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1998 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 1998.

Contents

Book of the Year

  • Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters

    • Children's Book

    Winner:

  • David Almond, Skellig

    • Shortlist:

  • Robert Swindells, Abomination
  • J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  • James Riordan, Sweet Clarinet

    • First Novel

    Winner:

  • Giles Foden, The Last King of Scotland

    • Shortlist:

  • Gavin Kramer, Shopping
  • Magnus Mills, The Restraint of Beasts
  • Luke Sutherland, Jelly Roll

    • Novel

    Winner:

  • Justin Cartwright, Leading the Cheers

    • Shortlist:

  • Ronan Bennett, the catastrophist
  • Barbara Trapido, The Travelling Hornplayer

    • Biography

    Winner:

  • Amanda Foreman, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

    • Shortlist:

  • John Bayley, Iris, A memoir of Iris Murdoch
  • Ian Kershaw, Hitler, Volume One Hubris 1889–1936

    • Poetry

    Winner:

  • Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters

    • Shortlist:

  • Philip Gross, The Wasting Game
  • Paul Farley, The Boy from the Chemist is Here to See you

    • References

    1998 Whitbread Awards Wikipedia
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