Costa Book Awards Judges

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Costa book awards judges. The costa book awards are a set of annual literary awards recognising english language books by writers based in britain and ireland they were inaugurated for 1971 publications and known as the whitbread book awards until 2006 when costa coffee then a subsidiary of whitbread took over sponsorship. Costa formerly whitbread book awards judges 1971 present 2019 first novel. Check below for the most recent news and announcements from the costa book awards including shortlists winners.

The judges for the costa book awards have been announced and include authors matt haig louise doughty and julia copus. The costa book of the year is then chosen by a nine member panel which includes representatives from the original panels who are joined by other well known people who love reading. She was also one of the costa book awards judges in 2019.

Biography award the volunteer jack fairweather wh allen poetry award flèche mary jean chan faber faber children s book award asha the spirit bird jasbinder bilan chicken house 2018. Uniquely the prize has five categories first novel novel biography poetry and children s book with one of the five winning books selected as the overall costa book of the year and each category is judged separately by a panel of three judges per category. The companion costa short story award was established in 2012.

Clare mackintosh will smith mahsuda snaith novel. Kate clanchy jade cuttle rohan de silva children s book. Costa book awards judges select the best.

The costa first novel award will be judged by novelist fanny blake. Suzannah lipscomb james marriott will rycroft poetry. Booksellers daniel eltringham of dulwich books and jo anne cocadiz of foyles are among the judges of the 2013 costa book awards.

Louise candlish author louise candlish is the sunday times bestselling author of thirteen novels most recently those people and the. The final judges are here this year s final judges have been revealed. He currently project manages the bbc novels that shaped our world libraries events programme for the charity libraries connected as well as hosting literary events at festivals and bookshops.