Simon Mawer
20th February, 2025
The judges and founders of the Prize were deeply saddened to learn of the death of former winner and shortlistee Simon Mawer. His wonderful novel Tightrope won the Prize in 2016, and he was shortlisted twice, first for The Glass Room in 2010 and then again for Ancestry only two years ago, when he contributed in a typically lively and incisive… Read More »
The 2025 Walter Scott Prize Longlist
18th February, 2025
The Longlist for the sixteenth Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction has been announced by The Abbotsford Trust. The twelve novels contending for the £25,000 Prize are: THE HEART IN WINTER Kevin Barry (Canongate) THE CATCHERS Xan Brooks (Salt) MOTHER NAKED Glen James Brown (Peninsula Press) CLEAR Carys Davies (Granta) THE MARE Angharad Hampshire (Northodox… Read More »
YWSP Shortlist announced
17th February, 2025
Congratulations to the young writers shortlisted for this year’s Young Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction! Writers aged 11 to 19 entered from all over the UK, and their names and story titles are listed below. Winners will be announced in March, in advance of the prizegiving in June at the Borders Book Festival. The… Read More »