1993 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 1993.

Book of the Year[]

Joan Brady, Theory of War

Children's Book[]

Winner:

• Anne Fine, Flour Babies

First Novel[]

Winner:

• Rachel Cusk, Saving Agnes

Novel[]

Winner:

• Joan Brady, Theory of War

Biography[]

Winners:

• Andrew Motion, Philip Larkin: A Writer’s Life

Poetry[]

Winners:

• Carol Ann Duffy, Mean Time

References[]

• Previous winners