Will be @hatchards.bsky.social in Piccadilly on Weds 22 July (this week) with Rachel Seiffert and Angela Findlay. 'The Matchbox Girl' @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social and 'Once the Deed is Done' (Virago) both recognised by @walterscottprize.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alice-joll...

The Walter Scott Prize was shocked by the sudden death of Abbotsford Trustee and Prize host Matthew Maxwell Scott on Sunday, 5th July, aged 49, leaving behind his wife and two young boys. Our thoughts go to Matthew’s family, for whom the loss is unimaginable.

Many thanks to everyone who has sent messages and shared info. Very exciting that 'The Matchbox Girl' @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social won @walterscottprize.bsky.social Many thanks to the judges and to Abbotsford (the home of WALTER SCOTT).

Congratulations Alice. Great news

Wonderful memories of our trip to Melrose for the marvellous Borders Book Festival and the @walterscottprize.bsky.social @alicejolly.bsky.social

Congratulations to Alice Jolly, winner of the Walter Scott Prize 2026 with THE MATCHBOX GIRL.   Find out more via the link: www.walterscottprize.co.uk/alice-jolly-... #WalterScottPrize #BookPrizeWinner #BordersBookFestival #HistoricalFiction @alicejolly.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Boarding night train to Edinburgh, to attend awards tomorrow for the @walterscottprize.bsky.social

Meet our shortlistee for the #WalterScottPrize, Benjamin Wood 📚 Find out more via the link: www.walterscottprize.co.uk/shortlist-sp... 🔗 @VikingBooksUK.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction #Books #BookFestival #BookRecommendations #Shortlist #BookSky #BookClub #BookPrize

Rounding off our series of Walter Scott Prize shortlist Tasters is SEASCRAPER by BENJAMIN WOOD 📚 Find out more via the link: www.walterscottprize.co.uk/abbotsford-a... 🔗 @VikingBooksUK.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction #BookFestival #BookRecommendations #Shortlist #WalterScottPrize #BookSky

Read shortlisted author Rachel Seiffert’s fascinating account of how she researched Once The Deed Is Done and how it was inspired by real people and records. Full interview via the link: www.walterscottprize.co.uk/shortlist-sp... #HistoricalFiction #Booksky #BookRecommendations #Shortlist #BookClub

Next to catch the spotlight in our Walter Scott Prize shortlist Tasters series is ONCE THE DEED IS DONE by RACHEL SEIFFERT 📚 Find out more via the link 🔗 www.walterscottprize.co.uk/abbotsford-a... #HistoricalFiction #Booksky #BookRecommendations #Shortlist #WalterScottPrize #BookClub #BookFestival

Meet our shortlistee for the #WalterScottPrize, Graeme Macrae Burnet 📚 Find out more via the link: www.walterscottprize.co.uk/shortlist-sp... 🔗 #HistoricalFiction #BookSky #BookRecommendations #BookClub

This week our Walter Scott Prize Shortlist Taster comes from BENBECULA by GRAEME MACRAE BURNET. Find out more via the link: www.walterscottprize.co.uk/abbotsford-a... #HistoricalFiction #BookRecommendations #Shortlist #BookSky #BookClub #WalterScottPrize

For outstanding #historicalfiction, look no further than @alicejolly.bsky.social's "The Matchbox Girl" and Rachel Seiffert's "Once The Deed Is Done". The two novels are on the shortlist for the 2026 @walterscottprize.bsky.social. Here is my review of both. valeriavescina.com/2026/05/22/r... #histfic

Meet our shortlistee for the #WalterScottPrize, Alice Jolly author of THE MATCHBOX GIRL. Read this exclusive interview via the link: www.walterscottprize.co.uk/shortlist-sp... @alicejolly.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction #Booksky #BookRecommendations #AliceJolly

The prestigious Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction has revealed its first all-British shortlist, with the judges saying “above all, our five authors are storytellers”: www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/na... @walterscottprize.bsky.social #historicafiction #tbr

