2014 Costa Book Awards
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 2014.
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
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Oliver Arnoldi (18 November 2014). "2014 Costa Book Awards shortlists announced". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Alice Vincent (5 January 2015). "Wartime adaptation of Five Children and It wins in Costa Book Award categories". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
- 1 2 "2014 Costa Book of the Year" (PDF).
- ↑ "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
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