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 12th year.
The winner is announced at the Laugharne Weekend in March 2026.
In The New Statesman Richard Dawkins says: “Doyle writes beautifully, trenchantly, near-irrefutably. The book is superb, its author fluent, humorous, acutely observant and enviably well-read.” The Spectator calls it “a lovely blend of righteous polemic and wishful thinking.”
Dominic Sandbrook of The Rest Is History called The Rage of Party “by far the most enjoyable history book of the year”. Our clients Keith Cameron and Kevin Rowland were also chosen on the Times Books of the Year list.
Congratulations to Keith, and to three other Hamilton Agency clients in the Mojo top ten of 2025: Kevin Rowland (Bless Me Father), Mark Blake (Shine On: The Oral History of Pink Floyd) and Tom Doyle (Ringo: A Fab Life).
Congratulations to Kevin Rowland (Bless Me Father), Keith Cameron (168 Songs of Hatred and Failure), Audrey Golden (Shouting Out Loud) and Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill and Graeme Thomson (Our Secrets Are The Same).