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Sir Walter Scott’s desk seal expected to fetch up to £18,000 at auction

Sir Walter Scott’s desk seal, likely to have been the one used in correspondence to King George IV, is to go under the hammer this week where it could sell for as much as £18,000. The item is just one of the 100 seals with Scottish connections set ...

15 May 2023 at 13:23

Longlist of 12 announced for Walter Scott book prize

Twelve novelists have been longlisted for a £25,000 award named after a famous writer. The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction judges will narrow the 12 down to a shortlist in May. The winner will then be announced in mid-June at the ...

22 Feb 2024 at 09:00

Rare desk seal owned by Sir Walter Scott fetches £13,860 at auction

A rare desk seal which once belonged to Sir Walter Scott has been sold at an auction for £13,860. The antique from Abbotsford House in the Scottish Borders was sold along with around 100 other seals with Scottish connections by ...

19 May 2023 at 16:25

Sir Walter Scott’s Rob Roy manuscript going on show at National Library

Hidden from all but a few scholars and saved from being sold off at auction, Sir Walter Scott’s manuscript of his novel Rob Roy is set to go on show to the public for the first time in at least 100 years. Written in the hand ...

03 Jan 2023 at 11:00

Scotland

Longlist of 12 announced for Walter Scott book prize

Twelve novelists have been longlisted for a £25,000 award named after a famous Scottish writer. The judges of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction will narrow the 12 down to a shortlist in May. The winner will then ...

18 Feb 2025 at 00:01

Scotland

Shortlist for prestigious book award unveiled

The shortlist for a prestigious book award named after a Scottish author has been revealed. Six books written by authors from England, Ireland and the Netherlands have made it to the final bout in the annual Walter Scott ...

15 Apr 2025 at 09:00

Historical fiction prize announces first all-British shortlist

A prestigious historical fiction prize has revealed its first all-British shortlist, with the judges saying “above all, our five authors are storytellers”. The five-book shortlist for the 2026 Walter Scott Prize for ...

16 Apr 2026 at 09:00

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