2014 Costa Book Awards

The Costa Book Awards (before 2006 known as the Whitbread Awards) are among the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary awards.^{[citation needed]} They were launched in 1971, are given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 2014.

The shortlist was announced 17 November 2014.^[1] The category winners were announced c. 5 January 2015.^[2] The Book of the Year was announced 27 January 2015.^[3]

Book of the Year[]

Winner: Helen Macdonald, H is for Hawk^[3]^[4]^[5]

Children's Book[]

Winner: Kate Saunders, Five Children on the Western Front^[2]

Shortlist:^[1]

Simon Mason, Running Girl
Michael Morpurgo, Listen to the Moon
Marcus Sedgwick, The Ghosts of Heaven

First Novel[]

Winner: Emma Healey, Elizabeth is Missing^[2]

Shortlist:^[1]

Carys Bray, A Song for Issy Bradley
Mary Costello, Academy Street
, Chop Chop

Novel[]

Winner: Ali Smith, How to Be Both^[2]

Shortlist:^[1]

Biography[]

Winner: Helen Macdonald, H is for Hawk^[2]

Shortlist:^[1]

John Campbell, Roy Jenkins: a Well-Rounded Life (about Roy Jenkins)
Marion Coutts, The Iceberg: a Memoir
, Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery

Poetry[]

Winner: Jonathan Edwards, My Family and Other Superheroes^[2]

Shortlist:^[1]

Colette Bryce, The Whole and Rain-domed Universe
Lavinia Greenlaw, A Double Sorrow: Troilus and Criseyde
Kei Miller, The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion

Short Story[]

Winner: , Fishskin, Hareskin^[6]
Second:, The Matchboy
Third: , Jellyfish

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Oliver Arnoldi (18 November 2014). "2014 Costa Book Awards shortlists announced". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Alice Vincent (5 January 2015). "Wartime adaptation of Five Children and It wins in Costa Book Award categories". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "2014 Costa Book of the Year" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
^ "Helen Macdonald wins 2014 Costa book award for 'haunting' H is for Hawk". Guardian. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
^ "Helen Macdonald wins Costa Book of the Year 2014". BBC News. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
^ See This Year's Costa Short Story Award

[oliver-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Oliver Arnoldi (18 November 2014). "2014 Costa Book Awards shortlists announced". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved January 12, 2015.

[vincent-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Alice Vincent (5 January 2015). "Wartime adaptation of Five Children and It wins in Costa Book Award categories". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved January 12, 2015.

[winner-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "2014 Costa Book of the Year" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-01-27.

[4] "Helen Macdonald wins 2014 Costa book award for 'haunting' H is for Hawk". Guardian. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.

[5] "Helen Macdonald wins Costa Book of the Year 2014". BBC News. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.

[6] See This Year's Costa Short Story Award

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