Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards
The Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards, formerly known as the Scottish Arts Council Book Awards, were a series of literary awards in Scotland which closed in 2013. Organised by Creative Scotland (formerly the Scottish Arts Council), and sponsored by the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, there were four categories: fiction; poetry; literary non-fiction; and first books. The winners in each category were selected by a panel of judges, and a public vote decided the overall winner of the Book of the Year award. The category winners received £5,000 each, with the Book of the Year winner receiving a further £25,000.[1]
Book of the Year winners
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- 1994 Andrew Cowan, Pig
- 1995 Ali Smith, Free Love and Other Stories[2]
- 2001 Ali Smith, Hotel World[2]
- 2004 James Robertson, Joseph Knight[3]
- 2005 Kathleen Jamie, The Tree House[4]
- 2006 James Meek, The People's Act of Love[5]
- 2007 Kirsty Gunn, The Boy and the Sea
- 2008 Edwin Morgan, A Book of Lives[6]
- 2009 James Kelman, Kieron Smith, boy[7]
- 2010 Donald Worster, A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir[8]
- 2011 Jackie Kay, Red Dust Road
- 2012 Janice Galloway, All Made Up[9]
- 2013 Gavin Francis, Empire Antarctica[10]
See also
References
- ^ "History of the Awards". Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book of the Year Award / Creative Scotland. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ a b "Ali Smith". literature.britishcouncil.org. British Council. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ^ "James Robertson". British Council. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ "Scottish Arts Council Book Awards 2005". Scottish Arts Council. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ "Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year Awards 2006". Scottish Arts Council. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ "Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year". Scottish Arts Council. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ "Kieron Smith, boy is Scottish Book of the Year 2009". Scottish Arts Council. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ "Pat Kane on Donald Worster". Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book of the Year Award / Creative Scotland. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ "2012 Winner: Janice Galloway". Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book of the Year Award / Creative Scotland. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ "Empire Antarctica named Scottish Book of the Year". BBC News. 3 November 2013.