1995 Whitbread Awards

The Whitbread Awards (19712005), 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 1995.

Book of the Year

Children's Book

Winner:

Shortlist:

First Novel

Winner:

Shortlist:

  • Stephen Blanchard, Gagarin & I
  • Alan Warner, Morvern Callar

Novel

Winner:

Shortlist:

Biography

Winners:

Shortlist:

  • Paul Berry and Mark Bostridge, Vera Brittain – A Life
  • Gitta Sereny, Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth
  • Geoffrey Wansell, Terence Rattigan

Poetry

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Shortlist:

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