2014 Costa Book Awards
The shortlist was announced 17 November 2014.[1] The category winners were announced c. 5 January 2015.[2] The Book of the Year was announced 27 January 2015.[3]
Book of the Year
Winner: Helen Macdonald, H is for Hawk [3][4][5]
Children's Book
Winner: Kate Saunders, Five Children on the Western Front[2]
Shortlist:[1]
- Simon Mason, Running Girl
- Michael Morpurgo, Listen to the Moon
- Marcus Sedgwick, The Ghosts of Heaven
First Novel
Winner: Emma Healey, Elizabeth is Missing[2]
Shortlist:[1]
- Carys Bray, A Song for Issy Bradley
- Mary Costello, Academy Street
- Simon Wroe, Chop Chop
Novel
Winner: Ali Smith, How to Be Both[2]
Shortlist:[1]
- Neel Mukherjee, The Lives of Others
- Monique Roffey, House of Ashes
- Colm Tóibín, Nora Webster
Biography
Winner: Helen Macdonald, H is for Hawk[2]
Shortlist:[1]
- John Campbell, Roy Jenkins: a Well-Rounded Life (about Roy Jenkins)
- Marion Coutts, The Iceberg: a Memoir
- Henry Marsh, Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
Poetry
Winner: Jonathan Edwards, My Family and Other Superheroes[2]
Shortlist:[1]
- Colette Bryce, The Whole and Rain-domed Universe
- Lavinia Greenlaw, A Double Sorrow: Troilus and Criseyde
- Kei Miller, The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion
Short Story
- Winner: Zoe Gilbert, Fishskin, Hareskin[6]
- Second:Paula Cunningham, The Matchboy
- Third: Joanne Meek, Jellyfish
References
- ^ a b c d e f Oliver Arnoldi (18 November 2014). "2014 Costa Book Awards shortlists announced". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f Alice Vincent (5 January 2015). "Wartime adaptation of Five Children and It wins in Costa Book Award categories". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
- ^ a b "2014 Costa Book of the Year" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
- ^ "Helen Macdonald wins 2014 Costa book award for 'haunting' H is for Hawk". Guardian. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ "Helen Macdonald wins Costa Book of the Year 2014". BBC News. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ See This Year's Costa Short Story Award