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Formerly the Whitbread Book Awards, the Costa Book Awards are selected by a nine judge panel. Each category winner receives £5,000. The overall winner is announced on 27 January 2009, and will win £25,000. The official website is [http://www.costabookawards.com www.costabookawards.com].
 
Formerly the Whitbread Book Awards, the Costa Book Awards are selected by a nine judge panel. Each category winner receives £5,000. The overall winner is announced on 27 January 2009, and will win £25,000. The official website is [http://www.costabookawards.com www.costabookawards.com].
  
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|title=The Secret Scripture
 
|title=The Secret Scripture
 
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|summary=Bookbag thought that The Secret Scripture was a great book with a poor ending, but it beat fellow nominees [[The Other Hand by Chris Cleave]] (which Bookbag particularly loved), [[A Partisan's Daughter by Louis de Bernieres]] and [[Trauma by Patrick McGrath]].
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|summary=Bookbag thought that The Secret Scripture was a great book with a poor ending, but it beat fellow nominees [[The Other Hand by Chris Cleave]] (which Bookbag particularly loved), [[A Partisan's Daughter by Louis de Bernieres]] and ''Trauma'' by Patrick McGrath.
 
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571215289</amazonuk>
 
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|title=Somewhere Towards the End
 
|title=Somewhere Towards the End
 
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|summary=Bookbag disagreed with the Costa judges, only giving ''Somewhere Towards the End'' 3 stars. However, it still had lots going for it. The nominees were [[Bloomsbury Ballerina by Judith Mackrell]], [[If You Don't Know Me By Now by Sathnam Sanghera]] (Bookbag's favourite) and [[Chagall by Jackie Wullschlager]].
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|summary=Bookbag disagreed with the Costa judges, only giving ''Somewhere Towards the End'' 3 stars. However, it still had lots going for it. The nominees were Bloomsbury Ballerina by Judith Mackrell, [[If You Don't Know Me By Now by Sathnam Sanghera]] (Bookbag's favourite) and Chagall by Jackie Wullschlager.
 
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847080693</amazonuk>
 
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===Poetry===
 
===Poetry===
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|author=Adam Foulds
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''The Broken Word'' by Adam Foulds  won the prize for best poetry book, despite strong competition from For ''All We Know'' by Ciaran Carson, ''Sunday at the Skin Launderette'' by Kathryn Simmonds and ''Salvation Jane'' by Greta Stoddart.
|title=The Broken Word
 
|rating=unreviewed
 
|summary=The Broken Word won the prize for best poetry book, despite strong competition from [[For All We Know by Ciaran Carson]], [[Sunday at the Skin Launderette by Kathryn Simmonds]] and [[Salvation Jane by Greta Stoddart]].
 
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224084445</amazonuk>
 
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===Children's Book===
 
===Children's Book===

Revision as of 11:33, 6 March 2018

Formerly the Whitbread Book Awards, the Costa Book Awards are selected by a nine judge panel. Each category winner receives £5,000. The overall winner is announced on 27 January 2009, and will win £25,000. The official website is www.costabookawards.com.

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The Broken Word by Adam Foulds won the prize for best poetry book, despite strong competition from For All We Know by Ciaran Carson, Sunday at the Skin Launderette by Kathryn Simmonds and Salvation Jane by Greta Stoddart.

Children's Book

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