Now in it’s 6th year, the Borders Book Festival has had a record number of entries for the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction.  Founded in 2009 by the Duke & Duchess of Buccleuch, from neighbouring Bowhill House, and awarded at the annual Brewin Dolphin Borders Book Festival in Melrose, the 2015 Shortlist has been announced….

THE ZONE OF INTEREST by Martin Amis (Jonathan Cape)
THE LIE by Helen Dunmore (Windmill)
VIPER WINE by Hermione Eyre (Jonathan Cape)
IN THE WOLF’S MOUTH by Adam Foulds (Jonathan Cape)
ARCTIC SUMMER by Damon Galgut (Atlantic)
A GOD IN EVERY STONE by Kamila Shamsie (Bloomsbury)
THE TEN THOUSAND THINGS by John Spurling (Duckworth)

We will be looking forward to seeing some if not all of the authors at the Borders Book Festival this year!   The programme is to be released in April.