Kapka Kassabova wins Scottish Book of the Year at the Saltire Literary Awards

A book described as “a meditation on the significance of borders” has been announced as the Scottish Book of the Year at the Saltire Literary Awards 2017. Kapka Kassabova, a Bulgarian writer who lives in Scotland, won the award for Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe, which is based on her travels in the frontier lands of Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece.