The BooksfromScotland.com New Year Quiz

Did you get all you wished for this Christmas? If you're still looking for some great Scottish books, but are feeling the pinch after December's excesses, then why not enter our New Year Competition?

We've buried the answers to ten questions on BooksfromScotland.com, but some quick searching should unearth the answers.

We have five beautiful books to give away to the lucky winner:

• P.J.G. Ransom's The Iron Road - The History of the Railways in Scotland
• The hardback edition of Maggie Fergusson's award-winning George Mackay Brown: The Life
• Mark McNay's Saltire-Society prize winning first novel, Fresh
• Gus Grenfell's magical Woodenface, a children's novel
• Andrew Lownie's The Edinburgh Literary Companion, a "fascinating literary history of the city" (Mail on Sunday)

Questions

1. Who won the Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award in 2007?
   • Mark McNay for his novel Fresh
2. Which loch does Emma Thompson single out as her favourite part of Scotland in ‘A Sense of Belonging’?
   • Loch Eck
3. Which Gaelic poet and novelist with two books out in 2007 was also nominated for a Scottish BAFTA Award?
   • Angus Peter Campbell starred in the film Seachd
4. Amidst all the books that appeared this year on the Union and the Darien expedition, who went searching for the Lost Scots of Darien?
   • Nat Edwards in his book Caledonia's Last Stand
5. According to the regional maps on the site, how many writers were born in the city of Perth?
   • We have 2 authors from Perth, John Buchan and William Soutar
6. This year’s Kidnapped campaign in February was a great success. Where, according to our site, does the Kidnapped trail end?
   • The trail ends in Corstorphine in Edinburgh
7. Which Scottish pop group were ‘feeling sinister’ in print this year?
   • Belle & Sebastian
8. Which reptile did Sandy McCall Smith’s Akimbo character tackle this year?
   • Snakes
9. What was the name of Scotland’s most secretive POW camp?
   • Camp 165 Watten
10. Which ‘Lucky Jack’ bowed out of the limelight this year?
    • Jack McConnell was the 'Lucky Jack'

How To Enter:

The winners will be chosen at random from all correct entries. One one entry per person is permitted. The prize is not transferable and no cash alternative is available. Competition is not open to employees of BooksfromScotland.com or Publishing Scotland. The editor's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. The promoter is BooksfromScotland.com, 137 Dundee Street, Edinburgh, EH11 1BG.