2013 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 2013 .

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The shortlist was announced on 26 November 2013. [1] [2] The category winners were announced 6 January 2014. [3] The Book of the Year was announced 28 January 2014.

Book of the Year

Winner: Nathan Filer, The Shock of the Fall [4]

Children's Book

Winner: Chris Riddell, Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse [3]

Shortlist: [1]

First Novel

Winner: Nathan Filer, The Shock of the Fall [3]

Shortlist: [1]

Novel

Winner: Kate Atkinson, Life After Life [3]

Shortlist: [1]

Biography

Winner: Lucy Hughes-Hallett, The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War [3]

Shortlist: [1]

Poetry

Winner: Michael Symmons Roberts, Drysalter [3]

Shortlist: [1]

Short Story

Winner:

Second:

Third:

Shortlist:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mark Brown (26 November 2013). "Costa book awards 2013: late author on all-female fiction shortlist". The Guardian . Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  2. "Costa Book Awards 2013: not just for hot young things". Daily Telegraph. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Former winners recapture Costa prize". BBC News. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  4. "Nathan Filer wins Costa Book of the Year with debut novel". BBC. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  5. "Costa Short Story Award". Costa Book Awards. Retrieved 25 August 2014.