The Costa Book Awards program, in its 50th year, names winners in five categories: first novel, novel, biography, poetry, children’s books.
The United Kingdom’s Costa Book Awards Name Five Shortlists
With the ‘book of the year’ winner to be announced on February 1, the Costa Book Awards will name its 2021 winner in 2022.
Monique Roffey Wins the UK’s Costa 2020 Book of the Year Award
Roffey’s book, based on a Taino legend, is set in 1976 on the Caribbean island of Black Conch. Tessa Sheridan has won the Short Story Award.
Costa Book Awards Names Its Three Short Story Finalists
Three writers who work in literature and screenwriting are behind the shortlisted trio of works in the Costa honors’ 2020 cycle.
UK: The 49th Costa Book Awards Name Category Winners
The five category winners of the 2020 Costa Book Awards are announced, with the ‘book of the year’ honor to come later this month.
The Costa Book Awards Program Announces Its 2020 Shortlists
Twenty writers from the United Kingdom and Ireland have been chosen from an initial pool of 708 Costa Book Award entries.
Industry Notes: Hay Festival Serves 490,000 Streams; Costa Awards Open for Entries
Hay Festival organizers in Wales are outspoken about the broad participation they’ve had in the digital iteration of their flagship event, while the Costa program has called for entries in its 49th edition.
Journalist Jack Fairweather Wins £30,000 Costa Book of the Year
What jurors call ‘an extraordinary and important book that people need to read,’ Jack Fairweather’s timely ‘The Volunteer’ wins the top Costa in London.
UK Costa Book Awards Names Short Story Finalists
A separate competition from the main category and overall award, the Costa Book Awards Short Story program uses public voting to choose its winner.
Costa Book Awards Names Its 2019 Category Winners
The Costa Book Awards, one of the UK’s key annual book prize programs, announces its five category winners. One title of this group will be named the overall winner on January 28.