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Walter Scott Prizes<p>&quot;Look at things: where do they come from, and why are they like this?&quot; Handy advice for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/youngwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>youngwriters</span></a> from Adrian Duncan, author of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WalterScottPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WalterScottPrize</span></a> shortlisted THE GEOMETER LOBACHEVSKY (Serpentstail)</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw5OPeDomT4/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">instagram.com/p/Cw5OPeDomT4/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoricalFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HistoricalFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/booktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>booktok</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/creativewriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>creativewriting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AdrianDuncan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AdrianDuncan</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheGeometerLobachevsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheGeometerLobachevsky</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ywsp" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ywsp</span></a> @bookstodon <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
Walter Scott Prizes<p>If you&#39;re part of the African, Caribbean, South, East, or South East Asian <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/diaspora" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>diaspora</span></a>, join <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WalterScottPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WalterScottPrize</span></a> shortlisted Devika Ponnambalam, author of IAM NOT YOUR EVE, as she offers free creative writing workshops throughout October in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Edinburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Edinburgh</span></a>. Learn more: </p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-writing-workshops-for-people-of-the-diaspora-tickets-668728193027" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-wr</span><span class="invisible">iting-workshops-for-people-of-the-diaspora-tickets-668728193027</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DevikaPonnambalam" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DevikaPonnambalam</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WritingWorkshops" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WritingWorkshops</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Walter Scott Prizes<p>Discover whether this year&#39;s shortlisted <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>authors</span></a> kept readers&#39; needs in mind when writing their novels. Fascinating insights from our <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WalterScottPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WalterScottPrize</span></a> Colloquium at @bordersbookfest</p><p>The event, hosted by the Duke of Buccleuch, saw 2023 shortlisted authors Devika Ponnambalam, Adrian Duncan, Fiona McFarlane, Elizabeth Lowry, Lucy Caldwell and Simon Mawer take part in a panel session. <a href="https://www.walterscottprize.co.uk/walter-scott-prize-colloquium-declared-great-success/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">walterscottprize.co.uk/walter-</span><span class="invisible">scott-prize-colloquium-declared-great-success/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Walter Scott Prizes<p>&quot;Get to know the physical detail of the period that you would like to write about.&quot; Wise advice for young writers of historical fiction from Elizabeth Lowry, whose novel THE CHOSEN was shortlisted for this year&#39;s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WalterScottPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WalterScottPrize</span></a> for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoricalFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HistoricalFiction</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/youngwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>youngwriters</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/YoungWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>YoungWriter</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ywsp" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ywsp</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
Walter Scott Prizes<p>Happy birthday to Sir Walter Scott, born on this day 15 August 1771. Our <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WalterScottPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WalterScottPrize</span></a> for Historical Fiction was founded to honour his achievements as founding father of the historical novel.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sirwalterscott" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sirwalterscott</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/writingprize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>writingprize</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/walterscottprize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>walterscottprize</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/historicalfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>historicalfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bookish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bookish</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/writersofinstagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>writersofinstagram</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bibliophile" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bibliophile</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bookish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bookish</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bordersbookfestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bordersbookfestival</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/borders" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>borders</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/melrose" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>melrose</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/abbotsford" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>abbotsford</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scottishborders" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>scottishborders</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>scotland</span></a></p>
Walter Scott Prizes<p>Have you read THE NARROW LAND (Atlantic Books) by Christine Dwyer Hickey? The novel, which won the eleventh <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WalterScottPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WalterScottPrize</span></a>, explores the marriage of the artists Edward and Jo Hopper.</p><p>Find a list of discussion questions for reading groups &gt;&gt; <a href="http://bit.ly/WSPnarrowland" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">bit.ly/WSPnarrowland</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tbr" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tbr</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/booktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>booktok</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChristineDwyerHickey" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChristineDwyerHickey</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoricalFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HistoricalFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/histfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>histfic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/shortlist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>shortlist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bookrec" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bookrec</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bookishcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bookishcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bookclubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bookclubs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/literary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>literary</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/literaryfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>literaryfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/edwardHopper" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>edwardHopper</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JoHopper" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JoHopper</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LiteraryAward" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LiteraryAward</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BookPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BookPrize</span></a></p>
