The Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards, formerly known as the Scottish Arts Council Book Awards, Scottish Arts Council Creative Scotland Award (2001), and Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book Awards (2007-2008), were a series of annual literary awards in Scotland that ran from 1972 [1] to 2013. Organised by Creative Scotland (formerly the Scottish Arts Council/SAC), it was sponsored by the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (2013), Sundial Properties (at least 2007-2008).
Starting in 2007, the Scottish Arts Council Book Awards have recognised and rewarded Scottish authors in four categories: Fiction (including the short story), Poetry, Nonfiction and First Book. [1] 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 selected authors either live in Scotland or wrote a book that is of Scottish interest. [2]
In 1999 a new overall prize of £10,000 for the Book of the Year. In 2013 the category winners received £5,000 each, with the Book of the Year winner receiving a further £25,000. [1] [2]
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Year | Category | Title | Author | Reference |
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1968 | Fiction | A Gift from Nessus | William McIlvanney | |
Poetry | Stoats in the Sunlight | Stewart Conn | [3] | |
1970 | Book of the Year | Terry Street | Douglas Dunn | [4] [5] |
Poetry | ||||
1972 | Poetry | Memo for Spring | Liz Lochhead | [6] |
1974 | <unknown> | Anne Stevenson | [7] | |
1975 | Fiction | Docherty | William McIlvanney | |
Poetry | Love or Nothing | Douglas Dunn | [5] | |
1977 | Nonfiction | Jacobite Risings in Britiain | Bruce Philip Lenman | [8] |
1978 | Fiction | Secrets and Other Stories | Bernard MacLaverty | [9] |
1979 | Poetry | Under the Ice | Stewart Conn | [3] |
1980 | Nonfiction | An Economic History of Modern Scotland | Bruce Philip Lenman | [10] |
1981 | Fiction | Lamb | Bernard MacLaverty | [9] |
1981 | Book of the Year | Lanark: A Life in Four Books | Alasdair Gray | [11] |
First Book | ||||
1982 | Fiction | A Time to Dance and Other Stories | Bernard MacLaverty | [9] |
Poetry | Black Spiders | Kathleen Jamie | [12] | |
Nonfiction | The Death of Men | Allan Massie | [13] | |
1985 | Nonfiction | Red Sky at Night | John Barrington | |
1986 | Poetry | Standing Female Nude | Carol Ann Duffy | [14] |
1988 | Fiction | The Great Profundo and Other Stories | Bernard MacLaverty | [9] |
Poetry | The Way We Live | Kathleen Jamie | [12] | |
First Book | A Case of Knives | Candia McWilliam | [15] | |
Poetry | The Hoop | John Burnside | [16] | |
1989 | Fiction | A Little Stranger | Candia McWilliam | [15] |
Poetry | The Apple Ghost | John Glenday | [17] | |
1990 | Nonfiction | In Xanadu | William Dalrymple | |
Poetry | The Other Country | Carol Ann Duffy | [14] | |
1991 | Poetry | Common Knowledge | John Burnside | [16] |
First Book | Night Geometry and the Garscadden Trains | A. L. Kennedy | [18] | |
1992 | Poetry | The Adoption Papers | Jackie Kay | [19] |
Surviving the Shipwreck andStrange Loyalties | William McIlvanney | |||
The Luncheon of the Boating Party | Stewart Conn | [3] | ||
1993 | Poetry | Mean Time | Carol Ann Duffy | [14] |
Fiction | Looking for the Possible Dance | A. L. Kennedy | [20] | |
First Book | Nil NIl | Don Paterson | [21] | |
1993 (or 1994) | First Book | Trainspotting | Irvine Welsh | [22] [23] |
1994 | Poetry | Forked Tongue | W. N. Herbert | [24] |
Fiction | Now That You're Back | A. L. Kennedy | ||
First Book | Pig | Andrew Cowan | [4] [25] | |
