Saltire Society Literary Awards

The Saltire Society Literary Awards are made annually by the Saltire Society. The awards seek to recognise books which are either by "living authors of Scottish descent or residing in Scotland," or which deal with "the work or life of a Scot or with a Scottish question, event or situation."[1] The awards have been described as "the premiere prize for writing by Scots or about Scotland."[2]

The first Saltire Society Book Award was given in 1937, the year after the Saltire Society was established. No awards were given after 1939 due to the Second World War, and the next award was made 1956. The History Book of the Year award was inaugurated in 1965. In 1982 sponsorship was obtained and since then the awards have been made annually. First books have been recognised since 1988, and in 1998 the award for Scottish Research Book of the Year was established.[3] The Saltire Society currently presents awards in the seven following categories:[4]

  • Scottish Book of the Year
  • Scottish First Book of the Year
  • Scottish History Book of the Year
  • Scottish Research Book of the Year
  • Scottish Poetry Book of the Year (introduced in 2014)[5]
  • Scottish Fiction Book of the Year (introduced in 2015)[6]
  • Scottish Non-Fiction Book of the Year (introduced in 2015)[6]

In 2014, the Scottish Literary Book of the Year was awarded,[5] but did not return in subsequent years.

In 2019, a Lifetime Achievement Award was introduced, the inaugural prize going to Alasdair Gray.[7][8][9]

In addition, an annual student travel bursary is awarded to a creative writing graduate, and the Ross Roy Medal is awarded for the best PhD thesis on a subject related to Scottish literature.[4] A one-off Homecoming Book of the Year award was made in 2009 to celebrate the "Year of homecoming": the award was presented to American professor Donald Worster for his biography of John Muir, A Passion for Nature.[10]

Past winners

Scottish Book of the Year

The Scottish Book of the Year award was established in 1937,[3] and has been given annually since 1982. The award is open to novels, poetry and plays as well as non-fiction works on Scottish subjects.[4]

Year Work Author Ref(s)
1937 Highland River Neil Gunn [3]
The Lord BothwellRobert Gore-Browne
1939Three PlaysRobert McLellan[3]
1956One Foot in EdenEdwin Muir[3]
1958Scotland Before HistoryStuart Piggott[3]
1982Lanark: A Life in Four BooksAlasdair Gray[11]
1983Collected PoemsDerick Thomson
Poems of Thirty YearsEdwin Morgan
1984God and the Poets: The Gifford LecturesDavid Daiches
Intimate Voices: Selected WorksTom Leonard
1985Collected PoemsNorman MacCaig
1986A Storm From ParadiseStuart Hood
1987The Stories of Muriel SparkMuriel Spark
1988Games with ShadowsNeal Ascherson
The Enchanted Glass: Britain and its MonarchyTom Nairn
1989A Question of LoyaltiesAllan Massie
1990O Choille gu Bearradh / From Wood to RidgeSorley MacLean
1991Scottish Art 1460–1990Duncan Macmillan
1992Collected PoemsIain Crichton Smith
1993Robert Burns – A BiographyJames A. Mackay
1994Beside the Ocean of TimeGeorge Mackay Brown
1995Black SeaNeal Ascherson
1996The KilnWilliam McIlvanney
1997Grace NotesBernard MacLaverty
1998The SopranosAlan Warner
1999PursuitsGeorge Bruce
2000The Lantern BearersRonald Frame
2001MedeaLiz Lochhead
2002ClaraJanice Galloway[12]
2003Joseph KnightJames Robertson
2004In Another LightAndrew Greig[13]
2005Case HistoriesKate Atkinson[14]
2006A Lie About My FatherJohn Burnside
2007DayA. L. Kennedy
2008Kieron Smith, boyJames Kelman[15]
2009The Bard: Robert Burns, a BiographyRobert Crawford[16]
2010And the Land Lay StillJames Robertson[17]
2011A Life in PicturesAlasdair Gray
2012Mo Said She Was QuirkyJames Kelman
2013Something Like HappyJohn Burnside[18]
2014The Scottish Town in the Age of Enlightenment 1740-1820Bob Harris and Charles McKean[19]
2015The Book of Strange New ThingsMichel Faber[20][21]

Scottish First Book of the Year

The first book of the year award was inaugurated in 1988 and recognises an author who has not previously published a book. As with the book of the year, the award is open to novels, plays, poems and non-fiction.[4]

Year Work Author Ref(s)
1988The Richt NoiseRaymond Vettese
1989Cells of KnowledgeSian Hayton
1990The Ballad of Sawney BainHarry Tait
1991Night Geometry and the Garscadden TrainsA. L. Kennedy
1992Adoption PapersJackie Kay
Uirsgeul/Myth Christopher Whyte
1995Free Love and Other StoriesAli Smith
1996SlatternKate Clanchy
1997A Painted FieldRobin Robertson
1998The Pied Piper's PoisonChristopher Wallace
Two Clocks TickingDennis O'Donnell
1999Some Rain Must FallMichel Faber
2000The Rising SunDouglas Galbraith
2001In the Blue HouseMeaghan Delahunt
2002 Burns the Radical Liam McIlvanney [12]
The Cutting RoomLouise Welsh
2003Ath – AithneMartainn Mac an t-Saoir
2004StargazingPeter Hill[13]
2005Amande's BedJohn Aberdein[14]
2006George Mackay Brown: The LifeMaggie Fergusson
2007Fresh – A novelMark McNay
2008The Good MayorAndrew Nicoll
2009The Tin-KinEleanor Thom[16]
2010 The History of Orkney Literature Simon W. Hall [17]
The Death of Lomond FrielSue Peebles
2011The Echo ChamberLuke Williams
2012The Last HighlanderSarah Fraser
2013 Air Cuan Dubh Drilseach Tim Armstrong [18]
As Far As I Can See Eunice Buchanan
2014MoontideNiall Campbell[19]
2015On the Edges of VisionHelen McClory[22][21]

