Saltire Awards
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Not to be confused with Saltire Prize.
The Saltire Society awards the following literary awards:[1]
- Scottish Book of the Year
- Scottish First Book of the Year
- Scottish History Book of the Year
- Scottish Research Book of the Year
Awards are made to any book by an author or authors of Scottish descent or living in Scotland, or for any book which deals with the work or life of a Scot or with a Scottish question, event or situation
Scottish Book of the Year was established in 1982.
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Past Winners [edit]
Scottish Book of the Year [edit]
Source:[2]
- 1982 - Lanark by Alasdair Gray
- 1983 -
- Collected Poems by Derick Thompson
- Poems of Thirty Years by Edwin Morgan
- 1984 -
- God and the Poets: The Gifford Lectures by David Daiches
- Intimate Voices: Selected Works by Tom Leonard
- 1985 - Collected Poems by Norman MacCaig
- 1986 - A Storm From Paradise by Stuart Hood
- 1987 - The Stories of Muriel Spark by Muriel Spark
- 1988 -
- Games with Shadows by Neal Ascherson
- The Enchanted Glass: Britain and its Monarchy by Tom Nairn
- 1989 - A Question of Loyalties, Allan Massie
- 1990 - O Choille gu Bearradh/ From Wood to Ridge, Sorley MacLean
- 1991 - Scottish Art: 1460-1990, Duncan MacMillan
- 1992 - Collected Poems, Iain Crichton Smith
- 1993 - Robert Burns - A Biography, James A. Mackay
- 1994 - Beside the Ocean of Time, George Mackay Brown
- 1995 - Black Sea, Neal Ascherson
- 1996 - The Kiln by William McIlvanney
- 1997 - Grace Notes by Bernard MacLaverty
- 1998 - The Sopranos by Alan Warner
- 1999 - Pursuits by George Bruce
- 2000 - The Lantern Bearers by Ronald Frame
- 2001 - Medea by Liz Lochhead
- 2002 - Clara by Janice Galloway (based on the life of Clara Schumann)
- 2003 - Joseph Knight by James Robertson
- 2004 - In Another Light by Andrew Greig
- 2005 - Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
- 2006 - A Lie About My Father by John Burnside
- 2007 - Day by A. L. Kennedy
- 2008 - Kieron Smith, boy by James Kelman[3]
- 2009 - The Bard: Robert Burns, a Biography, by Robert Crawford[4]
- 2010 - And the Land Lay Still, by James Robertson
- 2011 - A Life in Pictures by Alasdair Gray
Scottish First Book of the Year [edit]
This is awarded to an author who has not previously published a book. Source:[5]
- 1988 - The Richt Noise, Raymond Vettese
- 1989 - Cells of Knowledge, Sian Hayton
- 1990 - The Ballad of Sawney Bain, Harry Tait
- 1991 - Night Geometry And The Garscadden Trains, A. L. Kennedy
- 1992 - Adoption Papers, Jackie Kay
- 1995 - Free Love and Other Stories, Ali Smith
- 1996 - Slattern Kate Clanchy
- 1997 - A Painted Field, Robin Robertson
- 1998 -
- The Pied Piper’s Poison, Christopher Wallace
- Two Clocks Ticking, Dennis O'Donnell
- 1999 - Some Rain Must Fall, Michael Faber
- 2000 - The Rising Sun, Douglas Galbraith
- 2001 - In the Blue House, Meaghan Delahunt
- 2002 -
- Burns the Radical, Liam McIlvanney
- The Cutting Room, Louise Welsh
- 2003 - Ath - Aithne, Martainn Mac an t-Saoir
- 2004 - Stargazing',' Peter Hill
- 2005 - Amande's Bed, John Aberdein
- 2006 - George Mackay Brown The Life, Maggie Fergusson
- 2007 - Fresh - A novel Mark McNay
- 2008 - The Good Mayor, Andrew Nicoll
- 2009 - The Tin-Kin Eleanor Thom
- 2010 - The History of Orkney Literature, Simon W. Hall
- 2010 - The Death of Lomond Friel, Sue Peebles
- 2011 - The Echo Chamber, Luke Williams
Scottish History Book of the Year [edit]
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- 1982 - Thomas Chalmers and the Godly Commonwealth, Dr Stewart J Brown
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986 - A Century of the Scottish People 1830 - 1950, Professor T C Smout
