The shortlist for the Highland Book Prize 2025 has been announced by the Highland Society of London and Moniack Mhor, Scotland’s Creative Writing Centre. Titles from Kerri Andrews, Colin Bramwell, Mandy Haggith and Petra Johana Poncarová are celebrated in this year’s list.
This award celebrates literature that comes from the rich landscape and culture of the Scottish Highlands and Islands. It is open to books of any genre written by authors who live in the Highlands or were born there, as well as books whose content represents the Highlands & Islands in some way.
The prize is supported by the William Grant Foundation.
The Highland Book Prize, established in 2017, celebrates the finest published work that recognises the rich talent, landscape, and cultural diversity of the Scottish Highlands and Islands. This annual prize is open to work in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
Presented by the Highland Society of London, facilitated by Moniack Mhor Creative Writing Centre, and supported by the William Grant Foundation, this literary prize aims to bring recognition to books created in, or about, the Highlands and Islands.
Tha Duais Leabhair na Gàidhealtachd, a chaidh a stèidheachadh ann an 2017, a’ comharradh brod nam foillseachaidhean a tha a’ tarraing air tàlant, dreach-tìre agus ioma-chultarachd na Gàidhealtachd. Tha an duais bhliadhnail seo fosgailte do sgrìobhadh ficsein, neo-fhicsein agus bàrdachd.
Tha an duais litreachais seo ga thoirt seachad le Comunn Gàidhealach Lunnainn agus ga ruith le Mon Ìothaig Mhòr – Ionad Sgrìobhaidh Chruthachail agus airson urram a thoirt do leabhraichean a chaidh a chruthachadh air a’ Ghàidhealtachd no feadhainn a tha mu dhèidhinn na Gàidhealtachd. Tha an William Grant Foundation a’ toirt seachad maoin airson com-pàirteachas a’ phobaill a bhrosnachadh ann an Duais Leabhair na Gàidhealtachd.
Diversity Statement from Moniack Mhor
‘Moniack Mhor, the organisers of the Highland Book Prize, recognise the limitations of the 2025 longlist in terms of diversity. The longlist is a direct representation of the submissions for the prize. The processes surrounding the Highland Book Prize are transparent, open, and democratic. Like any, there can be limitations and we acknowledge that the Highlands’ relationship with diversity and marginalisation is multi-layered and complex. Moniack Mhor plays a developmental role in equity, diversity, and inclusion with the Scottish Literature sector and more broadly, and will continue to focus on these issues in the Scottish Highlands & Islands. We welcome conversations about expanding this work from organisations and individuals who are connected to the Highlands & Islands.’