The Whitbread Awards (since 2006 called the Costa Book Awards) are among the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary awards. The Costa Book Awards are among the United Kingdom 's most prestigious literary awards The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located 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 2004. The year 2004 in literature involved some significant events and new books

Contents 1 Dates 2 Book of the Year 3 Children's Book 4 First Novel 5 Novel 6 Biography 7 Poetry

Dates

• Thursday 6 January 2005 - Award winners announced in all five categories
• Tuesday 25 January 2005 - