We are delighted to announce the longlists for this year’s awards. Many congratulations to all of our longlisted authors and publishers.
Fiction
The Two Roberts by Damian Barr [Canongate]
The Man on the Endless Stair by Chris Barkley [Birlinn]
The Malt Whiskey Murders by Natalie Jayne Clark [Birlinn]
The Last Witch by C.J. Cooke [Harper Collins]
Havoc Shore by Maureen Cullen [Ringwood]
Hey Man by Andrew Meehan [Muswell Press]
A Fire in Their Hearts by Philip Paris [Bonnier]
Gunner by Alan Parks [John Murray Press]
The Vanishing Place by Zoe Rankin [Viper]
Cat Wumman by Gerda Stevenson [Luath Press]
Non-Ficion
Drystone by Kristie de Garis [Birlinn]
The Savage Landscape by Cal Flynn [Harper Collins]
The Unfragile Mind by Gavin Francis [Profile]
Making Matters: In Search of Creative Wonders by Clare Hunter [Hodder]
Caledonia Screaming by Grant McPhee [Into Creative]
To See Ourselves by Alastair Moffat [Birlinn]
On Friendship by Andrew O’Hagan [Faber]
Upon a White Horse by Peter Ross [Headline]
Hold Fast by Catherine Simpson [Saraband]
Witches by Stephen Veerapen [Birlinn]
Poetry
Some Things I Do Not Know by Arthur Allen [Shearsman]
Glasgoscopy by Vicky Husband [Vagabond Voices]
Everything Everyday by Hannah Lavery [Polygon]
Woman Plant Language by Agata Maslowska [Bad Betty Press]
Goonie by Michael Mullen [Little Brown]
Vulnerability of Precious Things by Tom Pow [Mariscat Press]
Weathershaker by Stewart Sanderson [Tapsalteerie]
Afterbody by Medha Singh [Blue Diode]
Devour Everything by Sarah Stewart [Tapsalteerie]
Get Closer by Ryan Van Winkle [Polygon]
Research
Scotland, the Wars of the Roses and European Politics by Michael Brown [Boydell and Brewer]
The Archaeology of Finlaggan by David Caldwell [Society of Antiquaries of Scotland]
A Mirror of Great Britain by Clare Jackson [Penguin]
The Saga of the Earls of Orkney by Judith Jesch [Birlinn]
Conflict and Loyalty by Allan Macinnes [Reaktion]
An Odious Campaign by Rob McInroy [Tippermuir]
A Spy Among Us by Marc Mierowsky [Yale University Press]
Nocturnes and the Fascination of Night Music by Susan Tomes [Yale University Press]
Transatlantic Threads by Sally Tucket [Edinburgh University Press]
The Life of Thomas Reid by Paul Wood [Edinburgh University Press]
