Daiwa Scholaships alumna Dr Eluned Gramich wins the Ghastling Novella Prize

Many congratulations to Daiwa Scholarships alumna and award-winning author Dr Eluned Gramich on wining the Ghastling Novella Prize with her new story, Sleep Training!

“This book was a clear winner from the outset. It is a story that addresses and explores motherhood and female experience; childbirth and postnatal depression with authenticity. This story breaks the mould of a typical ‘haunted house’ ghost story. The characters harbour real demons and fears that exist in the world as we see it today – making the book ultimately relatable and an even more unsettling read.” https://theghastling.com/2021/06/18/novella-prizewinners-announced/

In March 2015, Eluned’s Woman Who Brings the Rain won the inaugural New Welsh Writing Award which celebrates the finest non-fiction writing (in short form) on the theme of nature and the environment.

Via the link below you can see Eluned in conversation with Dan Bradley to discuss her stay in rural Hokkaido which resulted in her memoir, Woman who Brings the Rain.

Woman Who Brings the Rain: A Memoir of Hokkaido, Japan By Eluned Gramich – Daiwa Foundation (dajf.org.uk)