2015 Costa Book Awards
The shortlist was announced c. 17 November 2015.[1] The category winners were announced c. 4 January 2016, and the overall winner was announced on 26 January 2016.[2][3]
Book of the Year
Winner: Frances Hardinge, The Lie Tree[3]
Children's Book
Winner: Frances Hardinge, The Lie Tree
Shortlist:
- Hayley Long, Sophie Someone
- Sally Nicholls, An Island of Our Own
- Andrew Norriss, Jessica's Ghost
First Novel
Winner: Andrew Michael Hurley, The Loney
Shortlist:
- Sara Baume, Spill Simmer Falter Wither
- Kate Hamer, The Girl in the Red Coat
- Tasha Kavanagh, Things We Have in Common
Novel
Winner: Kate Atkinson, A God in Ruins
Shortlist:
- Anne Enright, The Green Road
- Patrick Gale, A Place Called Winter
- Melissa Harrison, At Hawthorn Time
Biography
Winner: Andrea Wulf, The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt, The Lost Hero of Science
Shortlist:
- Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, The Story of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland
- Thomas Harding, The House by the Lake
- Ruth Scurr, John Aubrey: My Own Life
Poetry
Winner: Don Paterson, 40 Sonnets
Shortlist:
- Andrew McMillan, Physical
- Kate Miller, The Observances
- Neil Rollinson, Talking Dead
Short Story
- Winner: TBD
- Second: TBD
- Third: TBD
References
- ^ Drabble, Emily (17 November 2015). "The Costa Children's book award shortlist 2015 announced". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ Drabble, Emily (4 January 2016). "Frances Hardinge scoops the Costa children's book award 2015 with The Lie Tree". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ a b Brown, Mark (26 January 2016). "Frances Hardinge's The Lie Tree wins Costa book of the year 2015". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- Shortlist: "Shortlist for the 2015 Costa Novel Award" (PDF). Costa Coffee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- Category winners: "2015 Costa Category Award Winners" (PDF). Costa Coffee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.