M. Wynn Thomas Shortlisted for Roland Mathias Prize

As readers of Sarah Morse’s entry below will know, Professor M. Wynn Thomas’s In the Shadow of the Pulpit was shortlisted for this year’s Roland Mathias Prize. The other authors on the shortlist were poets Ruth Bidgood and Oliver Reynolds and short story writer Oliver Reynolds. The prize was eventually won by Ruth Bidgood. In addition to the New Welsh Review blog listed below, these sites are also about the 2011 Roland Mathias prize

Details here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/03_march/04/wales.shtml

http://www.llenyddiaethcymru.org/home/i/138847/desc/ruth-bidgood-wins-roland-mathias-prize-2011/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/walesarts/2011/04/ruth_bidgood_roland_mathias_prize_2011.html

http://www.serenbooks.com/news/ruth-bidgood-wins-the-roland-mathias-prize-2011

http://www.wales.ac.uk/en/NewsandEvents/News/Press/UniversityofWalesPressBookShortlistedForTopLiteraryPrize.aspx