Next in our #WalterScottPrize Shortlist Tasters series is THE MATCHBOX GIRL by ALICE JOLLY. Find out more via the link: www.walterscottprize.co.uk/abbotsford-a... @alicejolly.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction #Booksky #BookRecommendations #Shortlist

The @theguardian.com Audiobook of the Week is SEASCRAPER by Benjamin Wood. Have you listened to the shortlisted #WalterScottPrize novel? Check out the link: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m... #BookRecommendation #Audiobook #Shortlist #BookSky @vikingbooks.bsky.social

Ben Myers on winning The Walter Scott Prize. 'This prize is just as important to their survival as it is mine; a win for Bluemoose would be like Liechtenstein winning the World Cup.' Readers, Liechtenstein won the world cup. @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social @walterscottprize.bsky.social

NEW We spoke to Katharine Grant, chair of the judges for the @walterscottprize.bsky.social , about the five historical novels that made their 2026 shortlist. fivebooks.com/best-books/t...

Wonderful book. A real standout in historical fiction

Jo Harkin, author of THE PRETENDER, speaks exclusively about what being shortlisted for the #WalterScottPrize means to her 📚 www.walterscottprize.co.uk/shortlist-sp...  #JoHarkin #ThePretender #BookPrize #HistoricalFiction @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Kicking off our Walter Scott Prize Shortlist Tasters series is THE PRETENDER by JO HARKIN. Find out more via the link: www.walterscottprize.co.uk/abbotsford-a... @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction #BookSky #BookRecommendations #Shortlist #WalterScottPrize #BookClub #BookPrize #Book

Reminder: tomorrow at 7.30 pm at the Painswick Centre. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @walterscottprize.bsky.social www.firstthursdaypainswick.co.uk/event-detail...

Speaking about my novel 'The Matchbox Girl' (about Dr Asperger) at Swindon Literature Festival with Lucy Mangan (author of Bookish). Also teaching during the day Saturday 9 May. Also teaching during the day. Tickets below. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social trafalgartickets.com/swindon-arts...

The Borders Book Festival has launched its official 2026 programme! We will announce the winner of the WalterScott Prize at the Book Festival and also have our two Young Walter Scott Prize winners set to receive their awards there 📚 bordersbookfestival.org #BookSky #BookClub #BookFestival

Announcing the Shortlist for the #WalterScottPrize 2026 from Abbotsford, home of Sir Walter Scott and the Prize. www.walterscottprize.co.uk/abbotsford-a... #bordersbookfestival #Shortlist #HistoricalFiction #Booktok #Booksky

Ahead of the @walterscottprize.bsky.social shortlist being announced tomorrow, here are my predictions of which books will make the cut! Set at either end of WW2, the books I’m most excited for are The Two Roberts by Damian Barr and Once the Deed is Done by Rachel Seiffert.

For this #Worldartday why not pick up "The Two Roberts" by the brilliant @damianbarr.bsky.social? The novel, longlisted for the @walterscottprize.bsky.social, is a searing exploration of art, class, and sexuality. Damian joins us next month, and you can too: bit.ly/DamianBarrtickets

Will be speaking about The Matchbox Girl @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @walterscottprize.bsky.social on 7th May 7.30 - 9.30 at The First Thursday #painswick Gloucestershire. Novel is about Dr Asperger - his pioneering research, his shocking crime. www.firstthursdaypainswick.co.uk/event-detail...

The Young Walter Scott Prize 2026 is officially OPEN FOR ENTRIES. www.walterscottprize.co.uk/home/young-w... #CreativeWriting #HistoricalFiction #WritingCompetition #Writer #Fiction #EnglishTeacher #HistoryTeacher #BookTok #BookSky #YoungWriter #History

Congratulations to our #YoungWalterScottPrize winners, Tasbih Sharuar with THE MAN FROM DRURY LANE and Erica Lockett-Yeung with THE PORCELAIN DRAGON. See a list of all our winning writers via the link: tr.ee/yi3ZiSmTHe #creativewriting #creativewritingcompetition #historicalfiction #BookSky

We’re delighted to share our Longlist 2026 poster for the #WalterScottPrize. Check out the link to download the free poster! www.walterscottprize.co.uk/wp-content/u... #BookPoster #BookArt #HistoricalFiction #BookCub #BookSky #BookTok

Speaking about The Matchbox Girl @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social with Rosie Goldsmith at The Austrian Cultural Form 7 pm on Tuesday 17 March. Book is about Dr Asperger and his colleagues (and the rise of fascism). Book is on @walterscottprize.bsky.social longlist. www.acflondon.org/events/the-m...

