Walter Scott Prize 2021 Longlist Announced
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Exciting news! The longlist for the 2021 Walter Scott Prize has been announced.
If you’re a fan of historical fiction, these novels are some of the best around. Definitely worth adding to your “to read” pile!
The books in contention for the £25,000 prize are:
“Hinton” by Mark Blacklock
“Afterlives” by Abdulrazak Gurnah
About the prize
The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction is open to books published in the previous year in the UK, Ireland or the Commonwealth.
First awarded in 2010, the prize honours Sir Walter’s position as the “father” of the historical fiction genre.
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