| The Costa Book Awards are a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in Britain and Ireland. They were inaugurated for 1971 publications and known as the Whitbread Book Awards until 2006 when Costa Coffee, a subsidiary of Whitbread, took over sponsorship. The companion Costa Short Story Award was established in 2012. The awards are given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience. As such, they are a more populist literary prize than the Booker Prize. In 1989, controversy erupted when the judges first awarded the Best Novel prize to Alexander Stuart's The War Zone, then withdrew the prize prior to the ceremony amid acrimony among the judges, ultimately awarding it to Lindsay Clarke's The Chymical Wedding. |
|
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
Check all the Awards, Winners and Nominations for the Costa Book Awards since 1971. |
Costa Book Awards2010Check all the winners of 2010 Costa Book Awards.(Click on the Award Name or Winner name to get list of all awards/winners) |
Jason WallaceHonored for : Out of Shadows |
Jo ShapcottHonored for : Of Mutability |
Kishwar DesaiHonored for : Witness the Night |
Edmund de WaalHonored for : The Hare with Amber Eyes |
Maggie O'FarrellHonored for : The Hand That First Held Mine |
|
