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Christopher Reid wins Costa Book Prize

Well that was a bit of a shocker – Colm Toibin was the odds on favourite to take home the overall Costa Book Prize last night, but it went instead to Christopher Reid for his poetry collection A Scattering. Very many congratulations to him!

Although I haven’t read the collection – and indeed, I don’t read [...]

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January 27, 2010 by Kirsty in book news, poetry, prizes
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Costa Book of the Year Shortlist 2009

The winners for each individual cateogory of the Costa Prize have been announced. All of these books now become the shortlist for the overal Costa Book of the Year prize, which will be announced on 26 January.
Novel of the Year Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
First Novel of the Year Beauty by Raphael Selbourne
Poetry Book of the [...]

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January 5, 2010 by Kirsty in prizes
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The 2009 Costa Shortlists

The 2009 Costa Prize shortlists are now out, and what everyone’s asking is will Hilary Mantel make it a Booker/Costa double? I can already see that my loyalties will be torn as my new favourite novelist Penelope Lively is up against Ms. Mantel.
Costa Novel Award

Family Album by Penelope Lively
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
The Elephant Keeper [...]

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November 25, 2009 by Kirsty in auto/biography, fiction, prizes
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Sebastian Barry wins the Costa Book Award

Sebastian Barry has won the £25,000 Costa Book Award for his novel The Secret Scripture.
There has been a bit of a hoo-hah about the ending of the novel, which is about a 100 year old woman in a psychiatric hospital, with many reviewers being unhappy with it. Even the Costa Book Award judges spoke about [...]

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January 28, 2009 by Kirsty in fiction, poetry, prizes
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Costa Book Awards: Shortlist Announced

The shortlist of the Costa (formerly Whitbread) Book Awards was announced last night, and the lucky nominees are:

The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
Somewhere Towards the End by Diana Athill
The Outcast by Sadie Jones
Just Henry by Michelle Magorian
The Broken Word by Adam Foulds

The Guardian website has lots of interesting Costa-related articles, including extracts from the nominees.
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January 6, 2009 by Kirsty in prizes
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