Saltire Awards

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The Saltire Society literary awards for Scottish Book of the Year and Scottish Best First Book of the Year (by an author who has not previously published a book) are awarded 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

1 Past Winners (incomplete)
- 1.1 Scottish Book of the Year
- 1.2 Scottish Best First Book of the Year
2 External Links
3 References

[edit] Past Winners (incomplete)

[edit] Scottish Book of the Year

1982 - Lanark by Alasdair Gray^[1]
1984 - Intimate Voices by Tom Leonard^[2]
1986 - A Question of Loyalties by Allan Massie^[3]
1987 - The Stories of Muriel Spark by Muriel Spark^[4]
1994 - Burns by James A. Mackay^[5]
1995 - So I am Glad by A. L. Kennedy^[6]
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

[edit] Scottish Best First Book of the Year

1991 - Night Geometry And The Garscadden Trains by A. L. Kennedy^[7]
1992 - Adoption Papers by Jackie Kay^[8]
1995 - Free Love and other stories by Ali Smith
1996 - Slattern by Kate Clanchy
1997 - A Painted Field by Robin Robertson
1998 - The Pied Piper’s Poison by Christopher Wallace and Two Clocks Ticking by Dennis O'Donnell
1999 - Some Rain Must Fall by Michael Faber
2000 - The Rising Sun by Douglas Galbraith
2001 - In the Blue House by Meaghan Delahunt
2002 - Burns the Radical by Liam McIlvanney and The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh
2003 - Ath - Aithne by Martainn Mac an t-Saoir
2004 - Stargazing by Peter Hill
2005 - Amande's Bed by John Aberdein
2006 - George Mackay Brown The Life by Maggie Fergusson
2007 - Fresh - A novel by Mark McNay