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Winners of this year’s Young Walter Scott Prize for writers of historical fiction announced

Borders Book Festival to run from 12-15 June at Harmony Garden, Melrose

Book review – The Pocket Guide to Edinburgh’s Best Buildings

Book Review: A Leap in the Dark by Justin Kerr-Smiley

Longlist announced for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

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