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Current and historical winners of the Costa Book Awards, with links to further information at BookBrowse.

Costa Book Awards
The Costas are the UK's most prestigious book awards. Established by Whitbread Plc in 1971 and known as the Whitbread Awards, they were rebranded the Costa Awards in 2006. Costa is a UK based coffee shop chain owned by Whitbread Plc. The five category winners (First Novel, Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children's Book) are announced in early January, honoring books published the previous year. The Costa Book of the Year Award is announced in late January.
Current and Previous Award Winners:
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005

2012

Bring Up the Bodies

Costa Book of The Year:
Bring Up the Bodies  by  Hilary Mantel

The Innocents

Costa First Novel Award (formerly Whitbread):
The Innocents  by  Francesca Segal

Bring Up the Bodies

Costa Novel Award (formerly Whitbread):
Bring Up the Bodies  by  Hilary Mantel

Dotter of Her Father's Eyes

Costa Biography Award (formerly Whitbread):
Dotter of Her Father's Eyes  by  Mary and Bryan Talbot

Maggot Moon

Costa Children's Book Award (formerly Whitbread):
Maggot Moon  by  Sally Gardner

Overhaul

Costa Poetry Award:
Overhaul  by  Kathleen Jamie

2011

Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away

Costa First Novel Award (formerly Whitbread):
Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away  by  Christie Watson

2010

The Hand that First Held Mine

Costa Novel Award (formerly Whitbread):
The Hand that First Held Mine  by  Maggie O'Farrell

The Hare with Amber Eyes

Costa Biography Award (formerly Whitbread):
The Hare with Amber Eyes  by  Edmund de Waal

Out of Shadows

Costa Children's Book Award (formerly Whitbread):
Out of Shadows  by  Jason Wallace

2009

Brooklyn

Costa Novel Award (formerly Whitbread):
Brooklyn  by  Colm Toibin

The Strangest Man

Costa Biography Award (formerly Whitbread):
The Strangest Man  by  Graham Farmelo

2008

The Secret Scripture

Costa Book of The Year:
The Secret Scripture  by  Sebastian Barry

The Outcast

Costa First Novel Award (formerly Whitbread):
The Outcast  by  Sadie Jones

The Secret Scripture

Costa Novel Award (formerly Whitbread):
The Secret Scripture  by  Sebastian Barry

Somewhere Towards the End

Costa Biography Award (formerly Whitbread):
Somewhere Towards the End  by  Diana Athill

2007

Day

Costa Book of The Year:
Day  by  A.L. Kennedy

What Was Lost

Costa First Novel Award (formerly Whitbread):
What Was Lost  by  Catherine O'Flynn

Day

Costa Novel Award (formerly Whitbread):
Day  by  A.L. Kennedy

Young Stalin

Costa Biography Award (formerly Whitbread):
Young Stalin  by  Simon Sebag Montefiore

2006

The Tenderness of Wolves

Costa Book of The Year:
The Tenderness of Wolves  by  Stef Penney

The Tenderness of Wolves

Costa First Novel Award (formerly Whitbread):
The Tenderness of Wolves  by  Stef Penney

Restless

Costa Novel Award (formerly Whitbread):
Restless  by  William Boyd

2005

The Harmony Silk Factory

Costa First Novel Award (formerly Whitbread):
The Harmony Silk Factory  by  Tash Aw

The Accidental

Costa Novel Award (formerly Whitbread):
The Accidental  by  Ali Smith
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