Costa Book Award List Announced

by Jarrett Martineau | January 2, 2008 at 01:19 pm | 256 views | add comment

Costa Shortlisted Bower Bird by Ann Kelley

The category winners for the prestigious Costa Book Awards have been announced. The top five shortlisted authors will now compete for the 2007 Costa Book of the Year award which will be announced on January 22nd.

Comedian AL Kennedy and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore have been shortlisted for the Costa Book of the Year.

Catherine O'Flynn, Jean Sprackland and Ann Kelley complete the nominees for the prize, announced on 22 January.

The five writers were put forward after being revealed as winners of the Costa Book Awards' individual categories.

Kennedy had top novel, Sebag Montefiore had best biography and O'Flynn's book was top first novel. Sprackland won for poetry and Kelley for children's books.

COSTA BOOK NOMINEES

Ann Kelley, The Bower Bird

AL Kennedy, Day

Catherine O'Flynn, What Was Lost

Simon Sebag Montefiore, Young Stalin

Jean Sprackland, Tilt

The authors each receive £5,000 for reaching this stage in the competition, and the overall winner will earn £50,000.