2011 Shortlist

The shortlist for the Book Awards is divided by category (Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry and First Book).

The winning book in each category was announced on the 16th of May – more information on the four books can be found here. Each finalist will win £5000 and will be eligible for the title of Scottish Book of the Year; an accolade which carries an additional prize of £25,000.

Fiction

• Robert Alan Jamieson – Da Happie Laand (Luath)
• Bella Pollen – The Summer of the Bear (Mantle)
  

  A selection of the 2011 longlist.

• Leila Aboulela – Lyrics Alley (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
• James Robertson – And the Land Lay Still (Hamish Hamilton)
• Cynthia Rogerson – I Love You, Goodbye (B&W)
• Alan Warner – The Stars in the Bright Sky (Jonathan Cape)

Non-Fiction

• Jackie Kay – Red Dust Road (Picador)
• Andrew Greig – At the Loch of the Green Corrie (Quercus)
• Stuart Kelly – Scott-land (Polygon)
• Lesley McDowell – Between the Sheets (Overlook Duckworth)
• James McGonigal – Beyond the Last Dragon (Sandstone Press)

Poetry

• Eddie Gibbons – What They Say About You (Leamington Books)
• Kei Miller – A Light Song of Light (Carcanet)
• Robin Robertson – The Wrecking Light (Picador)
• Stewart Conn – The Breakfast Room (Bloodaxe)

First Book

• Simon Hall – The History of Orkney Literature (John Donald)
• Rachel Hewitt – Map of a Nation (Granta)
• Sue Peebles – The Death of Lomond Friel (Vintage)
• Maggie Rabatski – Down From the Dance (New Voices Press)