Dr Fiona Edmonds’s book Gaelic Influence in the Northumbrian Kingdom: The Golden Age and the Viking Age was recently shortlisted for ‘History book of the year’ in Scotland’s National Book Awards 2021 (the Saltire Society Literary Awards).

The judges’ appraisal of the book was: ‘Resting on the soundest academic work that incorporates a wide range of sources including place-name evidence and ecclesiastical linkages, this finely argued book demonstrates the importance of the Northumbrian heritage in what is now Scotland’.

Although the book did not win, Dr Edmonds said ‘it was a challenge to bring this book to completion and I was delighted to see it represented on such a strong shortlist’.

The book is published by Boydell and Brewer in the Studies in Celtic History series:

Gaelic Influence in the Northumbrian Kingdom (boydellandbrewer.com)

You can read more about the ‘Scottish History Book of the Year’ shortlist here:

Scottish History Book of the Year 2021 | The Saltire Society