Paul Kelly is the author of Triumph and Demise which won a John Button Prize for policy and politics in 2015. Kelly's book was selected for the $20,000 prize ahead of two other shortlisted titles: Power Failure (Philip Chubb, Black Inc.) and The Wife Drought (Annabel Crabb, Ebury). Paul kelly will be featured at the inaugural Kampot Writers & Readers Festival in Cambodia 2015.