2005 Whitbread Awards
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The Whitbread Awards (since 2006 called the Costa Book Awards) are among the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary awards. They were launched in 1971, 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. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 2005.
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[edit] Book of the Year
- Hilary Spurling, Matisse the Master
[edit] Children's Book
Winner:
- Kate Thompson, The New Policeman
Shortlist:
- Frank Cottrell Boyce, Framed
- Geraldine McCaughrean, The White Darkness
- Hilary McKay, Permanent Rose
[edit] First Novel
Winner:
- Tash Aw, The Harmony Silk Factory
Shortlist:
- Diana Evans, 26a
- Peter Hobbs, The Short Day Dying
- Rachel Zadok, Gem Squash Tokoloshe
[edit] Novel
Winner:
- Ali Smith, the accidental
Shortlist:
- Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
- Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown
- Christopher Wilson, The Ballad of Lee Cotton
[edit] Biography
Winner:
- Hilary Spurling, Matisse the Master
Shortlist:
- Nigel Farndale, Haw-Haw
- Richard Mabey, Nature Cure
- Alexander Masters, Stuart: A Life Backwards
[edit] Poetry
Winner:
Shortlist:
- David Harsent, Legion
- Richard Price, Lucky Day
- Jane Yeh, Marabou
[edit] References
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