29 January 2019
THE CUT OUT GIRL BY BART VAN ES NAMED 2018 COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR
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THURSDAY 22ND NOVEMBER 2018, LONDON: Costa Coffee today announces the shortlists for the 2018 Costa Book Awards.
The Costa Book Awards is the only major UK book prize that is open solely to authors resident in the UK and Ireland and also, uniquely, recognises the most enjoyable books across five categories – First Novel, Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children’s Book - published in the last year.
Interview opportunities available with the following authors:
2018 Costa First Novel Award shortlist: Natalie Hart, Elisa Lodato, Stuart Turton, Anne Youngson
2018 Costa Novel Award shortlist: Pat Barker, Tom Rachman, Sally Rooney and Donal Ryan
2018 Costa Biography Award shortlist: Viv Albertine, Bart Van Es, Raynor Winn, Benjamin Zephaniah
2018 Costa Poetry Award shortlist: Zaffar Kunial, J. O. Morgan, Richard Scott, Hannah Sullivan
2018 Costa Children’s Book Award shortlist: David Almond, Candy Gourlay, Matt Killeen, Hilary McKay
The Costa Book Awards is the only major UK book prize that is open solely to authors resident in the UK and Ireland and also, uniquely, recognises the most enjoyable books across five categories – First Novel, Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children’s Book - published in the last year.
Winners in the five categories, who each receive £5,000, will be announced on Monday 7th January 2019. The overall winner of the 2018 Costa Book of the Year will receive £30,000 and will be selected and announced at the Costa Book Awards ceremony in central London on Tuesday 29th January 2019.
The winner of the Costa Short Story Award, voted for by the public, will also be announced at the ceremony. The shortlisted three stories for the Costa Short Story Award, now in its seventh year, will be revealed on the Costa Book Awards website, www.costabookawards.com, later this month.
Since the introduction of the Book of the Year award in 1985, it has been won twelve times by a novel, five times by a first novel, six times by a biography, eight times by a collection of poetry and twice by a children’s book. The 2017 Costa Book of the Year was Inside the Wave by Helen Dunmore.
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