Watch our video of the 2017 Walter Scott Prize ceremony
19th June, 2017
Watch our video of Sebastian Barry winning the 2017 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for his novel Days Without End, at the Borders Book Festival in Melrose on Saturday 17th June 2017. Sebastian was honoured on stage alongside his co-shortlistees Francis Spufford, Jo Baker and Charlotte Hobson, and the two young winners of the Young… Read More »
Sebastian Barry becomes first double prizewinner
19th June, 2017
Sebastian Barry has won the eighth Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, for his epic American novel Days Without End. Barry’s previous book On Canaan’s Side was a winner in 2012, and he returned to the Borders Book Festival in Melrose, Scotland on 17th June to receive his Prize from the Duke of Buccleuch. Sebastian Barry… Read More »
Jo Baker, Sebastian Barry and Charlotte Hobson discuss their fiction at Borders Book Festival 2017
17th June, 2017
Family ties and the nature of time The annual Walter Scott Prize shortlist panel at the Borders Book Festival gives readers the chance to hear first-hand about the origins of some of the shortlisted books. The 2017 panel on 16th June, featuring Jo Baker, Sebastian Barry and Charlotte Hobson and moderated by author and Prize… Read More »
First YWSP winner writes of her experience
8th June, 2017
Rosi Byard-Jones won the 16-19 year category of the very first Young Walter Scott Prize in 2015. Exactly a year ago, in June 2016, she travelled to the Borders Book Festival from her home in Reading to receive her prize from the Duchess of Buccleuch, alongside fellow winner Joe Bradley. In a blog post addressing… Read More »
The 2017 YWSP opens for entries as Imagining History workshops begin
6th June, 2017
The 2017 Young Walter Scott Prize is now open for entries. Budding young historical novelists aged between 11 and 19 have until 31st October 2017 to enter the creative writing competition, with a chance to win a £500 travel grant and a VIP invitation to one of the UK’s best book festivals in 2018.… Read More »