1995 | Book of the Year | Free Love and Other Stories | Ali Smith | [26] |
First Book | ||||
Fiction | So I Am Glad | A. L. Kennedy | ||
1996 | Poetry | Cabaret McGonagall | W. N. Herbert | [24] |
Poetry | Slattern | Kate Clanchy | [27] | |
1997 | Nonfiction | From the Holy Mountain | William Dalrymple | |
God's Gift to Women | Don Paterson | [21] | ||
1998 | Poetry | The Laurelude | W. N. Herbert | [24] |
1999 | First Book | Scar Culture | Toni Davidson | [28] |
Poetry | Samarkand | Kate Clanchy | [27] | |
Fiction | Everything You Need | A. L. Kennedy | [29] | |
Children's Book | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | J. K. Rolling | [30] | |
2000 | Fiction | Mr Mee | Andrew Crumey | [31] |
2001 | Book of the Year | Hotel World | Ali Smith | |
Fiction | ||||
Nonfiction | The Golden Peak: Travels in Northern Pakistan | Kathleen Jamie | [12] | |
Children's Book | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | J. K. Rolling | [30] | |
2002 | Book of the Year | Hotel World | Ali Smith | [32] |
Children's Book | Oranges and Murde | Alison Prince | [32] | |
2003 | Book of the Year | White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-century India | William Dalrymple | [32] |
Children's Book | Little Rabbit Lost | Harry Horse | [32] | |
2004 | Book of the Year | Joseph Knight | James Robertson | [32] |
Children's Book | The Garbage King | Elizabeth Laird | [32] | |
2005 | Book of the Year | The Tree House | Kathleen Jamie | [33] [32] |
Children's Book | Sleepwalking | Nicola Morgan | [32] | |
2006 | Book of the Year | The People's Act of Love | James Meek | [34] [32] |
2007 | Book of the Year | The Boy and the Sea | Kirsty Gunn | [35] [32] |
Fiction | ||||
Nonfiction | A Lie About My Father | John Burnside | [35] [32] | |
First Book | George Mackay Brown: The Life | Maggie Fergusson | [32] | |
Poetry | Swithering | Robin Robertson | [32] | |
2008 | Book of the Year | A Book of Lives | Edwin Morgan | [36] [32] |
Poetry | ||||
Fiction | Girl Meets Boy | Ali Smith | [32] | |
Nonfiction | The Wild Places | Robert Macfarlane | [32] | |
First Book | Morocco Rococo | Jane McKie | [37] [32] | |
2009 | Book of the Year | Kieron Smith, Boy | James Kelman | [38] [32] |
Fiction | ||||
Nonfiction | What Is She Doing Here?: A Refugee's Story | Kate Clanchy | [27] [32] | |
Poetry | Dear Alice: Narratives of Madness | Tom Pow | [32] | |
First Book | Moonshine in the Morning | Andrea McNicoll | [32] | |
2010 | Book of the Year | A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir | Donald Worster | [39] [32] [2] |
Nonfiction | [32] | |||
Poetry | Outside the Narrative | Tom Leonard | [32] | |
Fiction | Strip the Willow | John Aberdein | [32] | |
First Book | Eating Pomegranates | Sarah Gabriel | [32] | |
2011 | Book of the Year | Red Dust Road | Jackie Kay | [19] [32] [2] |
Nonfiction | [19] [32] | |||
Poetry | The Breakfast Room | Stewart Conn | [32] | |
Fiction | Lyrics Alley | Leila Aboulela | [32] | |
First Book | The Death of Lomond Friel | Sue Peebles | [32] | |
2012 | Book of the Year | All Made Up | Janice Galloway | [40] [41] [2] |
Nonfiction | ||||
Fiction | There But For The | Ali Smith | [41] | |
Poetry | Aibisidh | Angus Peter Campbell | [41] | |
First Book | Let Not the Waves of the Sea | Simon Stephenson | [41] | |
2013 | Book of the Year | Empire Antarctica | Gavin Francis | [42] [2] |
Fiction | Close Your Eyes | Ewan Morrison | [43] [2] | |
Poetry | Small World | Richard Price | [2] | |
First Book | Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma | Kerry Hudson | [2] |
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