Walter Scott Prizes<p>Love this advice for young writers of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoricalFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HistoricalFiction</span></a> from our 2023 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WalterScottPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WalterScottPrize</span></a> winner Lucy Caldwell, author of THESE DAYS (@faberbooks): remember, your characters are living on the cutting edge and know nothing of the future. See more tips for young writers in our YouTube playlist <br /><a href="https://bit.ly/YWSPadvice" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/YWSPadvice</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LucyCaldwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LucyCaldwell</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheseDays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheseDays</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NorthernIreland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NorthernIreland</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ww2" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ww2</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>writingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/creativewriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>creativewriting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/youngwalterscottprize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>youngwalterscottprize</span></a></p>
Walter Scott Prizes<p>Congratulations to Lucy Caldwell, winner of the £25,000 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WalterScottPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WalterScottPrize</span></a> 2023 for Historical Fiction with THESE DAYS (FaberBooks). &quot;Through the visceral shock of the 1941 Belfast Blitz the reader learns exactly what war means,&quot; the judges said. Learn more: </p><p><a href="https://www.walterscottprize.co.uk/lucy-caldwell-wins-2023-walter-scott-prize-for-these-days/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">walterscottprize.co.uk/lucy-ca</span><span class="invisible">ldwell-wins-2023-walter-scott-prize-for-these-days/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LucyCaldwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LucyCaldwell</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoricalFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HistoricalFiction</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheseDays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheseDays</span></a></p>
Walter Scott Prizes<p>Enjoy new short fiction from <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WalterScottPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WalterScottPrize</span></a> winner Lucy Caldwell, author of THESE DAYS, on BBC Radio 4: &quot;Daphne&quot; &gt;&gt; <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001n21r" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001n21r</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>writingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>authors</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LucyCaldwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LucyCaldwell</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ShortStories</span></a></p>
Walter Scott Prizes<p>Lucy Caldwell&#39;s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WalterScottPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WalterScottPrize</span></a> winning THESE DAYS (Faber Books) includes the story of the real Doreen Bates: listen to Lucy&#39;s fascinating chat with Doreen&#39;s daughter Dr. Margaret Esiri - with thanks to the podcast A Wee Bit of War <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@wartimeni" class="u-url mention">@<span>wartimeni</span></a></span><br /> <a href="https://wartimeni.com/audio/episode-06-the-diaries-of-doreen-bates/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wartimeni.com/audio/episode-06</span><span class="invisible">-the-diaries-of-doreen-bates/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/worldwar2" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>worldwar2</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LucyCaldwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LucyCaldwell</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheseDays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheseDays</span></a></p>
Walter Scott Prizes<p>Congratulations Louise Harper, our lucky newsletter subscriber who&#39;s just won a full set of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WalterScottPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WalterScottPrize</span></a> for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoricalFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HistoricalFiction</span></a> shortlisted books! </p><p>Q: Who do you think will take home the £25,000 Prize tomorrow? </p><p>THESE DAYS by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LucyCaldwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LucyCaldwell</span></a> <br />THE GEOMETER LOBACHEVSKY by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AdrianDuncan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AdrianDuncan</span></a> <br />ACT OF OBLIVION by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RobertHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RobertHarris</span></a><br />THE CHOSEN by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElizabethLowry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElizabethLowry</span></a><br />THE SUN WALKS DOWN by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FionaMcFarlane" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FionaMcFarlane</span></a> <br />ANCESTRY by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SimonMawer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SimonMawer</span></a> <br />I AM NOT YOUR EVE by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DevikaPonnambalam" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DevikaPonnambalam</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>book</span></a></p>
Walter Scott Prizes<p>Teha&#39;amana, who posed for and was child wife of artist Gauguin, inspired author Devika Ponnambalam to write her debut novel, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WalterScottPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WalterScottPrize</span></a> shortlisted I AM NOT YOUR EVE (Bluemoose) <a href="http://bit.ly/WSPdevikasl" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">bit.ly/WSPdevikasl</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/histfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>histfic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/19thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>19thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tahiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tahiti</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>writingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/gauguin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gauguin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArtHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtHistory</span></a> @histodons @bookstodon <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/historicalFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>historicalFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DevikaPonnambalam" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DevikaPonnambalam</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IAmNotYourEve" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IAmNotYourEve</span></a></p>
