2006 Costa Book Awards

The Costa Book Awards (before 2006 known as the Whitbread Awards) are among the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary awards. They were launched in 1971, are given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 2006.

The Costa Book of the Year shortlist was announced on 10 January 2007 and the final results at a ceremony held on 7 February 2007.

Book of the Year

Children's Book

Winner:

Shortlist:

First Novel

Winner:

Shortlist:

Novel

Winner:

Shortlist:

Biography

Winner:

  • Brian Thompson, Keeping Mum

Shortlist:

  • Maggie Fergusson, George Mackay Brown: The Life
  • John Stubbs, Donne: A Reformed Soul
  • Jo Tatchell, Nabeel's Song

Poetry

Winner:

  • John Haynes, Letter to Patience[1]

Shortlist:

gollark: Well, memorizing things is mostly stupid nowadays.
gollark: They more encourage obeying when anyone is watching and otherwise ignoring the rules.
gollark: Anyway, I don't think instilling more obedience to authority is a particularly *good* thing, and in any case schools are... kind of inconsistent at that.
gollark: We actually had a history teacher who spent a few lessons talking about Brexit (back in 2016), which was interesting.
gollark: Also some pointlessly strict ones, who are less good.

References
  1. Ezard, John (Jan 9, 2007). "Haynes beats Heaney to Costa crown". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
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