The Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards, formerly known as the Scottish Arts Council Book Awards, were a series of literary awards in Scotland that ran from 1972
to 2013. Organised by
Creative Scotland (formerly the
Scottish Arts Council), and sponsored by the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. There were four categories: fiction; poetry; literary non-fiction; and first books. 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 category winners received £5,000 each, with the Book of the Year winner receiving a further £25,000.
Book of the Year winners
*1994
Andrew Cowan, ''
Pig''
*1995
Ali Smith, ''
Free Love and Other Stories
''Free 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. and a Scotti ...
''
*2001 Ali Smith, ''
Hotel World''
*2004
James Robertson, ''
Joseph Knight''
*2005
Kathleen Jamie, ''The Tree House''
*2006
James Meek, ''The People's Act of Love''
*2007
Kirsty Gunn
Kirsty Gunn (born 1960, New Zealand) is a novelist and writer of short stories.
Her stories include "Rain", which led to the 2001 film of the same name, directed by Christine Jeffs and also the 2001 ballet by the Rosas Company, set to "Music f ...
, ''The Boy and the Sea''
*2008
Edwin Morgan, ''A Book of Lives''
*2009
James Kelman, ''
Kieron Smith, Boy''
*2010
Donald Worster, ''A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir''
*2011
Jackie Kay
Jacqueline Margaret Kay, (born 9 November 1961), is a Scottish poet, playwright, and novelist, known for her works ''Other Lovers'' (1993), ''Trumpet'' (1998) and ''Red Dust Road'' (2011). Kay has won many awards, including the Guardian Fictio ...
, ''Red Dust Road''
*2012
Janice Galloway, ''All Made Up''
*2013
Gavin Francis, ''Empire Antarctica''
See also
*
Saltire Society Literary Awards
References
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External links
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards, in partnership with Creative Scotland
Scottish literary awards
Scottish awards