🎉 Huge congratulations to Alice Jolly (The Matchbox Girl) and Jo Harkin (The Pretender) on being longlisted for the 2026 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction! www.walterscottprize.co.uk/announcing-t...

Very excited that 'The Matchbox Girl' @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social is on this list. Thanks @walterscottprize.bsky.social and many congratulations to all the other amazing novelists who have been longlisted.

Gave a wee interview to Attitude: 'In some ways, this is quite an old-fashioned love story that we, as a community, deserve. I didn’t want to over-emphasise the tragedy - it's there, not only because of their flaws but because of the homophobia of the time.' www.attitude.co.uk/culture/dami...

Announced yesterday, the twelve fantastic books on the longlist for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2026 @walterscottprize.bsky.social #WalterScottPrize #books #historicalfiction #booksky

They say great minds think alike... Four of the shortlisted books for the Winston Graham Historical Prize are also on the longlist for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction announced earlier today #books #WinstonGrahamHistoricalPrize #WalterScottPrize #historicalfiction ⏳️📚 #booksky 💙📚

Absolutely delighted that my novel Boundary Waters has made the longlist for the @walterscottprize.bsky.social in Historical Fiction. I'm thrilled and honoured to see it in such amazing company! www.walterscottprize.co.uk/announcing-t...

Not sure what Walter Scott would make of Bobby and Robert or indeed me, but I’m thrilled the Two Roberts has been longlisted for his namesake prize. It’s a great list and past winners are among my saints, Hilary Mantel ❤️ Congrats all and thank you judges and readers.

NEWS: Graeme Macrae Burnet’s BENBECULA longlisted for the 2026 @walterscottprize.bsky.social for Historical Fiction! Congratulations Graeme! 📚 🌑🌕🌑✨ Read more: blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/benbecu...

We are delighted to announce the longlist for the seventeenth #WalterScottPrize for #HistoricalFiction, run by The Abbotsford Trust. Congratulations to all of the longlisted authors! #longlist #booksky #histfic #sirwalterscott #booksky www.walterscottprize.co.uk/announcing-t...

We are saddened to hear of the death of former judge and shortlistee Allan Massie. He served on the judging panel in 2010 and in 2011, when he helped shape the criteria of the Prize. His own novel End Games in Bordeaux was shortlisted for the Prize in 2016. www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...

Continuing with the #2016 trend, we’re shining a spotlight on our very own Rosi Byard-Jones with another throwback. www.walterscottprize.co.uk/first-ywsp-w... #historicalfiction #histic #WalterScottPrize #fictionbooks #bookwormlife #bookishcommunity #bookclubs #booklist #literaryfiction #booksky

As 2016 is trending, we thought we’d share a throwback post on some highlights from a decade ago. #historicalfiction #booktok #histic #WalterScottPrize #bookrec #fictionbooks #bookwormlife #bookishcommunity #bookclubs #literary #booklist #literaryfiction #booksky

The Walter Scott Prize @walterscottprize.bsky.social celebrates the best of historical fiction. I read and review the 2025 shortlist in my latest Substack: open.substack.com/pub/kathryns...

“I found that I couldn’t write a sentence of fiction with the name 'William Shakespeare' in it without getting really distracted." Shakespeare is named in the film HAMNET, but Maggie O'Farrel explains why she chose not to do so in the novel. Have you read it yet? https://loom.ly/oXYli3c #booksky

Maggie O’Farrell’s #HAMNET, shortlisted for the 2021 #WalterScottPrize, comes to screens next month. We begin our archive delve with O’Farrell telling the story behind the tragedy of the Shakespeares' son, starting with an insight into their marriage. See the full interview https://loom.ly/oXYli3c#HAMNET