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  1. CW: My day job

    Today I am mostly doing holiday photo shoots for the books that were shortlisted for this year's #WalterScottPrize for Historical Fiction. There's so little good light on December days, I need to do this quickly. This is the book that won, James Robertson's NEWS OF THE DEAD, but they will all get this treatment. I'm the social media manager for the prize.

    @WalterScottPrizes @bookstodon #NewsOfTheDead #JamesRobertson #bookish #HistoricalFiction #histfic #bookrec #Bookwyrm

  2. If you're part of the African, Caribbean, South, East, or South East Asian #diaspora, join #WalterScottPrize shortlisted Devika Ponnambalam, author of IAM NOT YOUR EVE, as she offers free creative writing workshops throughout October in #Edinburgh. Learn more:

    eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-wr

    #DevikaPonnambalam #WritingCommunity #WritingWorkshops @bookstodon

  3. Discover whether this year's shortlisted #authors kept readers' needs in mind when writing their novels. Fascinating insights from our #WalterScottPrize Colloquium at @bordersbookfest

    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 followed by a session Sally Magnusson, which dove deeper into the practice of historical novelists.

    @bookstodon

  4. "Get to know the physical detail of the period that you would like to write about." Wise advice for young writers of historical fiction from Elizabeth Lowry, whose novel THE CHOSEN was shortlisted for this year's #WalterScottPrize for #HistoricalFiction

    @bookstodon #Writing #youngwriters #YoungWriter #ywsp #amwriting

  5. Have you read THE NARROW LAND (Atlantic Books) by Christine Dwyer Hickey? The novel, which won the eleventh #WalterScottPrize, explores the marriage of the artists Edward and Jo Hopper.

    Find a list of discussion questions for reading groups >> bit.ly/WSPnarrowland

    @bookstodon #tbr #booktok #ChristineDwyerHickey #HistoricalFiction #histfic #shortlist #bookrec #bookishcommunity #bookclubs #literary #literaryfiction #edwardHopper #JoHopper #LiteraryAward #BookPrize

  6. Congratulations to Lucy Caldwell, winner of the £25,000 #WalterScottPrize 2023 for Historical Fiction with THESE DAYS (FaberBooks). "Through the visceral shock of the 1941 Belfast Blitz the reader learns exactly what war means," the judges said. Learn more:

    walterscottprize.co.uk/lucy-ca

    #LucyCaldwell #HistoricalFiction @bookstodon #TheseDays

  7. Lucy Caldwell's #WalterScottPrize winning THESE DAYS (Faber Books) includes the story of the real Doreen Bates: listen to Lucy's fascinating chat with Doreen's daughter Dr. Margaret Esiri - with thanks to the podcast A Wee Bit of War @wartimeni
    wartimeni.com/audio/episode-06

    #war #worldwar2 #LucyCaldwell @histodons #history #books @bookstodon #TheseDays

  8. Congratulations Louise Harper, our lucky newsletter subscriber who's just won a full set of #WalterScottPrize for #HistoricalFiction shortlisted books!

    Q: Who do you think will take home the £25,000 Prize tomorrow?

    THESE DAYS by #LucyCaldwell
    THE GEOMETER LOBACHEVSKY by #AdrianDuncan
    ACT OF OBLIVION by #RobertHarris
    THE CHOSEN by #ElizabethLowry
    THE SUN WALKS DOWN by #FionaMcFarlane
    ANCESTRY by #SimonMawer
    I AM NOT YOUR EVE by #DevikaPonnambalam

    @bookstodon #books #book

  9. Congratulations Louise Harper, our lucky newsletter subscriber who's just won a full set of for shortlisted books!

    Q: Who do you think will take home the £25,000 Prize tomorrow?

    THESE DAYS by
    THE GEOMETER LOBACHEVSKY by
    ACT OF OBLIVION by
    THE CHOSEN by
    THE SUN WALKS DOWN by
    ANCESTRY by
    I AM NOT YOUR EVE by

    @bookstodon

  10. Congratulations Louise Harper, our lucky newsletter subscriber who's just won a full set of #WalterScottPrize for #HistoricalFiction shortlisted books!

    Q: Who do you think will take home the £25,000 Prize tomorrow?

    THESE DAYS by #LucyCaldwell
    THE GEOMETER LOBACHEVSKY by #AdrianDuncan
    ACT OF OBLIVION by #RobertHarris
    THE CHOSEN by #ElizabethLowry
    THE SUN WALKS DOWN by #FionaMcFarlane
    ANCESTRY by #SimonMawer
    I AM NOT YOUR EVE by #DevikaPonnambalam

    @bookstodon #books #book

  11. Congratulations Louise Harper, our lucky newsletter subscriber who's just won a full set of #WalterScottPrize for #HistoricalFiction shortlisted books!

