Beyond / Tu Hwnt Shortlisted for British Book Awards
- Mar 18
- 2 min read
Congratulations to publisher Lucent Dreaming, editors Bethany Handley, Megan Angharad Hunter, and Sioned Erin Hughes, as well as all contributing writers, on the news that Beyond / Tu Hwnt has been shortlisted for the British Book Awards!
We are thrilled to celebrate this at DAC with many of our members amongst both the editors and selected writers of this anthology, including our new Literature Officer Megan Angharad Hunter who we are so happy to welcome to the team, and our Digital Communications Manager Cerys Knighton who created the cover artwork. Congratulations to everyone involved and take a look at the list of selected writers below!
From Nation Cymru:
Wales-based publisher Lucent Dreaming has announced their anthology of work by deaf and disabled Welsh writers has been shortlisted for The British Book Awards.
‘Beyond / Tu Hwnt’ was pitched, curated, and edited by Bethany Handley (award-winning writer, poet and disability activist), Megan Angharad Hunter (winner of the 2021 Welsh-language Wales Book of the Year Award) and Sioned Erin Hughes (coordinator for Welsh poetry press Barddas, author, and editor of groundbreaking ‘Byw yn fy Nghroen’).
The anthology includes work from new, emerging and established writers, including:
Iestyn Tyne, Joshua Jones, Kaite O’Reilly, Jamie Woods, Zoë Brigley, Rachel Carney, Sara Louise Wheeler, Ed Garland, Diffwys Criafol, Maggie Hampton, Paul Bennett-Davies, Caitlin, Tina Jones, Leigh Manley, J. Beli Friel, Greg Glover, Siân Eleri Roberts, Lucy Aur, Dee Montague, Sofia Brizio, Matthew Haigh, Sam Skelton (posthumously), Leni Frank, Guievere Clark, Katherine Williams, F. F. Elliott, Lee Green, Rebecca Wilson, Katie Bennett-Davies, Fran Kirchholtes
On the announcement of the shortlist, the editors said: “We couldn’t be prouder of ‘Beyond / Tu Hwnt’ and all its contributors for being shortlisted in the British Book Awards.
“When we first proposed the anthology, we felt our experiences were largely absent from literature and that opportunities for Deaf and Disabled writers were limited.
“A collection celebrating the work of Deaf and Disabled writers feels groundbreaking at a time when the value of Disabled lives is being questioned.
“It has been a joy to see emerging writers published or reading their work publicly for the first time, and who are now continuing to have their voices heard.
“The book is also a celebration of community and joy. We believe it may be the first shortlisted title in the awards to feature the Welsh language. Welsh Deaf and Disabled writers deserve to be recognised far beyond the borders of Cymru. This is a moment of pride for Deaf and Disabled communities and for Welsh writing as a whole.
