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2009 Costa Book Awards: Call for entries
Entry forms for the 2009 Costa Book Awards are now available to
download here as a PDF. Close of entry is Friday 26th June. Books must be entered by publishers, not individuals, and self-published books or books that are solely published online are not eligible. Full terms and conditions are on page 6 of the form, and some frequently asked questions
are answered here. Good luck!
by CostaBookAwards at 01/06/2009
10:34:26
SEBASTIAN BARRY WINS 2008 COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR
Irish author Sebastian Barry has won the 2008 Costa Book of the Year award for
The Secret Scripture, a moving account of one woman's stolen life and her journey to reclaim the past. The announcement was made this evening (Tuesday 27th January) at an awards ceremony held at the InterContinental Hotel in central London.
Click here for more info.
by costabookawards at 27/01/2009
22:37:20
Costa Book of the Year 2008 Announced Tonight!
At 10.15pm this evening, the winner of the prestigious Costa Book of the Year 2008 will be announced at a glittering awards ceremony in the Ballroom of the Intercontinental Hotel in central London.
Watch the ceremony here at www.costabookawards.com/awards/watch_live.aspx for the first time and see the announcement live! Tune in from 9.45pm to see who will pick up a cheque for £25,000 and the coveted title of Costa Book of the Year...
by Costabookawards at 27/01/2009
10:03:22
Watch the Costa Book Awards online - live!
Take a front row seat at the Costa Book Awards with costabookawards.com - for the very first time Costa is opening up the doors to the Costa Book of the Year awards ceremony via a live webcast.
Be among the first to toast the winner of the 2008 Costa Book of the Year by tuning in to this website, www.costabookawards.com at 9.45pm on Tuesday 27th January to watch the event live!.
Hosted by Mariella Frostrup, this year's winner will be announced at a glittering awards ceremony in the Ballroom of the InterContinental Hotel in central London.
The countdown is now on - we'll see you here!
by Timbo at 22/01/2009
14:40:28
Win a trip to Italy...
Tell us which one of the five shortlisted books you think will be named the Costa Book of the Year 2008 for your chance to win a trip to Italy worth £3,000! Visit
this page and enter before the 26th January 2009. Full terms and conditions
are here.
by Costabookawards at 09/01/2009
11:34:14
If you're in London on Monday evening be sure to drop into our new short story café...
The Pulp Net Short Story Café in association with Costa is situated at Costa's Lower Regent Street store, near Piccadilly Circus and opens its doors for the first time at 7.30pm on Monday 12th January.
Featuring published and unpublished short story writers from all over the capital, the store will host events on the second Monday of the month.
The first event sees Costa's very own writer-in-residence, Davey Spens, read from his newly published collection of Frothy Tales as well as a variety of readers and writers including Helen Simpson, Stephen Moran and Chris Killen.
See Time Out for more details and we look forward to seeing you there!
by Timbo at 08/01/2009
18:25:26
Costa Book Awards 2008 Category Winners Announced!
Costa, the UK's largest and fastest-growing coffee shop chain, has announced the Costa Book Awards 2008 winners in the Novel, First Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children's Book categories.
Revealed tonight on BBC Radio 4's Front Row programme by this year's Chair of Judges, Matthew Parris, they are...
* Sadie Jones, whose bestselling debut novel, The Outcast, scoops the Costa First Novel Award
* Sebastian Barry, who triumphs in the Costa Novel Award category for The Secret Scripture
* Diana Athill, who wins the Costa Biography Award for her memoir, Somewhere Towards the End. At the age of 91, Diana is the oldest-ever category-winning author in the history of the Book Awards
* Adam Foulds wins the Costa Poetry Award with his debut work of poetry about the Mau Mau uprisings in Kenya, The Broken Word
* Michelle Magorian, the popular author of Goodnight Mr Tom, who wins the Children's Book Award for Just Henry, her first new book in ten years
Click here for more information
by Amanda at 05/01/2009
19:46:43
The wait is almost over...
Tune in to BBC Radio 4's Front Row programme tonight at 7.15pm to hear this year's Chair of Judges, broadcaster and columnist Matthew Parris, announce the Costa Book Awards 2008 category winning authors.
These five writers will then go forward for the ultimate prize, the Costa Book of the Year, to be announced at an awards ceremony on 27th January.
More...
by Amanda at 05/01/2009
16:25:32
Online Resources for Schools and Libraries
Get involved with the Costa Book Awards with our online resource tool for librarians and teachers. We've created a downloadable poster for your library or school.
Find out more
by Timbo at 18/12/2008
14:37:02
Final Judging Panel Announced
We're very pleased to announce the final judging panel which will select the overall winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2008. This year's stellar line up includes actress Rosamund Pike, actor and comedian Alexander Armstrong, newscaster and television presenter Andrea Catherwood and journalist, broadcaster and writer Michael Buerk. The panel will be chaired this year by columnist and broadcaster Matthew Parris.
More information...
by Costabookawards at 16/12/2008
14:24:54