Gaelic Literature Awards 2020 shortlists
28 August 2020
The Gaelic Books Council (Comhairle nan
Leabhraichean) has announced the shortlists for the Gaelic Literature Awards 2020. Prizes are to
be awarded in six categories, for titles published between 1 May
2019 and 30 April 2020, and for unpublished manuscripts.
Best Fiction Book (Highland Society of London
Prize)
- Air an Oir, John D. Urquhart (Acair)
- An Tiortach Beag agus Sgeulachdan Eile, Morag Ann
MacNeil (Acair)
- Cuibhle an Fhortain, Morag Law (Luath Press)
- Dà Shamhradh ann an Raineach, Graham Cooper (Luath
Press)
Best Poetry Book (Derick Thomson Prize)
- Ceum air Cheum / Step by Step, Christopher
Whyte (Acair)
- Cluaintean Uaine, George L. Murray and Donald Gillies
(Acair)
- Dàin nan Dùil, Deborah Moffatt (CLÀR)
- Nàdar De / Some Kind Of, Peter Mackay
(Acair)
Best Non-fiction Book (Donald Meek Prize)
- Às na Freumhan, Timothy Currie Armstrong (Clò
Ostaig)
- Eadar Dà Shaoghal / Between Two Worlds,
Donald MacLeod (Acair)
- Seòl mo Bheatha, Donald E. Meek (CLÀR)
- The Highest Apple / An Ubhal As Àirde, ed.
Wilson McLeod & Michael Newton (Francis Boutle)
Best Book for Children/Young People
- Calum agus àirne Mhoire, Flora MacDonald (Flora
MacDonald)
- Mo Ghranaidh agus an Losgann Mòr, Marie C. Macaulay,
(Acair)
- Tintin: Ciste Chastafiore, Hergé, trans. Raghnaid
Sandilands (Dalen Ltd)
- Tintin: Slat-rìoghail Rìgh Ottokar, Hergé, trans.
Raghnaid Sandilands (Dalen Ltd)
Best Unpublished Manuscript for Children/Young
People
- Ailig agus an Dalek Gàidhlig, Shelagh Campbell
- Cèic airson Màiri, William Murray
- Donaidh Dathach, Gwen Bowie
- 'S toigh leam slug salach, Ceitidh Hutton
Best Unpublished Manuscript for Adults
- Àm nan Aisling Àraid, Robbie A. MacLeod
- Anns a' Chiaradh, Rody Gorman
- cruthan, Nathaniel Harrington
- Linne Dhomhainn, Alistair Paul
The prizes will be awarded on Thursday 17 September 2020 in an
online event to be broadcast on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
The Gaelic Books Council is grateful to the Highland
Society of London for sponsoring the prize for the
best fiction book. We thank the family of Derick Thomson for their
permission to name the prize for best poetry book after their late
father. We also thank Professor Donald Meek for lending his name to
the prize for the best non-fiction book, and for his continued
support for the Gaelic Books Council over the years.