The Costa Book Awards (before 2006 known as the Whitbread 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 2006.
The Costa Book of the Year shortlist was announced on 10 January 2007 and the final results at a ceremony held on 7 February 2007.
Book of the Year
- Stef Penney, The Tenderness of Wolves
Children's Book
Winner:
- Linda Newbery, Set in Stone
Shortlist:
- David Almond, Clay
- Julia Golding, The Diamond of Drury Lane
- Meg Rosoff, Just in Case
First Novel
Winner:
- Stef Penney, The Tenderness of Wolves
Shortlist:
- Michael Cox, The Meaning of Night
- Marilyn Heward Mills, Cloth Girl
- James Scudamore, The Amnesia Clinic
Novel
Winner:
Shortlist:
- Neil Griffiths, Saving Caravaggio
- Mark Haddon, A Spot of Bother
- David Mitchell, Black Swan Green
Biography
Winner:
- Brian Thompson, Keeping Mum
Shortlist:
- Maggie Fergusson, George Mackay Brown: The Life
- John Stubbs, Donne: A Reformed Soul
- Jo Tatchell, Nabeel's Song
Poetry
Winner:
- John Haynes, Letter to Patience[1]
Shortlist:
- Vicki Feaver, The Book of Blood
- Seamus Heaney, District and Circle
- Hugo Williams, Dear Room
References
- ^ Ezard, John (Jan 9, 2007). "Haynes beats Heaney to Costa crown". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 September 2017.