Scottish History Book of the Year

The award for History Book of the Year was established in 1965 in honour of the historian Agnes Mure Mackenzie (1891–1955).[23]

Year Work Author Ref(s)
1982Thomas Chalmers and the Godly CommonwealthStewart J. Brown
1983
1984
1985
1986A Century of the Scottish People 1830–1950T. C. Smout
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994James IMichael Brown
1995The Great Highland FamineTom Devine
1996
1997The Early Stewart Kings: Robert II and Robert III 1371–1406Stephen Boardman
1998The Identity of the Scottish NationWilliam Ferguson
1999Patrick Sellar and the Highland Clearances: Homicide, Eviction and the Price of ProgressEric Richards
2000The Rough Wooings: Mary Queen Of Scots 1542–1551Marcus Merriman
2001The Late Medieval Scottish Parliament: Politics and the Three Estates 1424–1488Roland Tanner[24]
2002The Culture of Protestantism in Early Modern ScotlandMargo Todd
2004Adventurers and Exiles: The Great Scottish ExodusMarjory Harper[13]
2005David IIMichael Penman[14]
2006Native Lordships in Medieval Scotland: The Earldoms of Strathearn and Lennox c.1140–1365Cynthia J. Neville[25]
2006Scotland's Historic HeraldryBruce A. McAndrew[26]
2007The Scots and the UnionChristopher Whatley[27]
2008From Pictland to Alba 789–1070Alex Woolf[28]
2009A History of Scottish PhilosophyAlexander Broadie[29]
2010Whaur Extremes Meet: Scotland's Twentieth CenturyCatriona M. M. MacDonald[30]
2011The Inner Life of Empires: An Eighteenth Century HistoryEmma Rothschild[31]
2012A Military History of ScotlandE. Spiers, J. Crang and M. Strickland (editors)[23]
2013An Enlightened Duke: The Life of Archibald Campbell (1682–1761), Earl of Ilay, 3rd Duke of ArgyllRoger L. Emerson[18]
2014Scottish Gods, Religion in the Modern Scotland 1900–2012Steve Bruce[19]
2015A Chasm in Time – Scottish War Art And Artists in the Twentieth CenturyPatricia R. Andrew[32][21]

Scottish Research Book of the Year

This award was initiated in 1998, and is made jointly by the Saltire Society and the National Library of Scotland. It aims to recognise books which "represent a significant body of research and offer new insight or dimension to the subject".[4]

Year Work Author Ref(s)
1998The Edinburgh History of the Scots LanguageCharles Jones
1999The Poems of William Dunbar (Volumes I & II)Priscilla Bawcutt
2000 Jessie Kesson: Writing her Life Isobel Murray
The Highland Pipe and Scottish Society William Donaldson
2001The Scottish Book Trade 15001720Alastair J. Mann
2002 Sorley Maclean, Poems to Eimhir Christopher Whyte (editor) [12]
Public Sculpture of GlasgowRay McKenzie
2003The Greig-Duncan Folk Song CollectionEmily B. Lyle and Katherine Campbell
2004 The Last of England? Randall Stevenson [13]
Maritime Enterprise and Empire: Sir William MacKinnon and his Business Network 1823–1893J. Forbes Munro
2005Weights and Measures in ScotlandR. D. Connor and A. D. C. Simpson, edited by Alison Morrison-Low[14]
2006Dùthchas Nan Gàidheal: Selected Essays of John MacInnesMichael Newton
2007Scotland's Books: The Penguin History of Scottish LiteratureRobert Crawford
2008Scott's Shadow: The Novel in Romantic EdinburghIan Duncan
2009Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English DictionaryChristian Kay, Jane Roberts, Michael Samuels and Irené Wotherspoon[16]
2010 Robert Burns & Pastoral: Poetry and Improvement in Late Eighteenth-Century Scotland Nigel Leask [17]
Adam Smith: an Enlightened Life Nicholas Phillipson
2011Beyond the Last DragonJames McGonigal
2012Scotland: Mapping the NationC. Fleet, C. Withers and M. Wilkes
2013The Sunlit Summit: The Life of W. H. MurrayRobin Lloyd-Jones[18]
2014The Scottish Town in the Age of Enlightenment 1740-1820Bob Harris and Charles McKean[19][5]
2015Clubbing Together: Ethnicity, Civility and Formal Sociability in the Scottish Diaspora to 1930Tanja Bueltmann[33][21]

Scottish Fiction of the Year

The fiction book of the year award was inaugurated in 2015.

Year Work Author Ref(s)
2015The Book of Strange New ThingsMichael Faber[21]
2016His Bloody ProjectGraeme Macrae Burnet[34]
2017Memory and StrawAngus Peter Campbell[35]
2018
2019Nina XEwan Morrison[36]

See also

References

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