Difference between revisions of "Costa Prize 2012"
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'''First Novel Award''' | '''First Novel Award''' | ||
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| + | |summary=Francesca Segal's debut novel, ''The Innocents'' is set in upper class, Jewish, North London. Adam is about to marry his childhood sweetheart, Rachel, and is working as a lawyer in her father's business. Into this romantic idyl though comes Ellie, Rachel's wayward cousin who has been forced to flee the US following an appearance in an 'art house' movie of dubious repute and, it turns out, further scandal. Ellie is everything that Rachel is not; a model, worldly, sexy and tempting. As Adam gets drawn into wanting to 'rescue' her and look after her, his whole future with Rachel is thrown into doubt and the story becomes a will they, won't they get together narrative. | ||
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It's the time for the tall mainland men to come to the island to trade, so 16 year old Mary prepares. She brings out her handmade 'broideries' and hides Barney, her little brother, in a cupboard. This is a necessary preparation born of fear, for the island boys have been vanishing, taken by the traders. On this particular day Mary's broideries go, but so does Barney. | It's the time for the tall mainland men to come to the island to trade, so 16 year old Mary prepares. She brings out her handmade 'broideries' and hides Barney, her little brother, in a cupboard. This is a necessary preparation born of fear, for the island boys have been vanishing, taken by the traders. On this particular day Mary's broideries go, but so does Barney. | ||
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'''Biography Award''' | '''Biography Award''' | ||
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| + | |author=Mary M Talbot and Bryan Talbot | ||
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| + | |summary= If there's one person able to produce a worthwhile potted history of James Joyce's daughter, it should be Mary M Talbot. She's an eminent academic, and her father was a major Joycean scholar. Both females had parents with the same names too - James and Nora, both took to the stage when younger after going to dance school, but it's the contrasts between them this volume subtly picks out rather than any similarities, in a dual biography painted by one person we know by now as more than able to produce a delightful graphic novel - [[:Category:Bryan Talbot|Bryan Talbot]]. | ||
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We don't review poetry, but here's a list of the runners and riders: | We don't review poetry, but here's a list of the runners and riders: | ||
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''Bee Journal'' by Sean Borrowdale | ''Bee Journal'' by Sean Borrowdale | ||
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''People Who Like Meatballs'' by Selima Hill | ''People Who Like Meatballs'' by Selima Hill | ||
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Revision as of 08:23, 3 January 2013
Novel Award
Category Winner
Other Books on the Shortlist
First Novel Award
Category Winner
Other Books on the Shortlist
Biography Award
Category Winner
Other Books on the Shortlist
Poetry Award
We don't review poetry, but here's a list of the runners and riders:
Category Winner
The Overhaul by Kathleen Jamie
Other Books on the Shortlist
Bee Journal by Sean Borrowdale
The World’s Two Smallest Humans by Julia Copus
People Who Like Meatballs by Selima Hill
Children's Book Award
Category Winner
Other Books on the Shortlist
