1987 Whitbread Awards
The Whitbread Awards (1971–2005), called Costa Book Awards since 2006, are literary awards in the United Kingdom, awarded both for high literary merit but also for works considered enjoyable reading. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 1987.
Book of the Year[]
- Christopher Nolan, Under the Eye of the Clock
Children's Book[]
Winner:
- Geraldine McCaughrean, A Little Lower than the Angels
First Novel[]
Winner:
- Francis Wyndham, The Other Garden
Novel[]
Winner:
Biography[]
Winners:
- Christopher Nolan, Under the Eye of the Clock
Poetry[]
Winners:
- Seamus Heaney, The Haw Lantern
References[]
Categories:
- 1987 literary awards
- Costa Book Awards
- 1987 awards in the United Kingdom
- 1987 in the United Kingdom