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Costa First Novel Award 2018
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Costa Children's Book Award 2018
Costa Novel Award 2018
Costa Biography Award 2018
Costa Biography Award Winner 2018 The enthralling story of a man's search for the truth about his family's past The last time Lien saw her parents was in the Hague when she was collected at the door by a stranger and taken to a city far away to be hidden from the Nazis. She was raised by her foster family ...
This fresh take on a murder mystery is a joy to behold from debut author Stuart Turton. Set in a classic 1920s country house, the narrator wakes up in a forest, wearing someone else’s dinner jacket, someone else’s body and no memory of how he got there. It's a twisty turny cracker of a ...
Assurances is an award-winning narrative poem, a story, a collection of words that funnels thought, tightens feelings, allows and encourages consideration. Assurances with its mix of verse and unversed passages is a poem about the threat of nuclear war, it is shocking, yet also quite beautiful as it looks from sky to earth, from bottom ...
Award winning Hilary McKay tells a captivating and deeply moving story of three young people growing up in the years before and during World War One. How their lives were totally changed by the War, how what really happened to the soldiers could never be talked about and how a girl like Clarry suddenly had opportunities because of the ...
Costa Biography Award Winner 2018 The enthralling story of a man's search for the truth about his family's past The last time Lien saw her parents was in the Hague when she was collected at the door by a stranger and taken to a city far away to be hidden from the Nazis. She was raised by her foster family ...
Costa Book Awards 2018
The Costa Book Awards is one of the UK's most prestigious and popular literary prizes and recognises some of the most enjoyable books of the year, written by authors based in the UK and Ireland.
Since their launch in 1971, the awards have rewarded a wide range of excellent books and authors across all genres.
Uniquely, the prize has five categories - First Novel, Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children's Book - with one of the five winning books selected as the overall Costa Book of the Year. It is the only prize which places children’s books alongside adult books in this way.
The judging panel for the 2018 Costa Book Awards includes: Emma Corfield Walters, Nina Pottell, Sathnam Sanghera, Justine Jordan, Rachel Joyce, Zool Verjee, Paula Byrne, Anita Sethi, Paul Wallace, Mimi Khalvati, James Munroe, Sameer Rahim, Rick O'Shea, Fleur Sinclair, Imogen Russell Williams.
The judges will select their favourite book in each category and these books will then be shortlisted for the 2018 Costa Book of the Year. The overall winner will be announced at an awards ceremony in central London on Monday 29th January 2019.
For more information visit www.costa.co.uk/costa-book-awards and keep up with the latest news @CostaBookAwards
