Saltire Awards
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The Saltire Society
awards the following literary awards:
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.
Saltire Society
The Saltire Society was established in 1936 to encourage everything that might improve the quality of life in Scotland and restore the country to its proper place as a creative force in European civilisation....
awards the following literary awards:
- 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.
Scottish Book of the Year
- 1982 - LanarkLanark (book)Lanark, subtitled A Life in Four Books, is the first novel of Scottish writer Alasdair Gray. Written over a period of almost thirty years, it combines realist and dystopian fantasy depictions of his home city of Glasgow....
by Alasdair GrayAlasdair GrayAlasdair Gray is a Scottish writer and artist. His most acclaimed work is his first novel Lanark, published in 1981 and written over a period of almost 30 years... - 1983 -
- Collected Poems by Derick Thompson
- Poems of Thirty Years by Edwin Morgan
- 1984 -
- God and the Poets: The Gifford Lectures by David DaichesDavid DaichesDavid Daiches was a Scottish literary historian and literary critic, scholar and writer. He wrote extensively on English literature, Scottish literature and Scottish culture.-Early life:...
- Intimate Voices: Slected Works by Tom LeonardTom Leonard (poet)Tom Leonard is a Scottish poet, best known for his poems written in Glaswegian dialect.Tom Leonard has been part of the Scottish literary renaissance for the past forty years...
- God and the Poets: The Gifford Lectures by David Daiches
- 1985 - Collected Poems by Norman MacCaigNorman MacCaigNorman MacCaig was a Scottish poet. His poetry, in modern English, is known for its humour, simplicity of language and great popularity.-Life:...
- 1986 -
- A Question of Loyalties by Allan MassieAllan MassieAllan Massie is a well-known Scottish journalist, sports writer and novelist.-Early life:Born in 1938 in Singapore, where his father was a rubber planter for Sime Darby, Massie spent his childhood in Aberdeenshire...
- A Storm From Paradise by Stuart HoodStuart HoodStuart Hood is a Scottish novelist, translator and a former British television producer and Controller of the BBC's most popular television network, BBC One. He was born in Edzell, Angus, Scotland.-Life:...
- A Question of Loyalties by Allan Massie
- 1987 - The Stories of Muriel Spark by Muriel SparkMuriel SparkDame Muriel Spark, DBE was an award-winning Scottish novelist. In 2008 The Times newspaper named Spark in its list of "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945".-Early life:...
- 1988 -
- Games with Shadows by Neal AschersonNeal AschersonCharles Neal Ascherson is a Scottish journalist and writer.- Background :He was born in Edinburgh and educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, where he read history. He was described by the historian Eric Hobsbawm as "perhaps the most brilliant student I ever had...
- The Enchanted Glass: Britain and its Monarchy by Tom NairnTom NairnTom Nairn Born in born 2 June 1932 in Freuchie, Fife) is a Scottish theorist of nationalism.Prof Tom Nairn is a Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University...
- Games with Shadows by Neal Ascherson
- 1989 - A Question of Loyalties, Allan MassieAllan MassieAllan Massie is a well-known Scottish journalist, sports writer and novelist.-Early life:Born in 1938 in Singapore, where his father was a rubber planter for Sime Darby, Massie spent his childhood in Aberdeenshire...
- 1990 - O Choille gu Bearradh/ From Wood to Ridge, Sorley MacLeanSorley MacLeanSorley MacLean was one of the most significant Scottish poets of the 20th century.-Early life:He was born at Osgaig on the island of Raasay on 26 October 1911, where Scottish Gaelic was the first language. He attended the University of Edinburgh and was an avid shinty player playing for the...
- 1991 - Scottish Art: 1460-1990, Duncan MacMillan
- 1992 - Collected Poems, Iain Crichton SmithIain Crichton SmithIain Crichton Smith was a Scottish man of letters, writing in both English and Scottish Gaelic, and a prolific author in both languages...
- 1993 - Robert Burns - A Biography, James A. MackayJames A. MackayJames Alexander Mackay was a prolific Scottish writer and philatelist whose reputation was damaged by a criminal conviction for theft and repeated accusations of plagiarism. In an obituary by John Holman, Editor of the British Philatelic Bulletin, Mackay was described as a "philatelic writer...
