Hilary Mantel wins 2021 Walter Scott Prize
17th June, 2021
Hilary Mantel has won the 2021 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for The Mirror and the Light, the final novel in her Thomas Cromwell trilogy, eleven years after the first of the trilogy, Wolf Hall, won the inaugural Walter Scott Prize in 2010. She receives £25,000, and will take part in a Borders Book… Read More »
Ask the author – Pip Williams
6th June, 2021
In the final Q&A in our series with this year’s shortlisted authors, Pip Williams tells us more about The Dictionary of Lost Words below and in our video here. Q: How do you feel about being shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction? The first thing I did when I found out… Read More »
Ask the author – Maggie O’Farrell
4th June, 2021
Maggie O’Farrell, author of 2021-shortlisted novel Hamnet, answers our questions below, and on video here Q: How do you feel about being shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction? I’m honoured and delighted to be on this year’s shortlist for the Walter Scott Prize. And what a shortlist it is – it’s a… Read More »
Ask the author – Hilary Mantel
3rd June, 2021
In the third in our series of shortlist Q&As, Hilary Mantel answers some questions about her 2021-shortlisted novel The Mirror and the Light. You can read her answers below or watch her video interview with us here. Q: How do you feel about being shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction? Very pleased,… Read More »
Ask the author – Kate Grenville
2nd June, 2021
Kate Grenville, author of 2021-shortlisted novel A Room Made of Leaves, answers some questions below and in our video Q&A here. Q: How do you feel about being shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction? Writing from Australia, you sometimes feel you’re on the edge of the world – but of course the characters in… Read More »
Ask the author – Steven Conte
1st June, 2021
In the first in a series of author Q&As, we asked Steven Conte about his 2021-shortlisted book The Tolstoy Estate. You can read his answers below, and watch all the author Q&A videos here. Q: How do you feel about being shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction? Shortlisting for the prize has… Read More »