The "longlists" for the Wales Book of The Year Award 2009 were announced at a ceremony at Bangor University on April 22nd. There are ten contenders in each category ( English and Welsh language ). This will be whittled down to three when the "shortlists" are announced at The Hay Festival on May 25th . The winners will be announced on June 15th and will each receive a cash prize of 10,000GBP . If you want to read more about the authors, the books, the competition itself or vote for your own personal favorite follow the links above.

Of course its difficult to vote for a title that you havent read, so why not order one or two of them? Many of them can be found on the Americymru store linked below ( with links to purchase via Amazon ) and there is still time to have them delivered before the shortlist or the ultimate winner are announced.

If anyone would like to comment on or recommend any of these titles here on Americymru please feel free to do so in the comments box at the bottom of this page or on your own blog if you wish. We will try to review a number of these titles on the site in the coming weeks.

Buy Welsh Book of The Year titles here.