- 1994 - Beside the Ocean of Time, George Mackay BrownGeorge Mackay BrownGeorge Mackay Brown , was a Scottish poet, author and dramatist, whose work has a distinctly Orcadian character...
- 1995 - The Black Sea, Neal AschersonNeal AschersonCharles Neal Ascherson is a Scottish journalist and writer.- Background :He was born in Edinburgh and educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, where he read history. He was described by the historian Eric Hobsbawm as "perhaps the most brilliant student I ever had...
- 1996 - The Kiln by William McIlvanneyWilliam McIlvanneyWilliam McIlvanney is a writer of crime stories, novels, and poetry. McIlvanney is a champion of gritty yet poetic literature; his works Laidlaw, The Papers of Tony Veitch, and Walking Wounded are all known for their portrayal of Glasgow in the 1970s.- Life and career :McIlvanney was born in the...
- 1997 - Grace Notes by Bernard MacLavertyBernard MacLavertyBernard MacLaverty is a writer of fiction. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 14 September 1942, and lived there until 1975 when he moved to Scotland with his wife, Madeline, and four children...
- 1998 - The SopranosThe Sopranos (novel)The Sopranos is a 1998 novel by Scottish writer Alan Warner. It won the Saltire Society's 1998 Scottish Book of the Year Award.-External links:*...
by Alan WarnerAlan WarnerAlan Warner , a Scottish novelist, grew up in Connel, near Oban.He is the author of six novels: the acclaimed Morvern Callar , winner of a Somerset Maugham Award; These Demented Lands , winner of the Encore Award; The Sopranos , winner of the Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award; The Man... - 1999 - Pursuits by George Bruce
- 2000 - The Lantern Bearers by Ronald FrameRonald FrameRonald Frame is a prize-winning novelist, short story writer and dramatist. He was educated in Glasgow, and at Oxford University.Unwritten Secrets, a novel and his fifteenth book of fiction, was published in 2010....
- 2001 - Medea by Liz LochheadLiz LochheadLiz Lochhead is a Scottish poet and dramatist, originally from Newarthill in North Lanarkshire.-Background:After attending Glasgow School of Art, Lochhead lectured in fine art for eight years before becoming a professional writer....
- 2002 - Clara by Janice GallowayJanice GallowayJanice Galloway is a writer of novels, short stories, prose-poetry, non-fiction and libretti-Biography:She is the second daughter of James Galloway and Janet Clark McBride. Her parents separated when she was four and her father died when she was six. Her sister Nora, sixteen years older, died in...
(based on the life of Clara SchumannClara SchumannClara Schumann was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era...
) - 2003 - Joseph Knight by James RobertsonJames Robertson (novelist)James Robertson is a Scottish writer who grew up in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire. He is the author of several short story and poetry collections, and has published three novels: The Fanatic, Joseph Knight, The Testament of Gideon Mack, and And the Land Lay Still. The Testament of Gideon Mack was...
- 2004 - In Another LightIn Another LightIn Another Light was the fifth novel by Scottish writer Andrew Greig. It won the 2004 Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award, and was nominated in 2006 for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.-Plot summary:...
by Andrew GreigAndrew GreigAndrew Greig is a Scottish writer. He grew up in Anstruther, Fife. He studied philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and is a former Glasgow University Writing Fellow and Scottish Arts Council Scottish/Canadian Exchange Fellow... - 2005 - Case HistoriesCase HistoriesCase Histories is a 2004 detective novel by Kate Atkinson set in Cambridge, England. It introduces Jackson Brodie, a former police inspector and now private investigator...
by Kate AtkinsonKate AtkinsonKate Atkinson MBE is an English author.She was born in York, and studied English Literature at the University of Dundee, gaining her Masters Degree in 1974. She subsequently studied for a doctorate in American Literature. She has often spoken publicly about the fact that she failed at the viva ... - 2006 - A Lie About My Father by John BurnsideJohn BurnsideJohn Burnside is a Scottish writer, born in Dunfermline.-Background:Burnside studied English and European Languages at Cambridge College of Arts and Technology. A former computer software engineer, he has been a freelance writer since 1996...
