The Costa Novel Award

Christchurch City Libraries lists literary prize winners and links to catalogue searches, but we may not hold copies of all titles mentioned.

The Costa Book Awards are some of the most prestigious British literary awards. They were launched in 1971 as the Whitbread Literary Awards, which became the Whitbread Book Awards in 1985. Costa Coffee took over sponsorship in 2006. The Novel Award Winner receives £5,000. The 2021 Costa Book Awards held in February 2022 was the 50th and final awards. Visit the Costa Book Awards site for more information.

See the other Costa Book Awards category winners and all the other literary prize winners we list.

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2012

2011

  • Pure Andrew Miller Winner (and Book of the year)

2010

2009

2008

2007

  • Day A. L. Kennedy Winner (and Book of the year)

2006

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