th March 2022)
'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 8th year.
The 2023 Long List will be announced at The Boogaloo, Highgate, London on March 14th 2022
The winner will be announced at the Laugharne Weekend on Sunday 27th March 2022
The 2023 Long List will be announced at The Boogaloo, Highgate, London on March 14th 2022
The winner will be announced at the Laugharne Weekend on Sunday 27th March 2022
Previous Winners
2021
Darryl W Bullock - The Velvet Maffia (Omnibus Press)
2021
Pete Paphides - Broken Greek (Quercus)
2020
Bruce Conforth and Gayle Dean Wardlow - Up Jumped The Devil - The Real Life of Robert Johnson (Omnibus)
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)
2021
Darryl W Bullock - The Velvet Maffia (Omnibus Press)
2021
Pete Paphides - Broken Greek (Quercus)
2020
Bruce Conforth and Gayle Dean Wardlow - Up Jumped The Devil - The Real Life of Robert Johnson (Omnibus)
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)
2022 Long List - announced 14th March 2022
at The Boogaloo in Highgate
The Velvet Mafia - Darryl Bullock
Rememberings - Sinead O’Connor
Monolithic Undertow- Harry Sword
There and Black Again - Don Letts
Bessie Smith - Jackie Kay
Who Killed Cock Robin ? - Steve Sedley and Martin Carthy
Bunnyman - Will Sergeant
Chaise Longue - Baxter Dury
Lightning Striking - Lenny Kaye
Tenement Kid - Bobby Gillespie
My Rock n Roll Friend - Tracey Thorn
You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone - Jennifer Otte Bickerdeike
Nina Simone’s Gum - Warren Ellis
A Furious Devotion - Richard Balls
The Foghorn’s Lament - Jennifer Lucy Allan
Beeswing – Richard Thompson
Rememberings - Sinead O’Connor
Monolithic Undertow- Harry Sword
There and Black Again - Don Letts
Bessie Smith - Jackie Kay
Who Killed Cock Robin ? - Steve Sedley and Martin Carthy
Bunnyman - Will Sergeant
Chaise Longue - Baxter Dury
Lightning Striking - Lenny Kaye
Tenement Kid - Bobby Gillespie
My Rock n Roll Friend - Tracey Thorn
You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone - Jennifer Otte Bickerdeike
Nina Simone’s Gum - Warren Ellis
A Furious Devotion - Richard Balls
The Foghorn’s Lament - Jennifer Lucy Allan
Beeswing – Richard Thompson
2022 Judges
Allan Jones - Former editor of Melody Maker and Uncut
Laura Barton - Guardian & Radio Four
Stephen Morris - Joy Division & New Order
Josephine Bartlett - Founder of Green Man Festival
Johnny Green - Tour Manager for The Clash, Joe Ely and John Cooper Clarke
Laura Barton - Guardian & Radio Four
Stephen Morris - Joy Division & New Order
Josephine Bartlett - Founder of Green Man Festival
Johnny Green - Tour Manager for The Clash, Joe Ely and John Cooper Clarke
