Gallery 3

Photographs from the Shortlist Announcement reception at 50 Albemarle Street, on March 24th 2015.

: The trophy – with longlist

: The longlist – on Scott’s plaid

: ‘Sir Walter’ joins the party, with Duke of Buccleuch

: Crawford Logan as Sir Walter Scott

: Duchess at the Prize’s 5th birthday, with chair Alistair Moffat

: The Duchess of Buccleuch and Alistair Moffat toast the shortlisted authors

: Shortlisted author Hermione Eyre, with her publishers and husband

: David Robb with Kirsty Wark

: Shortlisted author Helen Dunmore

: Shortlisted author Kamila Shamsie, with her publishers

: David Robb, Rory Bremner and Alistair Moffat identifying the portraits

: Ros Ellis and Justin Cartwright

: Duchess of Buccleuch and Anna Swan at the Prize’s 5th birthday party

: James Naughtie and John Sessions

: Judge Jonathan Tweedie, Francis Hamilton and Lord Sanderson

: Sarah Dunant and Tracy Borland, with Alistair Moffat

: Justin Cartwright

: James Naughtie, with Judges Louise RIchardson and Kirsty Wark

: Amanda Graham and Melissa Tricoire of Duckworth

: Tracy Borman with Alistair Moffat

: Crawford Logan as Sir Walter Scott, with the Duke of Buccleuch

: Sebastian and Veronia Faulks, with the Duke of Buccleuch

: Crawford Logan as Sir Walter Scott

: Alistair Moffat reveals the 2015 shortlist

: Shortlisted author Kamila Shamsie, with Alexandra Pringle and Ros Ellis from Bloomsbury

: Baroness Floella Benjamin, Keith Taylor and Alistair Moffat

: Laura Deacon and Najma Finlay from Penguin with Sebastian Faulks