Scottish Book Awards
SMIT AWARD FINALIST - Poetry : Richard Price
Our final shortlisted author is in the poetry category, and has been described as having, ‘an amazing arc of narrative and imagery and richness’ and John Kinsella of the Manhattan Review says ‘Price has given late modernism an injection of humanity it has long required.’
SMIT AWARD FINALIST - Fiction : Ewan Morrison
Our third finalist is in the Fiction category; Ewan Morrison’s Close Your Eyes is described as ‘his most accomplished book yet...a complex, thought-provoking and deeply ambitious book…’
SMIT AWARD FINALIST - First Book : Kerry Hudson
Our second finalist is in the category of ‘First Book’ – Kerry Hudson’s Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma (Chatto & Windus) has been universally praised, shortlisted for a number of prizes, it’s been described as a ‘one of the best books of the year’ by the Herald...
SMIT AWARD FINALIST - Non-Fiction : Gavin Francis
Our first finalist is in the Non-Fiction category; Gavin Francis is an Edinburgh doctor with the spirit of adventure in his blood. Empire Antarctica is his account of the 14 months he spent as a medic and exploring the world of the emperor penguins on the Caird Coast of Antarctica...
Voting opens for Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards
The public vote for the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards 2013 opens today (Tuesday 1 October) at 10am, click on the link to see how you can vote and purchase tickets for the ceremony!
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