Aye Write! Awards 2008
Mitchell Library
Glasgow
8pm
£10
As the culmination of the festival, Aye Write! announces the winners of its new prizes. The Sceptre Prize, awarded to a student at the Edwin Morgan Centre for Creative Writing at Glasgow University, is £1,500 and the winner will be considered for publication by Sceptre.
The Clare Maclean Prize for Scottish Fiction, named in memory of a great Glasgow reader and passionate advocate of books, is awarded to the Scottish writer who, in the opinion of the judges - Mike Gonzalez, Rob Maslen and Rosemary Goring - has written the best novel first published in 2007. An annual prize of £3,000 is awarded.
From the books submitted six have been shortlisted: Iain Banks, The Steep Approach to Garbadale; John Burnside, The Devil's Footprints; Alasdair Gray, Old Men in Love; A L Kennedy, Day; Dan Rhodes, Gold; and Ali Smith, Girl Meets Boy.
Roddy Woomble will introduce the awards, there will be readings from the shortlisted entries, and food and drink.
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Add to BasketDay - Paperback -
£7.99
Alfred Day wanted his war. In its turmoil he found his proper purpose as the tail-gunner in a Lancaster bomber; he found the wild, dark fellowship of his crew, and - most extraordinary of all - he found Joyce, a woman to love. But that's all gone now - the war took it away. Maybe it took him, too. -
Add to BasketThe Devil's Footprints: A Romance - Paperback -
£7.99
Once, on a winter's night many years ago, after a heavy snow, the devil passed through the Scottish fishing town of Coldhaven, leaving a trail of dark hoofprints across the streets and roofs of the sleeping town. Michael Gardiner has lived in Coldhaven all his life, but still feels like an outsider, a blow-in. But that is about to change. -
Add to BasketGirl Meets Boy - Hardback -
£12.99
'Girl Meets Boy' is a novel from the pen of Ali Smith, author of 'Free Love', 'Like', and 'The Accidental'. -
Add to BasketGold - Paperback -
£7.99
Miyuki Woodward has been taking a holiday to the same seaside town for eight years. This year, following an act of raw creativity involving some cans of gold spraypaint, she takes part in the most turbulent events the village has seen since tall Mr Hughes returned from the pub toilet without remembering to button up. -
Add to BasketOld Men In Love: John Tunnock's Posthumous Papers - Hardback -
£20.00
'Old Men in Love' constitutes the posthumous papers of a recondite - yet venal - retired Glaswegian schoolmaster, named John Tunnock. -
Add to BasketThe Steep Approach To Garbadale - Paperback -
£7.99
Dark family secrets, a long-lost love affair and a multi-million pound gaming business lie at the heart of this Iain Banks' novel.
