Four of Scotland's finest writers have each won a £5,000 prize in the judging for the Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book Awards in the categories of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and first book. Carcanet is delighted that Edwin Morgan's A Book of Lives has been announced as the winner in the poetry category. One of these four will be awarded the overall title of Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year on the 20th June; an accolade which will net the author a total prize of £25,000.

Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year First Round Winners:
Fiction - Girl Meets Boy by Ali Smith (Canongate)
Non-fiction - The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane (Granta Books)
Poetry - A Book of Lives by Edwin Morgan (Carcanet Press)
First book - Morocco Rococo by Jane McKie (Cinnamon Press)

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