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Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2018

Winner

Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction · 2018 · Winner

The Gallows Pole

Ben Myers

Bluemoose Books

For its inventive vernacular prose and its mythologising of the Yorkshire coiners — the most original work of historical fiction published in Britain in years.

Shortlist & Longlist

Judges

  • Alistair Moffat
  • Rosemary Goring
  • Stuart Kelly

Event Details

Announcement Date
June 15, 2018