The Good Dark has been shortlisted for the Saltire Society Poetry Book of the Year, alongside Killochries by Jim Carruth, Cream of the Well by Valerie Gillies and Not All Honey by Roddy Lumsden.

 

The Good Dark is available to order from Penned in the Margins.

Scotland’s most prestigious annual book awards, the Saltire Literary Awards celebrate and support literary and academic excellence across six distinct categories: First Book of the Year, History Book of the Year, Research Book of the Year and Poetry Book of the Year. 2015 sees the expansion of the Literary Book of the Year Award into two categories for Fiction and Non-Fiction books. The winner of each category will receive £2,000 and become the shortlist for the Saltire Society Book of the Year Award, with a prize of £6,000.