Graphic for Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2026 longlist with three added captions 'If the Gladiators chose the shortlist' 'Contenders ready?' 'Gladiators ready?'

Image of Gladiator Phantom above front cover of Venetian Vespers by John Banville and the word 'haunting' in inverted commas

Image of Gladiator Apollo above cover of The Two Roberts by Damian Barr and the word 'He(art)breaking' in inverted commas

Image of Gladiator Cyclone above cover of Helm by Sarah Hall and word 'windswept' in inverted commas

If the Gladiators chose the #WalterScottPrize shortlist..
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#TopTenTuesday Books On My Spring 2026 To-Read List #TuesdayBookBlog Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. The rules are simple: Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to…

#TopTenTuesday Books On My Spring 2026 To-Read List #TuesdayBookBlog #books #historicalfiction #classics #walterscottprize #booksky

Graphic showing fronts covers of books longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2026 with profile pictures of their authors beneath

How's your reading of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Ficton longlist coming along? Here's my progress so far.. #books #WalterScottPrize #historicalfiction ⏳️📚 #booksky 💙📚

Book Review – The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry @canongatebooks About the Book What if we ride out tonight? What if we ride out and never once look back? October, 1891. Butte, Montana. A hard winter approaches across the Rocky Mountains. The city is rich on cop…

#ThrowbackThursday My review of The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry, shortlisted for the #WalterScottPrize 2025 @canongate.co.uk #books #bookreviews #historicalfiction ⏳️📚 #booksky 💙📚 whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/2024/06/29/b...

Ten historical true crime novels including the Walter Scott Prize longlisted Benbecula by Graeme Macrae Burnet #walterscottprize #historicalfiction ⏳️📚 #booksky 💙📚

We’re delighted to share our Longlist 2026 poster for the #WalterScottPrize. Check out the link to download the free poster!

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Including “It is dark now and my window onto the world is a small one. I do not know how much longer I will be here." From Benbecula by Graeme Macrae Burnet #books #historicalfiction ⏳️📚 #WalterScottPrize #Benbecula #firstlines #booksky 💙📚

#TopTenTuesday Opening Lines – The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2026 Longlist #TuesdayBookBlog Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. The rules are simple: Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to…

#TopTenTuesday Read the opening lines of ten books longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2026 #books #historicalfiction #WalterScottPrize #booksky #TuesdayBookBlog

Stack of four books, spines outwards (The Artist by Lucy Steeds, Once tge Deed is Done by Rachel Seiffert, Edenglassie by Melissa Lukashenko and Boundary Waters by Tristan Hughes) resting on wooden shelf next to decorative brass table lamp

Graphic showing author portraits and front covers of the twelve books longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2026

My Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction TBR pile featuring the four longlisted books I've yet to read. Which would you start first? #books #historicalfiction ⏳️📚 #WalterScottPrize #booksky 💙📚

Book Review – Venetian Vespers by John Banville About the Book Everything was a puzzle, everything a trap set to mystify and hinder me. . . 1899. As the new century approaches, English hack-writer Evelyn Dolman marries Laura Rensselaer, the daug…

#ThrowbackThursday My review of the atmospheric, intriguing & sensuous Venetian Vespers by John Banville, longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2026 #books #bookreviews #historicalfiction ⏳️📚 #booksky 💙📚 #WalterScottPrize wp.me/p88ZiK-c8E

The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2026 Longlist The longlist for the The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2026 was announced yesterday. As a huge fan of historical fiction, this is always an exciting moment, seeing books I've loved appear on the list or discovering new titles. This year I've read eight of the twelve books on the list. One (The Artist) is in my TBR pile and the remaining three (

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

Graphic showing front covers of five books shortlisted for the Winston Graham Historical Prize 2026

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 💙📚

Announcing the 2026 Longlist - The Abbotsford Trust has announced the Longlist for the seventeenth Prize.  The twelve books on the Longlist for the 2026 Walter Scott Prize are: VENETIAN VESPERS John Banville (Faber & Faber) THE TWO...

