Scottish Arts Council Book Awards 2002-2009
2002
- Book of the Year
- Hotel World by Ali Smith
- Children's Book Award
- Oranges and Murder by Alison Price
- Shortlisted Titles
- The Machine Doctor by Peter Burnett
In the Blue House by Meaghan Delahunt
Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Pure Dead Magic by Debi Gliori
2003
- Book of the Year
- White Mughals by William Dalrymple
- Children's Book of the Year
- Little Rabbit Lost by Harry Horse
- Shortlisted Titles
- Clara by Janice Galloway
Why Don't You Stop Talking by Jackie Kay
Pure Dead Wicked by Debi Gliori
Warehouse by Keith Gray
2004
- Book of the Year
- Joseph Knight by James Robertson
- Children's Book of the Year
- The Garbage King by Elizabeth Laird
- Shortlisted Titles
- Buddha Da by Anne Donovan
Landscapes and Legacies by Tom Pow
King of the Midden by Matthew Fitt and James Robertson
Fleshmarket by Nicola Morgan
2005
- Book of the Year
- The Tree House by Kathleen Jamie
- Children's Book of the Year
- Sleepwalking by Nicola Morgan
- Shortlisted Titles
- You Have to be Careful in the Land of the Free by James Kelman
The Places in Between by Rory Stewart
Skarrs by Catherine Forde
Space Pirates by Scoular Anderson
2006
- Book of the Year
- The People's Act of Love by James Meek
- Shortlisted Titles
- Findings by Kathleen Jamie
The Accidental by Ali Smith
2007
- Fiction
- The Boy and the Sea by Kirsty Gunn - Scottish Book of the Year
- Non-fiction
- A Lie About My Father by John Burnside
- Poetry
- Swithering by Robin Robertson
- First Book
- George Mackay Brown, A Life by Maggie Fergusson
2008
- Fiction
- Girl Meets Boy by Ali Smith
- Non-fiction
- The Wild Places by Robert MacFarlane
- Poetry
- A Book of Lives by Edwin Morgan - Scottish Book of the Year
- First Book
- Morocco Rococo by Jane McKee
2009
- Fiction
- Kieron Smith, Boy by James Kelman - Scottish Book of the Year
- Non-fiction
- This Is Not About Me by Janice Galloway
- Poetry
- Dear Alice by Tom Pow
- First Book
- Moonshine in the Morning by Andrea McNicoll
About the Scottish Arts Council Book Awards
There were a number of changes of format for the SAC awards in the 2000s. For the first few years prizes were given for a Book of the Year and a Children's Book, and shortlisted books also received prizes of around £2,000.
In 2006 there was no Children's Award, and in 2007 the format changed again with prizes for Fiction, Non Fiction, Poetry and First Books, from which an overall Book of the Year was chosen.
In 2010, the awards became known as the Creative Scotland Book Awards.
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