THE shortlist for one of the most prestigious book awards in Scotland features books by James Kelman, Irvine Welsh and the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy.
The Saltire Society's Book of the Year shortlist includes The Bees by Duffy, Kathleen Jamie's Sightlines, Kelman's Mo Said She Was Quirky, Deanamh Gaire ris a' Chloc by Aonghas MacNeacail, Tales From The Mall by Ewan Morrison, The Dead Man's Pedal by Alan Warner and Skagboys, by Welsh.
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