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

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First YWSP winner writes of her experience - Rosi Byard-Jones won the 16-19 year category of the very first Young Walter Scott Prize in 2015.  Exactly a year ago, in June 2016, she travelled to the Borders Book Festival from her home in Reading ...

Continuing with the #2016 trend, we’re shining a spotlight on our very own Rosi Byard-Jones with another throwback.

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As 2016 is trending, we thought we’d share a throwback post on some highlights from a decade ago.

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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
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The screen adaptation of #HAMNET, from our 2021 shortlist, is coming to the UK in January. Over Christmas, we’ll be sharing some not-to-be-missed interviews with Maggie O'Farrell from our very own #walterscottprize archive. Watch this space for details, coming soon.

Author Yael van der Wouden on the history behind THE SAFEKEEP (Viking), a history that, for the most part, was discussed only within small Jewish communities in the Netherlands. We’re profiling our entire 2025 #WalterScottPrize list this season. Have you read them all? #booksky

Yael van der Wouden describes her #WalterScottPrize shortlisted THE SAFEKEEP (Viking). The novel, which also won the 2025 @womensprize.bsky.social, features exquisite writing and an unforgettably prickly heroine. Have you read it? #booksky

“Lots of big, social questions are just starting to be seriously thought about...things are going to change very radically.” Andrew Miller on the history that inspired his #WalterScottPrize winning novel THE LAND IN WINTER (@sceptrebooks.bsky.social) #booksky

The Great Freeze of the winter 1962/3 is the setting for our superb #WalterScottPrize winner 2025, THE LAND IN WINTER by Andrew Miller (@sceptrebooks.bsky.social) Two couples are put to the test by isolation and the challenges set by the relentless cold. #booksky

Author Angharad Hampshire of #WalterScottPrize shortlisted THE MARE was fascinated by a seldom-explored part of #history: the role of female camp guards in perpetrating Nazi violence during the Holocaust. Look out for THE MARE publishing in a new edition in 2026. #booksky

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Truth and lies, remembering and forgetting are themes explored in THE MARE, author Angharad Hampshire's harrowing #WalterScottPrize shortlisted novel about a former concentration camp commandant whose past catches up with her. A new edition will be available in 2026: https://loom.ly/2IXgjVo #booksky

It’s 412 BC in Syracuse, and a production of Euripides’s Medea is being planned, using Athenian prisoners of war. If you haven’t read Ferdia Lennon's GLORIOUS EXPLOITS, a treat awaits you. See exclusive interviews with all our #WalterScottPrize shortlisted authors: https://loom.ly/EZ8G8Wo #booksky

Francesca Kay’s #WalterScottPrize shortlisted THE BOOK OF DAYS @swiftpress.bsky.social brings readers through a fascinating historical period: it's 1546, and reformists are enforcing the ban on prayers for the dead. Learn more https://loom.ly/uH2Ai88 #booksky

It’s 1540s, and a dying man’s final wish to have a chantry chapel built in his memory goes against the edict of the king. Hear author Francesca Kay on the story behind her #WalterScottPrize novel THE BOOK OF DAYS @swiftpress.bsky.social #booksky

Kevin Barry’s #WalterScottPrize shortlisted THE HEART IN WINTER (@canongate.co.uk) itself has a fascinating history. It would take 22 years from when Kevin first researched and drafted the novel until it found its final form. Have you read it? #booksky

Publishers, thank you! Our #WalterScottPrize submissions window may have closed for this year, but we might just have to wedge our door open to make space for the bumper crop of entries as we unbox. Watch for our longlist announcement coming next February.
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Discover Kevin Barry’s #WalterScottPrize shortlisted #THEHEARTINWINTER (@canongate.co.uk). All this season we’re spotlighting the superb Walter Scott Prize Shortlist 2025, perfect for avid readers on your Christmas list. Have you read THE HEART IN WINTER?

Our #WalterScottPrize winner THE LAND IN WINTER is now available to US readers from @europaeditions.bsky.social This magnificent novel is also shortlisted for @thebookerprizes.com. Have you read it yet?