Costa announced the shortlists for the 2010 Costa Book Awards last November 16, 2010.
The Costa Book Awards recognise the most enjoyable books in five categories - First Novel, Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children's Book - published in the last year by writers based in the UK and Ireland.
This year's Costa Book Awards attracted 540 entries. Judges on this year's panels (three per category) included authors Adele Parks, Juliet Nicolson and Tim Bowler; poet Ruth Padel; biographer Caroline Moorehead OBE and broadcasters and presenters Lorraine Kelly, Anneka Rice and Anita Rani, as well as literary critics and booksellers.
Nominated this year for the First Novel Award category are Indian writers Kishwar Desai and Aatish Tasheer.
Costa First Novel Award
* Witness the Night by Kishwar Desai
* The Temple-Goers by Aatish Taseer
* Coconut Unlimited by Nikesh Shukla
* Not Quite White by Simon Thirsk
Costa Novel Award
* Whatever You Love by Louise Doughty
* The Blasphemer by Nigel Farndale
* The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell
* Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
Costa Biography Award
* How to Live A Life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell
* My Father's Fortune by Michael Frayn
* The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal
Costa Poetry Award
* Standard Midland by Roy Fisher
* The Wrecking Light by Robin Robertson
* Of Mutability by Jo Shapcott
* New Light for the Old Dark by Sam Willetts
Costa Children's Book Award
* Flyaway by Lucy Christopher
* Annexed by Sharon Dogar
* Bartimaeus: The Ring of Solomon by Jonathan Stroud
* Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace
Winners in the five categories, who each receive £5,000, will be announced on Wednesday 5th January 2011.
The overall winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2010 will receive £30,000 and will be selected and announced at the Costa Book Awards ceremony in central London on Tuesday 25th January 2011.
More information here.
The Costa Book Awards recognise the most enjoyable books in five categories - First Novel, Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children's Book - published in the last year by writers based in the UK and Ireland.
This year's Costa Book Awards attracted 540 entries. Judges on this year's panels (three per category) included authors Adele Parks, Juliet Nicolson and Tim Bowler; poet Ruth Padel; biographer Caroline Moorehead OBE and broadcasters and presenters Lorraine Kelly, Anneka Rice and Anita Rani, as well as literary critics and booksellers.
Nominated this year for the First Novel Award category are Indian writers Kishwar Desai and Aatish Tasheer.
Costa First Novel Award
* Witness the Night by Kishwar Desai
* The Temple-Goers by Aatish Taseer
* Coconut Unlimited by Nikesh Shukla
* Not Quite White by Simon Thirsk
Costa Novel Award
* Whatever You Love by Louise Doughty
* The Blasphemer by Nigel Farndale
* The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell
* Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
Costa Biography Award
* How to Live A Life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell
* My Father's Fortune by Michael Frayn
* The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal
Costa Poetry Award
* Standard Midland by Roy Fisher
* The Wrecking Light by Robin Robertson
* Of Mutability by Jo Shapcott
* New Light for the Old Dark by Sam Willetts
Costa Children's Book Award
* Flyaway by Lucy Christopher
* Annexed by Sharon Dogar
* Bartimaeus: The Ring of Solomon by Jonathan Stroud
* Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace
Winners in the five categories, who each receive £5,000, will be announced on Wednesday 5th January 2011.
The overall winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2010 will receive £30,000 and will be selected and announced at the Costa Book Awards ceremony in central London on Tuesday 25th January 2011.
More information here.
