Stuart Cosgrove’s Memphis 68, the second in a trilogy that was originally self-published, wins the Penderyn music book prize
Memphis 68: The Tragedy of Southern Soul, the second volume of an obsessively researched trilogy of histories about key years in US black “music cities”, has won its Scottish author the prestigious Penderyn music book prize.
Stuart Cosgrove was presented with the £1,000 award at the Laugharne Weekend books and music festival on Sunday, a remarkable result for a book in a trilogy that was originally intended to be self-published while its author was executive producing Channel 4’s Paralympics coverage in 2012.
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