    Q: Who do you think will take home the £25,000 Prize tomorrow?

    THESE DAYS by #LucyCaldwell
    THE GEOMETER LOBACHEVSKY by #AdrianDuncan
    ACT OF OBLIVION by #RobertHarris
    THE CHOSEN by #ElizabethLowry
    THE SUN WALKS DOWN by #FionaMcFarlane
    ANCESTRY by #SimonMawer
    I AM NOT YOUR EVE by #DevikaPonnambalam

    @bookstodon #books #book

  12. Who will win the #WalterScottPrize for #HistoricalFiction? 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:

    bordertelegraph.com/news/23577

    #books @bookstodon #LiteraryFiction #history

  13. "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." Read the origins of Benjamin Myers's winning THE GALLOWS POLE, now on BBC Two bit.ly/WSPslmyers

  14. "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." Read the origins of Benjamin Myers's #WalterScottPrize winning THE GALLOWS POLE, now on BBC Two bit.ly/WSPslmyers

    #TheGallowsPole #HistoricalFiction #LiteraryFiction #history #ShaneMeadows #BenjaminMyers

  15. "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." Read the origins of Benjamin Myers's #WalterScottPrize winning THE GALLOWS POLE, now on BBC Two bit.ly/WSPslmyers

    #TheGallowsPole #HistoricalFiction #LiteraryFiction #history #ShaneMeadows #BenjaminMyers

  16. "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." Read the origins of Benjamin Myers's #WalterScottPrize winning THE GALLOWS POLE, now on BBC Two bit.ly/WSPslmyers

    #TheGallowsPole #HistoricalFiction #LiteraryFiction #history #ShaneMeadows #BenjaminMyers

  17. @meer_salt Isn't it magnificent? So fresh and real. The novel won our £25,000 #WalterScottPrize for Historical Fiction back in 2018 -- definitely worth a read, if you love the series!

  18. You could win our 2023 shortlist -- just subscribe to our newsletter! Plus, you'll be first to hear news, events and opening dates about the #WalterScottPrize and #YoungWalterScottPrize for writers 11-19. Sign up now and we'll add you to the list bit.ly/WSPnewslet

    #histfic #writingCommunity #HistoricalFiction #books #giveaway #fiction #bookstodon

  19. Learn how a story about the 17th century's greatest manhunt inspired Robert Harris to write his superb #WalterScottPrize shortlisted novel ACT OF OBLIVION (Hutchinson Heinemann) in this exclusive interview bit.ly/WSPharissl

    #17thcentury #ColonialAmerica #writingCommunity #regicide #CharlesI @histodons @bookstodon #historicalFiction #RobertHarris #ActOfOblivion

  20. The Walter Scott and Young Walter Scott Prizes are deeply saddened to announce the death of patron and founder, the Duchess of Buccleuch. We will feel her loss intensely, as will the historical fiction writers of the future whom she supported so generously bit.ly/WSPmain

    #WalterScottPrize #DuchessofBuccleuch #YoungWalterScottPrize #amwriting #HistoricalFiction #histfic

  21. "Teha’amana was [#Gaugin's] child bride in #Polynesia, the same age as his eldest daughter." Enjoy this review of #DevikaPonnambalam's #WalterScottPrize shortlisted I AM NOT YOUR EVE (Bluemoose Books) by the winner of our longlist giveaway (she writes such thoughtful reviews! 📗💕)

    bookphace.blogspot.com/2023/04

    @histodons #histfic #HistoricalFiction #historical #history #ArtHistory #BookPrize #literary

  22. "I fell in love with language again." What a beautiful encounter between Natalie Marchant and our #WalterScottPrize winning The Long Take (Picador) by Robin Robertson, introduced by Kirsty Wark: the story behind the new album theguardian.com/music/2023/apr

    @bookstodon #historicalfiction #NatalieMarchant #music #books #bookstodon #poetry

  23. With THESE DAYS (Faber Books) shortlisted for the #WalterScottPrize, author Lucy Caldwell talks to us about research, inspiration, and how her 8-year-old son and writing in lockdown made her realise #history was being made in the present time: bit.ly/WSPlucysl

    #ww2 #Belfast #writingCommunity @histodons @bookstodon #historicalFiction

  24. @Unbound Congratulations to Alice! She was previously on our #WalterScottPrize longlist.

  25. Discover the #WalterScottPrize for #HistoricalFiction shortlist 2023: books exploring martyrdom, self-knowledge, remorse, exile, art's human price, complex relationships under an unsettling sun and the impossibility of knowing exactly who we are >> bit.ly/WSPsl23

    @bookstodon #histfic #bookrec #tbr #Books #history