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2005 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 2005.

Contents

Book of the Year

  • Hilary Spurling, Matisse the Master

    • Children's Book

    Winner:

  • Kate Thompson, The New Policeman

    • Shortlist:

  • Frank Cottrell Boyce, Framed
  • Geraldine McCaughrean, The White Darkness
  • Hilary McKay, Permanent Rose

    • First Novel

    Winner:

  • Tash Aw, The Harmony Silk Factory

    • Shortlist:

  • Diana Evans, 26a
  • Peter Hobbs, The Short Day Dying
  • Rachel Zadok, Gem Squash Tokoloshe

    • Novel

    Winner:

  • Ali Smith, the accidental

    • Shortlist:

  • Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
  • Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown
  • Christopher Wilson, The Ballad of Lee Cotton

    • Biography

    Winner:

  • Hilary Spurling, Matisse the Master

    • Shortlist:

  • Nigel Farndale, Haw-Haw
  • Richard Mabey, Nature Cure
  • Alexander Masters, Stuart: A Life Backwards

    • Poetry

    Winner:

  • Christopher Logue, Cold Calls

    • Shortlist:

  • David Harsent, Legion
  • Richard Price, Lucky Day
  • Jane Yeh, Marabou

    • References

    2005 Whitbread Awards Wikipedia
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