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:

• Ian McEwan, The Child in Time

Biography[]

Winners:

• Christopher Nolan, Under the Eye of the Clock

Poetry[]

Winners:

• Seamus Heaney, The Haw Lantern

References[]

• Previous winners