Costa Book Awards
The Costa Book Awards is one of the UK's
most prestigious and popular literary prizes and recognises some of
the most enjoyable books of the year by writers based in the UK and
Ireland.
It's unique for having five categories: First Novel, Novel,
Biography, Poetry and Children's Book.
The winner in each category receives £5,000, and then one of the
five winning books is selected as the overall Costa Book of the
Year, receiving a further £30,000, and making a total prize fund of
£55,000. The Costa is the only prize which places children's books
alongside adult books in this way.
The Costa Book Awards started life in 1971 as the Whitbread
Literary Awards. From 1985 they were known as the Whitbread Book
Awards until 2006, when Costa Coffee took over ownership from
Whitbread.
Since 1971, the awards have rewarded a wide range of excellent
books and authors across all genres. Find out more about the awards
at costabookawards.com
