New Walter Scott prize to honour historical novels
Inaugural £25,000 award to be presented in June at Borders book festival
He is seen as the father of the historical novel, so it's perhaps only fitting that a new literary prize honouring the genre is to be launched in the name of Sir Walter Scott.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 2 February, 2010
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