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HOUSING CIVIL ENGINEERING ARTS IN ARCHITECTURE FLETCHER OF SALTOUN HISTORY BOOK DOCUMENTARY FILM RESEARCH BOOK SCIENCE SCOTS SONG TESS EDUC. LITERARY Panel  Results Saltire History Book of the Year Award In memory of Dr. AGNES MURE MACKENZIE CALL FOR ENTRIES IN TO THE 2009 SALTIRE HISTORICAL BOOK AWARD Award £1500 SCOTTISH HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR - £1,500 In memory of Agnes Mure Mackenzie nominations are requested. (Editions of texts are not eligible) In the Year of Homecoming 2009, books entered for the History Book of the Year Award will also be eligible for entry to THE SALTIRE HOMECOMING LITERARY AWARD - £1,500 Criterion: A book of Scottish Historical Research. Timings: Works to be considered for the 2009 Award will have been published between 1st September 2008 and 31st August 2009. Entries (giving details of title, author, publisher and where possible the ISBN) are invited from: Professors of Scottish History Editors of historical review journals and publications and from publishers, who are requested to send: Four copies of any nominated book, fitting the criterion, along with a letter of application to the address below - up to and by 4th September 2009. Adjudication Panel: Professor Ted Cowan, Director, University of Glasgow,Crichton Campus, Dumfries Dr Catriona MacDonald, Senior Lecturer in History, Glasgow Caledonian University Professor Richard Oram, Department or History, Stirling University The Result: The Awards Ceremony will be held at the National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh on St Andrew's Day, 30th November, 2009. Copies of recommended books to: Sarah Mason, (History Book of the Year), The Saltire Society, 9 Fountain Close, 22 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1TF email: sarah@saltiresocity.org.uk Homecoming Scotland 2009 celebrates the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns' birth and, through a programme of events, honours Scotland's contributions to the world: golf & whisky; plus our great minds and innovations as well as rich culture and heritage. The Saltire Homecoming Literary Award will be awarded to a book which best celebrates and reflects Scotland's Year of Homecoming in all its diversity. The winning book will, in the opinion of the judges, make an outstanding contribution to this year's celebrations, insofar as it shall discuss meaningfully and appropriately matters relevant to Scotland's Year of Homecoming. Publishers from the United States and Commonwealth countries are being invited to nominate also. Please click here for a printable version of the 2009 History Book Awards Criteria. 2008 SCOTTISH HISTORICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR WAS AWARDED TO: Alex Woolf From Pictland to Alba, 789 - 1070 Edinburgh University Press The 2008 winner was announced at a ceremony held on Friday 28th November at The National Library of Scotland Please click here for the 2008 Literary Awards press release. 2008 Shortlist Michael Brown Bannockburn: The Scottish War and the British Isles, 1307 - 1323 Edinburgh University Press Martin Carver Portmahomack: Monastery of the Picts Edinburgh University Press PJ G Ransom Iron Road: The Railway in Scotland Birlinn Alex Woolf From Pictland to Alba, 789 - 1070 Edinburgh University Press  THE MEMBERS OF THE PANEL ARE: Professor Edward Cowan (Convener) Dr. Catriona M.M. Macdonald Professor Richard Oram   Scottish History Book of the Year   Year Author Title Publisher 1997 Dr Stephen Boardman The Early Stewart Kings, Robert II and Robert III 1371 - 1406 Tuckwell Press 1998 Dr William Ferguson The Identity of the Scottish Nation Edinburgh University Press 1999 Eric Richards Patrick Sellar & The Highland Clearances, Homicide Eviction and the Price of Progress Polygon Press presented by Paul Scott / Edward Cowan in the Carnegie Room, University of Glasgow. 2000 Marcus Merriman The Rough Wooings of Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1551 presented in the Bute Room, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh. 2001 Roland Tanner The Late Medieval Scottish Parliament, Politics and the Three Estates, 1424-1488 presented by Norman MacDougall at Parliament Hall, St Andrews University 2002 Margo Todd The Culture of Protestantism in Early Modern Scotland presented by Ian Scott and Ted Cowan. 2003 Marjory Harper Adventurers and Exiles presented by Lord Sutherland at NLS. 2004 Michael Penman David II presented by Lord Cullen at NLS. 2006 Cynthia J Neville Native Lordships in Medieval Scotland The Earldoms of Strathearn and Lennox, c.1140-1365 presented by Derek McCulloch, Partner, Gillespie Macandrew WS 2007 Christopher Whatley The Scots and the Union presented by Cunison Rankin, Chairman of the Salitre Society. 2007 Bruce A. McAndrew Scotland's Historic Heraldry presented by John Stirling, Gillespie Macandrew WS 2008 Alex Woolf From Pictland to Alba, 789 - 1070 presented by Cunison Rankin, Chairman of the Saltire Society

Agnes Mure Mackenzie

Agnes Muriel Mackenzie (she shortened it to 'Mure' for her books) was a doctor's daughter from Stornoway. She studied at Aberdeen University and lectured in English there and (for a short time from 1920) at Birkbeck College, London, before becoming a flill-time writer. She suffered all her life from poor eyesight and hearing, but was a prolific author. She wrote a few historical novels, but is best known for her non-fiction books on Scottish history and literature. She was made a CBE for services to Scottish literature in 1945, and died in Edinburgh on 26 February 1955. Spilt Ink (1913); Without Conditions (1923); The Women in Shakespeare's Plays (1924); The Half Loaf (1925); The Quiet Lady (1926); Lost Kinellan (1927); The Playgoer's Handbook to English Renaissance Drama (1927); The Process of Literature (1929); Keith of Kinellan (1930); Cypress in Moonlight (1931); Between Sun and Moon (1932); An Historical Survey of Scottish Literature to 1714 (1933); Rohert Bruce, King of Scots (1934); Single Combat (1934); The Rise of the Stewarts (1935); The Scotland of Queen Mary (1936); The Passing of the Stewarts (1937); The Foundations of Scotland (1938); I was at Bannockburn (1939); The Kingdom of Scotland (1940); Scotland's Past History (1941); The Arts and the Future of Scotland (1942); Scotland in Modern Times, 1720-1939 (1942); The Springing Thistle (1942); Scottish Pageant, 4 vols. (1946-9); ed., Old Scottish Christmas Hymns (1947); A History of Britain and Europe for Scottish Schools, 3 vols. (1949-51); Apprentice Majesty (1950); What we do in Church (1951); Rival Establishments in Scotland 1560-1690 (1952); David I (1953); A Garland of Scottish Prose (1956); The Edinburgh of Queen Mary (1958).