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Poet Philip Gross wins Wales Book of the Year
Poet Philip Gross has won the English-language Wales Book of the Year prize for his collection of poems about photography.
Philip Gross's I Spy Pinhole Eye was one of the three shortlisted works for the £10,000 prize. It is the Penarth poet's second major award in a year - a different collection of his won the TS Eliot prize, also worth £10,000, in January.
John Davies won the Welsh-language award for his book Cymru: Y 100 lle i'w gweld cyn marw. The title translates as Wales: 100 places to see before dying.
I Spy Pinhole Eye is described as a collaborative work between the poet and photographer Alan Denison, who used a pinhole camera to transform the footings of electricity pylons. The poetry explores the act of seeing and interpretation.
The awards were decided by poet and University of Wales lecturer Ian Gregson, novelist James Hawes and broadcaster Sara Edwards.
Peter Finch, chief executive of Academi, which administers the prizes, said: "After long debate the judges have chosen what is clearly one of the best books of poetry to come out of Wales this year."