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1986 Whitbread Awards

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The Whitbread Awards (1971–2005), called Costa Book Awards since 2006, are literary awards in the United Kingdom, awarded both for high literary merit but also for works considered enjoyable reading. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 1986.

Contents

Book of the Year

Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World

Children's Book

Winner:

  • Andrew Taylor, The Coal House

    • First Novel

    Winner:

  • Jim Crace, Continent

    • Novel

    Winner:

  • Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World

    • Biography

    Winners:

  • Richard Mabey, Gilbert White

    • Poetry

    Winners:

  • Peter Reading, Stet

    • References

    1986 Whitbread Awards Wikipedia
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