Scotland's National Book Awards 2015 - Winners

Scottish Book of the Year 2015
The Book of Strange New Things, Michael Faber

When I emigrated from Australia to a remote part of Scotland in 1993, I never expected that it would be the beginning rather than the end of my literary career. I'm so moved and grateful that this honour has been bestowed on my work. You've made an alien feel very welcome!

Michel Faber

We are thrilled at Canongate that Michel Faber’s magnetic novel has won the Saltire Fiction Book of the Year Award 2015. This year’s shortlist was of a particularly high standard.

“Described by David Mitchell as Faber’s ‘second masterpiece’ The Book of Strange New Things is a remarkable feat. Defying genre, it is a gripping tale of endeavour, faith and love which asks what could hold two people together even when they are worlds apart.

“Our world at times looks like a cracked, imperfect place, its future uncertain. Like the finest literature, Michel Faber’s novel offers a kind of road map, and, with it, hope.”

 Jamie Byng - Canongate

Scottish First Book of the Year 2015
On The Edges of Vision, Helen McClory
Published by Queen's Ferry Press

Scottish Poetry Book of the Year 2015 - In partnership with Scottish Poetry Library
The Good Dark, Ryan Van Winkle
Published by Penned in the Margins

Scottish History Book of the Year 2015 - Supported by Scottish Historical Review Trust
A Chasm in Time, Patricia R. Andrew
Published by Birlinn

Scottish Non Fiction Book of the Year 2015
Adventures in Human Being, Gavin Francis
Published by Profile Books

Scottish Research Book of the Year 2015 - Supported by National Library of Scotland
Clubbing Together, Tanja Bueltmann
Published by Liverpool University Press

Scottish Fiction Book of the Year 2015
The Book of Strange New Things, Michael Faber
Published by Canongate