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994 - James I, Dr Michael Brown
- 1995 - The Great Highland Famine, Professor T M Devine
- 1996
- 1997 - The Early Stewart Kings, Robert II and Robert III 1371 - 1406, Dr Stephen Boardman
- 1998 - The Identity of the Scottish Nation, Dr William Ferguson
- 1999 - Patrick Sellar and the Highland Clearances Homicide, Eviction and the Price of Progress , Professor Eric Richards
- 2000 - The Rough Wooings Mary Queen Of Scots 1542-1551, Dr Marcus Merriman
- 2001 - The Late Medieval Scottish Parliament, Politics and the Three Estates, 1424-1488, Roland Tanner
- 2002 - The Culture of Protestantism in Early Modern Scotland, Margo Todd
- 2003 - Adventurers and Exiles, Marjory Harper
- 2004 - David II, Michael Penman
- 2005 - Native Lordships in Medieval Scotland The Earldoms of Strathearn and Lennox. C, 1140 - 1365, Cynthia J. Neville
- 2006 - Scotland's Historic Heraldry, Bruce A. McAndrew
- 2007 - The Scots and the Union, Christopher A. Whatley,
- 2008 - From Pictland to Alba 789 -1070, Alex Woolf,
- 2009 - A History of Scottish Philosophy, Alexander Broadie
- 2010 - Whaur Exremes Meet, Scotland's Twentieth Century, Catriona M. M. MacDonald
- 2011 - The Inner Life of Empires: An Eighteenth Century History, Emma Rothschild
Scottish Research Book of the Year [edit]
Source:[8]
- 1998 - The Edinburgh History of the Scots Language, Charles Jones
- 1999 - The 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
- 2001 - The Scottish Book Trade 1500-1720, Alastair J, Mann
- 2002 - Sorley Maclean/ Poems to Eimhir, Christopher Whyte
- 2003 - The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection, Emily B. Lyle & Katherine Campbell
- 2004 - The Last of England?, Randall Stevenson
- 2005 - Weights and Measures In Scotland, RD Connor and ADC Simpson Ed A Morrison-Low
- 2006 - Dùthchas Nan Gàidheal Selected Essays of John MacInnes, Michael Newton
- 2007 - Scotland's Books; The Penguin History of Scottish Literature, Robert Crawford
- 2008 - Scott's Shadow -The Novel in Romantic Edinburgh, Ian Duncan,
- 2009 - Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary: With additional material from A Thesaurus of Old English, Christian Kay, Jane Roberts, Michael Samuels, and Irené Wotherspoon
- 2010 -
- Robert Burns & Pastoral, Poetry and Improvement in Late Eighteenth-Century Scotland, Nigel Leask
- Adam Smith, an Enlightened Life, Nicholas Phillipson
- 2011 - Beyond the Last Dragon, James McGonigal
Homecoming Book of the Year award [edit]
This was awarded for the first time in 2009
- 2009 - A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir, Donald Worster
References [edit]
- ^ "The Saltire Society Awards".
- ^ "Book of the Year - Past Winners". Saltire Society. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
- ^ "Kelman takes top literary prize as Saltire awards get boost", The Herald, Phil Miller, November 29, 2008.
- ^ http://www.nls.uk/news/archive/2009-11.html National Library of Scotland Burns - Biography takes Saltire main prize
- ^ "First Book of the Year Award - Past Winners". Saltire Society. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
- ^ "Research Book of the Year Award - Past Winners". Saltire Society. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
- ^ "Saltire Society 2010 History Book of the Year Award Winner". Saltire Society. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ^ "History Book of the Year Award - Past Winners". Saltire Society. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
For award winners up to 1988: Prizewinning Literature: UK Literary Award Winners by Anne Strachan, publ. 1989 by Library Association Publishing Ltd ISBN 0-85365-558-8