- 2007 - DayDay (2007 novel)Day is a novel by A. L. Kennedy. It won the novel category and the overall Costa Book of the Year Award in the 2007 Costa Book Awards. The novel is about a man who was a tailgunner in a Lancaster bomber aircraft during World War II. Later, he is an extra in a film about prisoners of war....
by A. L. KennedyA. L. KennedyAlison Louise Kennedy is a Scottish writer of novels, short stories and non-fiction. She is known for a characteristically dark tone, a blending of realism and fantasy, and for her serious approach to her work... - 2008 - Kieron Smith, boy by James KelmanJames KelmanJames Kelman is an influential writer of novels, short stories, plays and political essays. His novel A Disaffection was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction in 1989...
- 2009 - The Bard: Robert Burns, a Biography, by Robert CrawfordRobert Crawford (Scottish poet)Robert Crawford FRSE FRA is a Scottish poet, scholar and critic. He is currently Professor of English at the University of St Andrews.-Early life:...
- 2010 - And the Land Lay StillAnd the Land Lay StillAnd the Land Lay Still is the fourth novel by Scottish novelist and poet James Robertson. Upon publication in 2010 it was widely praised for its breadth of exploration of Scottish society in the latter half of the 20th century.-Plot summary:...
, by James RobertsonJames Robertson (novelist)James Robertson is a Scottish writer who grew up in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire. He is the author of several short story and poetry collections, and has published three novels: The Fanatic, Joseph Knight, The Testament of Gideon Mack, and And the Land Lay Still. The Testament of Gideon Mack was...
Scottish First Book of the Year
This is awarded to an author who has not previously published a book.- 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. KennedyA. L. KennedyAlison Louise Kennedy is a Scottish writer of novels, short stories and non-fiction. She is known for a characteristically dark tone, a blending of realism and fantasy, and for her serious approach to her work...
- 1992 - Adoption Papers, Jackie KayJackie KayJackie Kay MBE is a Scottish poet and novelist.-Biography:Jackie Kay was born in Glasgow in 1961 to a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father, Jonathan C. Okafor who later became a prominent tropical plant taxonomist...
- 1995 - Free Love and Other StoriesFree Love and Other StoriesFree Love and Other Stories is a short story collection by Scottish Booker-shortlisted author Ali Smith, first published in 1995 by Virago Press. It was her first published book and won the Saltire First Book of the Year award...
, Ali SmithAli SmithAli Smith is a British writer.She was born to working-class parents, raised in a council house in Inverness and now lives in Cambridge. She studied at the University of Aberdeen and then at Newnham College, Cambridge, for a PhD that was never finished. She worked as a lecturer at University of... - 1996 - Slattern Kate ClanchyKate Clanchy-Life:She was educated in Edinburgh and Oxford University. She lived in London's East End for several years, before moving to Oxfordshire where she now works as a teacher, journalist and freelance writer....
- 1997 - A Painted Field, Robin RobertsonRobin RobertsonRobin Robertson is a Scottish poet.-Biography:Robertson was brought up on the north-east coast of Scotland, but has spent most of his professional life in London...
- 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 DelahuntMeaghan DelahuntMeaghan Delahunt is a novelist. She was born in Melbourne, Australia and now lives on the East Coast of Scotland. In 2004 she was Writer in Residence in the Management School at St Andrews University, and she now lectures in Creative Writing there....
- 2002 -
- Burns the Radical, Liam McIlvanney
- The Cutting Room, Louise WelshLouise WelshLouise Welsh is an author of short stories and novels, based in Glasgow, Scotland.Welsh studied History at Glasgow University and traded in second-hand books for several years before publishing her first novel....
- 2003 - Ath - Aithne, Martainn Mac an t-Saoir
- 2004 - Stargazing',' Peter HillPeter Hill (writer)Peter Hill is the author of Stargazing: Memoirs of a Young Lighthouse Keeper, a book describing his time as a lighthouse-keeper at the Pladda, Ailsa Craig and Hyskeir lighthouses in 1973. The book was published in 2003 by Canongate Books.-References:...
