In addition, following its successful launch in 2014, the literary book of the year award has been expanded into two separate categories. Professor kirstie blair, head of strathclydes school of humanities, received the book of the year prize in the saltire society literary awards. The saltire society awards promote excellence in the arts and sciences. The saltire society literary awards gave out a host of prizes at the national museum of scotland last weekend. Previous winners include michel faber, alisdair gray, liz read more about the saltire society literary awards. In 1919, the james tait black book prizes were founded at the university of edinburgh, the oldest literary awards in the world. Scotlands national book awards shortlist announced. The saltire societys book awards an inaugural scottish. Saltire literary awards 2019 the edinburgh reporter. Published on mon 2 dec 2019 our congratulations are extended to author clare hunter, who graduated from our mlitt writing practice and study course in 2014, as she was announced as one of the winners in the saltire society s literary awards 2019 recently the saltire society announced the winners of the 2019 literary awards. A professor of english literature at the university of strathclyde has been announced as the overall winner of scotlands national book awards. Read more welsh, kelman and fagan shortlisted at 2016 saltire society literary awards. The first saltire society book award was given in 1937, the year after the saltire society was established.
The awards celebrate and support literary and academic excellence across six distinct categories with the winner of each of the individual book categories going forward to be considered for the saltire book of the year award. The shortlists for this year s saltire society literary awards, scotlands premiere literary prizes, have been announced, with household names and exciting emerging writers among the nominees. This year s awards took place in edinburghs dynamic earth, the sparkling hall an ideal location to recognise scotlands literary stars. The society was founded on 22 april 1936 in glasgow, conceived by andrew dewar gibb and george malcolm thomson. The saltire society scottish book cover of the year a new award for 2019 was won by the wind that lays waste by selva almada translated by chris andrews, published by charco press and. Poetry, press, community was selected as the saltire society scottish book of the year by a panel of judges from the winners of the five literary awards. The fiction shortlist is particularly bursting with wellknown literary talent. Following the termination of the scottish investment mortgage trust book awards in 20, the saltire society literary awards remain the only awards dedicated to celebrating the wide spectrum of. Inside the saltire society literary awards bella caledonia. The shortlists for the seven awards that make up the 2017 saltire literary awards were officially announced at an event hosted at the edinburgh west end branch of waterstones and featured readings from last year s winner of the scottish book of the year award. Shortlised for the saltire society non fiction book of the year award almost every adult and child is familiar with his treasure island, but few know that robert louis stevenson lived out his last years on an equally remote island, which was squabbled. By the early 1950s the society had almost 2000 members. Professor bob harris, coauthor of the scottish town in the age of enlightenment 17401820, talks about winning the 2014 saltire society book of the year award.
The purpose of this analysis is to consider the saltire society s book of the year and first book of the year awards in relation to wider issues pertaining to media representations of scottish literary and publishing culture. Scotlands national book award winners 2019 announced. Poetry, press, community was selected as the saltire society scottish book of the year by a panel of judges from the winners of the five literary. The winners of all eleven prizes, and the saltire book of the year. Saltire society literary award for history book of the year 2018 want to read saving. No awards were given after 1939 due to the second world war, and the next award was made 1956. The breadth of talent shown by the winners of the saltire society s awards show that scotlands literary scene is in very safe, very gifted hands. Michel faber wins saltire book of the year the bookseller. Saltire society scotlands national book award for graduate clare.
Scotlands national book awards announced literature. The history book of the year award was inaugurated in 1965. Strathclyde professor wins in saltire literary awards. Ellmann and barr make saltire literary awards shortlist as. In a new award for 2019, the wind that lays waste by selva almada translated by chris andrews, published by charco press and designed by pablo font was awarded the saltire society scottish book cover of the year, with judges saying the design echoes the story within while allowing the viewer room to take from it their own meaning. Saltire literary awards reveal their 2016 shortlist the. From poetry and plays to novels and nonfiction, the saltire literary awards are a testament to the outstanding calibre of modern scottish literature in all its varied. The scottish fiction book of the year went to ewan morrison for his novel nina x. The saltire society literary awards have a proud history of celebrating and bringing wider attention to excellence in all literary forms and is now scotlands foremost literary awards. Jannette ayachi won the 2019 saltire society literary awards poetry book of the year for her first collection, hand over mouth music. The local third sector interface in your area manages your personal data in relation to the saltire awards. The general public and members of the saltire society are encouraged to support and to put forward nominations for any of the awards. In 1968 the society appointed their first fulltime director. Michel faber has won the 2015 saltire book of the year award for the book of strange new things canongate faber was selected from six book category winners of the saltire society literary.
The saltire society literary awards are currently closed to submissions. Saltire literary awards shortlist 2019 edinburgh city of. Literary prizes perform an important though contested role in book culture, and the saltire society literary awards are a crucial annual celebration of scottish books and authors. Book prize judge alleges cojurors did not finish reading. Welsh, robertson and kay on 2018 saltire literary awards. Rosemary ward is the current director of programmes at the scottish book trust. Described as a masterclass in short story writing, john burnsides latest book has been crowned the saltire society scottish book of the year award 20 at a ceremony in the mitchell library, glasgow. Saltire awards celebrating youth volunteering in scotland. For the first time, the saltire society will award a prize for scottish book cover and a special award for lifetime achievement. The saltire awards are the scottish governments way of celebrating, recognising and rewarding the commitment, contribution and achievements of young volunteers in scotland. The saltire society submission manager powered by submittable accept and curate digital content. Multi award winning writers and household names irvine welsh, sally magnusson and jackie kay feature alongside emerging talents mick kitson and christina neuwirth in the shortlists for the 2018 saltire literary awards, unveiled on monday 22 october 2018. In 1982 sponsorship was obtained and since then the awards have been made annually. The 2014 saltire literary awards were dished out at our dynamic earth in edinburgh read the full list of winners and nominees below.
Her third novel, to the island 2012, is set in contemporary greece and concerns a womans search for her birth father and the legacy of the greek junta. The judges found its accessibility in subject and in its writing profound. We look forward to opening submissions later in the year. Saltire society have announced their saltire literary award shortlists for 2018.
This year, for the first time, the saltire society will be awarding a prize for scottish book cover and a special award for lifetime achievement. Saltire literary awards literature alliance scotland. The saltire society literary awards rely on expert panels of judges, helping us recognise a range of works from first published books to poetry. The saltire society announces winners of 2019 literary awards. Saltire society literary award for book cover of the year 2019. Now firmly established as scotlands most prestigious annual book awards, the saltire literary awards are supported by creative scotland and celebrate now firmly established as scotlands most prestigious annual book awards, the saltire literary awards are supported by. The saltire society today announced the shortlists for the 2019 saltire literary awards, as well as two brand new prizes. Awards run throughout the year in many different disciplines. Winner the scottish town in the age of enlightenment 17401820 by robert harris and charles mckean edinburgh university press saltire publisher of the year award. In 2009, it was shortlisted for the saltire society scottish book of the year award, the scottish arts council book of the year award and the clare maclean prize for scottish fiction.