Walter Scott Prizes<p>Have you finished our <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WalterScottPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WalterScottPrize</span></a> shortlist in advance of this week&#39;s announcement of the winner? Thanks to Cathy for her thoughtful reviews. Catch up with ANCESTRY (Abacus Books) and THE GEOMETER LOBACHEVSKY (Tuskar Rock)</p><p><a href="https://whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Walter Scott Prizes<p>Who will win the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WalterScottPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WalterScottPrize</span></a> for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoricalFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HistoricalFiction</span></a>? Thanks Border Telegraph for helping us get ready for our announcement this Thursday. Seven shortlisted authors are in the running for the £25,000 prize, the 14th in our history. Learn more: </p><p><a href="https://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/23577903.will-win-walter-scott-prize-historical-fiction/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bordertelegraph.com/news/23577</span><span class="invisible">903.will-win-walter-scott-prize-historical-fiction/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LiteraryFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LiteraryFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Walter Scott Prizes<p>&quot;My wife returned from visiting the library in the Bowes Museum in County Durham, where she had randomly pulled a history book about the Coiners from the shelf.&quot; Read the origins of Benjamin Myers&#39;s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WalterScottPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WalterScottPrize</span></a> winning THE GALLOWS POLE, now on BBC Two <a href="http://bit.ly/WSPslmyers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">bit.ly/WSPslmyers</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheGallowsPole" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheGallowsPole</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoricalFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HistoricalFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LiteraryFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LiteraryFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ShaneMeadows" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ShaneMeadows</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BenjaminMyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BenjaminMyers</span></a></p>
Walter Scott Prizes<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@meer_salt" class="u-url mention">@<span>meer_salt</span></a></span> Isn&#39;t it magnificent? So fresh and real. The novel won our £25,000 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WalterScottPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WalterScottPrize</span></a> for Historical Fiction back in 2018 -- definitely worth a read, if you love the series!</p>
Walter Scott Prizes<p>Discover how author Simon Mawer&#39;s fascination with his family&#39;s history, and the unknown stories of 19th-century ancestors, led to his <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WalterScottPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WalterScottPrize</span></a> shortlisted historical novel ANCESTRY (LittleBrownUK) in this exclusive interview <a href="http://bit.ly/WSPmawersl" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">bit.ly/WSPmawersl</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/histfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>histfic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SimonMawer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SimonMawer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoricalFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HistoricalFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LiteraryFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LiteraryFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/booktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>booktok</span></a></p>
Walter Scott Prizes<p>You could win our 2023 shortlist -- just subscribe to our newsletter! Plus, you&#39;ll be first to hear news, events and opening dates about the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WalterScottPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WalterScottPrize</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/YoungWalterScottPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>YoungWalterScottPrize</span></a> for writers 11-19. Sign up now and we&#39;ll add you to the list bit.ly/WSPnewslet </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/histfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>histfic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>writingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoricalFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HistoricalFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/giveaway" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>giveaway</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Walter Scott Prizes<p>Learn how a story about the 17th century&#39;s greatest manhunt inspired Robert Harris to write his superb <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WalterScottPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WalterScottPrize</span></a> shortlisted novel ACT OF OBLIVION (Hutchinson Heinemann) in this exclusive interview <a href="http://bit.ly/WSPharissl" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">bit.ly/WSPharissl</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/17thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>17thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ColonialAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ColonialAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>writingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/regicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>regicide</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CharlesI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CharlesI</span></a> @histodons @bookstodon <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/historicalFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>historicalFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RobertHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RobertHarris</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ActOfOblivion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ActOfOblivion</span></a></p>
Walter Scott Prizes<p>Read winning fiction from this year’s Young <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WalterScottPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WalterScottPrize</span></a> writers, now online. Plus, all stories will be published in our print Anthology, with beautiful drawings by book illustrator Tom Morgan-Jones. Congratulations to all our writers! <a href="http://bit.ly/YWSP22winfull" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">bit.ly/YWSP22winfull</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/YWSP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>YWSP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistFic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HistFic</span></a></p>
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