- 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 ThomEleanor ThomEleanor Thom was born in London in 1979. She is a British writer who won a major UK creative writing competition, New Writing Ventures 2006, with "Burns", a chapter from her first novel "The Tin-Kin" . The book recalls experiences of her mother's family who were Scottish Travellers and settled in...
- 2010 - The History Orkney Literature,Simon HallSimon HallSimon Hall may refer to:* Simon Hall, member of Tripod * Simon Hall , BBC correspondent and novelist* Simon J. Hall, urologist...
- 2010 - The Death of Lomond Friel, Sue Peebles
Scottish History Book of the Year (incomplete)
- 1982 - Thomas Chalmers and the Godly Commonwealth, Dr Stewart J Brown
- 1986 - A Century of the Scottish People 1830 - 1950, Professor T C SmoutChristopher SmoutThomas Christopher Smout CBE, FBA, FRSE, is a Scottish academic, historian, author and Historiographer Royal in Scotland.-Career:Smout taught at the University of Edinburgh, from 1959 until 1980...
- 1994 - James I, Dr Michael BrownMichael Brown (historian)Michael Brown MA, PhD , is a Scottish medievalist lecturing at the University of St Andrews. In 1991 he was the recipient of the Royal Historical Society's David Berry Prize. His full volume on the reign of King James I of Scotland led to the award of the Agnes Mure prize for Scottish history...
- 1995 - The Great Highland Famine, Professor T M DevineTom DevineThomas Martin "Tom" Devine OBE FRSE FRHistS FBA is a Scottish historian. His main research interest is the history of the Scottish nation since c.1600 and its global connections and impact....
- 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 MerrimanMarcus MerrimanMarcus Merriman was an historian researching Anglo-Scottish relations in the 16th centuryand their European context.-Life:Merriman was born in Baltimore on the 3rd of May 1940. Educated at Bowdoin College Maine, he spent a year at Edinburgh University, then completed his PhD at the Institute of...
- 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. NevilleCynthia NevilleCynthia J Neville, FRHistS, FSAScot is a Canadian historian, medievalist and George Munro professor of history at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Neville's primary research interests are the social, political and cultural history of medieval Scotland, 1000-1500, specifically legal...
- 2006 - Scotland's Historic Heraldry, Bruce A. McAndrew
- 2007 - The Scots and the Union, Christopher A. WhatleyChristopher WhatleyChristopher Allan Whatley FRHistS, FRSE is a well-known and widely published Scottish historian. He has been Professor of Scottish History at the University of Dundee since 1997....
, - 2008 - From Pictland to Alba 789 -1070, Alex WoolfAlex WoolfAlex Woolf is a medieval historian based at the University of St Andrews. He specialises in the history of the British Isles and Scandinavia in the Early Middle Ages, especially in relation to the peoples of Wales and Scotland. He is author of volume two in the New Edinburgh History of Scotland,...
, - 2009 - A History of Scottish Philosophy, Alexander BroadieAlexander BroadieAlexander Broadie is a Scottish historian of philosophy, specialising in the fields of medieval philosophy and the philosophy of the Enlightenment. He was the first Henry Duncan Prize lecturer in Scottish Studies at the Royal Society of Edinburgh and was the Gifford Lecturer in Natural Theology...
- 2010 - Whaur Exremes Meet, Scotland's Twentieth Century, Catriona M. M. MacDonald
Scottish Research Book of the Year
- 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 WhyteChristopher WhyteChristopher Whyte is a Scottish poet, novelist, translator and critic.He was born in 1952 in Glasgow and graduated from St. Aloysius' College and, later, Cambridge University. For many years he lived in Italy before moving back to Scotland in 1985 to teach Scottish literature at Glasgow University...
- 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 CrawfordRobert Crawford (Scottish poet)Robert Crawford FRSE FRA is a Scottish poet, scholar and critic. He is currently Professor of English at the University of St Andrews.-Early life:...
- 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
Homecoming Book of the Year award
This was awarded for the first time in 2009- 2009 - A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir, Donald WorsterDonald WorsterDonald Worster is the Hall Distinguished Professor of American History at the University of Kansas. He is considered one of the founders of, and leading figures in, the field of environmental history; and in 2009, he was named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.-Education:Worster...