The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction is one in which many of us take a keen interest; here's this year's longlist:
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay by William Boyd
A Petrol Scented Spring by Ajay Close
A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale
Dictator by Robert Harris
Devastation Road by Jason Hewitt
Death and Mr Pickwick by Stephen Jarvis
Mrs Engels by Gavin McCrea
End Games in Bordeaux by Allan Massie
Tightrope by Simon Mawer
Signs for Lost Children by Sarah Moss
Curtain Call by Anthony Quinn
Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar
The shortlist will be announced at the end of March, and the winner at The Borders Book Festival on 18th. June.