Edinburgh Napier alumna, Leah McDowell, has won the Saltire Emerging Publisher of the Year Award.
The MSc Publishing graduate joined Floris Books in 2013 soon after graduating, where she now works as Design and Production Manager.
Leah saw off competition from four other nominees for this new award, which aims to recognise and encourage the work of an individual in the early stages of their publishing career.
The shortlist of four also included another Edinburgh Napier MSc Publishing graduate, Keara Donnachie, Publicity Officer at Sandstone Press.
Executive Director of the Saltire Society Jim Tough said: “This has been another terrific year for the Saltire Literary Awards and an extra special one as we celebrate our 80th anniversary. Every one of the individual book awards were hotly contested, making the judges’ decision a particularly challenging one.”
Emerging Publisher of the Year, Leah, says: "I'm truly delighted to have won this inaugural award which celebrates all the amazing, emerging talent that makes the Scottish publishing industry so rich and lively."
The winners from the 2016 Saltire Literary Awards, including Leah McDowell (second from the right).