Saltire Society Literary Awards - Winning Books
1995 Winners
- Best First Book
- Free Love and Other Stories by Ali Smith
1996
- Book of the Year
- The Kiln by William McIlvanney
- Best First Book
- Slattern by Kate Clanchy
1997
- Book of the Year
- Grace Notes by Bernard MacLaverty
- Best First Book
- A Painted Field by Robin Robertson
1998
- Book of the Year
- The Sopranos by Alan Warner
- Best First Book
- The Pied Piper's Poison by Christopher Wallace
- Best First Book
- Two Clocks Ticking by Dennis O'Donnell
- Research Book of the Year
- The Edinburgh History of the Scots Language ed. Charles Jones
1999
- Book of the Year
- Pursuits by George Bruce
- Best First Book
- Some Rain Must Fall by Michel Faber
- Research Book of the Year
- The Poems of William Dunbar ed. Priscilla Bawcutt
2000
- Book of the Year
- The Lantern Bearers by Ronald Frame
- Best First Book
- The Rising Sun by Douglas Galbraith
- Commendation
- Collected Poems and Songs by Hamish Henderson
- Research Book of the Year
- Jessie Kesson: Writing Her Life by Isobel Murray
The Highland Pipe and Scottish Society by William Donaldson
2001
- Book of the Year
- Medea by Liz Lochhead
- Best First Book
- In The Blue House by Meaghan Delahunt
- Research Book of the Year
- The Scottish Book Trade 1500 - 1720 by Alistair J Mann
2002
- Book of the Year
- Clara by Janice Galloway
- First Book of the Year
- Burns the Radical by Liam McIlvanney
- First Book of the Year
- The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh
- Research Book of the Year
- Sorley Maclean/Poems to Eimhir by Christopher Whyte
Public Sculpture of Glasgow by Ray McKenzie
2003
- Book of the Year
- Joseph Knight by James Robertson
- First Book of the Year
- Ath-Aithne by Martainn Mac an t-Soair
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Edwin Morgan
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Robin Jenkins
- Research Book of the Year
- The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection by Emily B Lyle & Katherine Campbell
2004
- Book of the Year
- In Another Light by Andrew Greig
- First Book of the Year
- Stargazing by Peter Hill
- Research Book of the Year
- The Last of England? by Randall Stevenson
Maritime Enterprise and Empire by J Forbes Munro
2005
- Book of the Year
- Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
- First Book of the Year
- Amande's Bed by John Aberdein
- Research Book of the Year
- Weights and Measures in Scotland by RD Connor and ADC Simpson
2006
- Book of the Year
- A Lie About My Father by John Burnside
- First Book of the Year
- George MacKay Brown The Life by Maggie Fergusson
- Research Book of the Year
- Dùthchas Nan Gàidheal Selected Essays of John MacInnes by Michael Newton
2007
- Book of the Year
- Day by A L Kennedy
- First Book of the Year
- Fresh by Mark McNay
- Research Book of the Year
- Scotland's Books by Robert Crawford
Auld Campaigner, A Life of Alexander Scott by David Robb - History Book of the Year
- The Scots and the Union by Christopher Whately
2008
- Book of the Year
- Kieron Smith, Boy by James Kelman
- First Book of the Year
- The Good Mayor by Andrew Nicoll
- Research Book of the Year
- Scott's Shadow: The Novel in Romantic Edinburgh by Ian Duncan
2009
2009 included a special award, sponsored by the Scottish Government, to celebrate the Year of Homecoming.
- Book of the Year
- The Bard by Robert Crawford
- First Book of the Year
- The Tin-Kin by Eleanor Thom
- History Book of the Year
- A History of Scottish Philosophy by Alexander Broadie
- Research Book of the Year
- The Historical Thesaurus of the English Dictionary
- Homecoming Award
- A Passion for Nature by Donald Worster
2010
- Book of the Year
- And the Land Lay Still by James Robertson
- First Book of the Year
- The History of Orkney Literature by Simon Hall and
- The Death of Lomond Friel by Sue Peebles
- History Book of the Year
- Whaur Extremes Meet by Catriona M M Macdonald
- Research Book of the Year
- Robert Burns & Pastoral by Nigel Leask and
- Adam Smith by Nicholas Phillipson
2011
- Book of the Year
- A Life in Pictures by Alasdair Gray
- First Book of the Year
- The Echo Chamber by Luke Williams
- History Book of the Year
- The Inner Life of Empires by Emma Rothschild
- Research Book of the Year
- Beyond the Last Dragon by James McGonigal
About the Saltire Awards
The Saltire Society Awards for Scottish Book of the Year and Scottish First Book of the Year, were the brainchild of Paul Scott, the well-known member of the Saltire Society, and have been running for over 25 years.
Books are submitted for the awards by publishers, editors of the national newspapers and magazines, and from suggestions by panel members. The definitions are:
'They may be given for any book by an author or authors of Scottish descent or living in Scotland, or for any book which deals with the work or life of a Scot or with a Scottish question, event or situation. The book might be poetry, a novel, a play or other work of imaginative literature, or biography, literary criticism or a study of any Scottish issue. Books of multiple authorship would not normally qualify.'
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