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The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

Thursday, 13 June 2024

5:30pm ‐ 6:30pm

Cullen Kilshaw Marquee
Harmony Garden and Orchard, St Mary's Road, Melrose, TD6 9LJ

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This year the prize came under the new management of The Abbotsford Trust, but the prize ceremony returns triumphant to Harmony Garden as ever! Start your festival-going with a feast of wonderful historical fiction, see a phalanx of literary stars reading from their work, and find out who has won the feted £25,000 prize in this opening gala event. All six shortlisted authors will be there from across the globe: Tom Crewe, Kevin Jared Hosein, Joseph O’Connor, Kai Thomas, Rose Tremain and Tan Twan Eng. While you wait, lovers of historical fiction can be inspired by a visit to Abbotsford, the extraordinary home of Walter Scott and the spiritual home of the prize.