2005 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 2005.
Book of the Year[]
- Hilary Spurling, Matisse the Master
Children's Book[]
Winner:
Shortlist:
- Frank Cottrell Boyce, Framed
- Geraldine McCaughrean, The White Darkness
- Hilary McKay, Permanent Rose
First Novel[]
Winner:
- Tash Aw, The Harmony Silk Factory
Shortlist:
- Diana Evans, 26a
- Peter Hobbs, The Short Day Dying
- Rachel Zadok, Gem Squash Tokoloshe
Novel[]
Winner:
- Ali Smith, the accidental
Shortlist:
- Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
- Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown
- Christopher Wilson, The Ballad of Lee Cotton
Biography[]
Winner:
- Hilary Spurling, Matisse the Master
Shortlist:
- Nigel Farndale, Haw-Haw
- Richard Mabey, Nature Cure
- Alexander Masters, Stuart: A Life Backwards
Poetry[]
Winner:
Shortlist:
- David Harsent, Legion
- Richard Price, Lucky Day
- , Marabou
References[]
Categories:
- Costa Book Awards
- 2005 literary awards
- 2005 awards in the United Kingdom