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1987 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 1987.

Contents

Book of the Year

Christopher Nolan, Under the Eye of the Clock

Children's Book

Winner:

  • Geraldine McCaughrean, A Little Lower than the Angels

    • First Novel

    Winner:

  • Francis Wyndham, The Other Garden

    • Novel

    Winner:

  • Ian McEwan, The Child in Time

    • Biography

    Winners:

  • Christopher Nolan, Under the Eye of the Clock

    • Poetry

    Winners:

  • Seamus Heaney, The Haw Lantern

    • References

    1987 Whitbread Awards Wikipedia
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