Today the longlist has been announced for the 2019 Highland Book Prize which will be awarded at the 2020 Ullapool Book Festival.
The Highland Book Prize 2019 Longlist:
- Kathleen Jamie: Surfacing
- Stephen Rutt: The Seafarers
- Ali Smith: Spring
- David Gange: The Frayed Atlantic Edge
- Roseanne Watt: Moder Dy
- Alan McKirdy: Northern Highlands (landscapes in stone)
- Laura Watts: Energy at the end of theworld
- Leila Aboulela: Bird Summons
- James Hunter: Insurrection
- Alexander McCall Smith: The Secret of the dark waterfall
- Alastair Jackson / Kenneth Steven: The Spirit of the Hebrides