2001 Whitbread Awards
Appearance
2001 was the first year that a book in the children's category was chosen as book of the year.
Book of the Year
Children's Book
Winner:
Shortlist:
- Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl
- Eva Ibbotson, Journey to the River Sea
- Terry Jones, The Lady and the Squire
First Novel
Winner:
- Sid Smith, Something Like A House
Shortlist:
- Will Eaves, The Oversight
- Carl Tighe, Burning Worm
- Gerard Woodward, August
Novel
Winner:
Shortlist:
- Helen Dunmore, The Siege
- Ian McEwan, Atonement
- Andrew Miller, Oxygen
Biography
Winner:
- Diana Souhami, Selkirk's Island
Shortlist:
- Anthony Bailey, A View of Delft
- Adam Sisman, Boswell's Presumptuous Task
- Geoffrey Wall, Flaubert: A Life
Poetry
Winner:
- Selima Hill, Bunny
Shortlist :
- Charles Boyle, The Age of Cardboard and String
- Wendy Cope, If I don't know
- John Stammers, Panoramic Lounge-Bar