2015 Shortlist

2015 Saltire Literary Awards Shortlists

At simultaneous ceremonies in Edinburgh and London celebrating excellence in Scottish literature, the Saltire Literary Awards 2015 Shortlists were announced.

Saltire Society Scottish Research Book of the Year Award:

Clubbing Together: Ethnicity, Civility and Formal Sociability in the Scottish Diaspora to 1930 Dr. Tanja Bueltman (Liverpool University Press)	Microbes and the Fetlar Man: The Life of Sir William Watson Cheyne Jane Coutts (Humming Earth)	The Voice of the People: Hamish Henderson and Scottish Cultural Politics Corey Gibson (Edinburgh University Press)	The Native Woodlands of Scotland Scott Wilson (Edinburgh University Press)

 Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year Award:

A Chasm in Time: Scottish War Art and Artists in the Twentieth Century Patricia R. Andrew (Birlinn)	A History of Drinking; The Scottish Pub since 1700 Anthony Cooke (Edinburgh University Press)	John Knox Jane Dawson (Yale University Press)	The Going Down of the Sun: The Great War and a rural Lewis community  Donald A Morrison (Acair)

 Saltire Society Scottish Poetry Book of the Year Award:

Killochries Jim Carruth (Freight)	Cream of the Well Valerie Gillies (Luath Press)	Not All Honey Roddy Lumsden (Bloodaxe Books)	The Good Dark Ryan Van Winkle (Penned in the Margins)

 Saltire Society Scottish First Book of the Year Award:

The People's Referendum Peter Geoghegan (Luath Press)	Airstream Audrey Henderson (Homebound Publications)	On the Edges of Vision Helen McClory (Queen's Ferry Press)

The Liepzig Affair Fiona Rintoul (Aurora Metro Books Ltd)	Lie of the Land Michael F. Russell (Polygon)	Sixty Degrees North Malachy Tallack (Polygon)

Saltire Society Scottish Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award:

Young Eliot Robert Crawford (Jonathan Cape)	Adventures in Human Being Gavin Francis (Profile Books)	Lifeblood Gill Fyffe (Freight)	This is Scotland Daniel  Gray & Alan McCredie (Luath Press)

 Saltire Society Scottish Fiction Book of the Year Award:

God in Ruins Kate Atkinson (Transworld Publishers)	The Book of Strange New Things Michel Faber (Canongate)	Jellyfish Janice Galloway (Freight Books)

An Dosan Norma Nicleoid (Acair)	The Illuminations Andrew O'Hagan (Faber&Faber)	A Decent Ride Irvine Welsh (Jonathan Cape)