Water Scott Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 13 April 2022 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing
In the UK, the Water Scott Prize 2022 shortlist has been announced.
The titles shortlisted for the £25,000 (A$43,600) prize for historical fiction are:
- Rose Nicolson (Andrew Greig, Riverrun)
- News of the Dead (James Robertson, Hamish Hamilton)
- Fortune (Amanda Smyth, Peepal Tree Press)
- The Magician (Colm Tóibín, Viking).
The winner will be announced at the Borders Book Festival on 17 June. Each of the shortlisted authors receives £1000 (A$1740) in addition to the winner’s cash prize.
Hilary Mantel won the 2021 Walter Scott Prize for The Mirror & the Light (Fourth Estate)—11 years after the first book in her Thomas Cromwell trilogy, Wolf Hall, won the inaugural award.
For more information on the prize, see the website.
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