2009 Costa Book Awards
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The Costa Book Awards (before 2006 known as the Whitbread Awards) are among the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary awards.[citation needed] 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 2009.
The shortlists were announced on 25 November 2009. The winners in each category were announced on 4 January 2010 on the BBC Radio 4 Front Row programme.
Contents
Book of the Year
Winner:
- Christopher Reid, A Scattering
Children's Book
Winner:
Shortlist:
- Siobhan Dowd, Solace of the Road
- Mary Hoffman, Troubadour
- Anna Perera, Guantanamo Boy
First Novel
Winner:
Shortlist:
- Rachel Heath, The Finest Type of English Womanhood
- Peter Murphy, John the Revelator
- Ali Shaw, The Girl with Glass Feet
Novel
Winner:
Shortlist:
- Penelope Lively, Family Album
- Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
- Christopher Nicholson, The Elephant Keeper
Biography
Winner:
Shortlist:
- William Fiennes, The Music Room
- Simon Gray, Coda
- Caroline Moorehead, Dancing to the Precipice
Poetry
Winner:
- Christopher Reid, A Scattering
Shortlist:
- Clive James, Angels Over Elsinore
- Katharine Kilalea, One Eye'd Leigh'
- Ruth Padel, Darwin: A Life in Poems
