Walter Scott Prize 2022 Longlist
The 2022 Walter Scott Prize 10-title longlist has been announced. The prize “celebrates outstanding historical novels published in the UK, Ireland and the Commonwealth.” Titles and authors of genre interest include:
- Blue Postcards, Douglas Bruton (Fairlight Books)
- Snow Country, Sebastian Faulks (Hutchinson Heinemann)
- The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small, Neil Jordan (Lilliput Press)
- News of the Dead, James Robertson (Hamish Hamilton)
- The Magician, Colm Tóibín (Viking)
- Still Life, Sarah Winman (Fourth Estate)
The winning title will receive £25,000. The shortlist will be announced in April, and the winner at the Borders Book Festival in Melrose, Scotland in mid-June.
For more information about the prize, and the full longlist, see the announcement here.
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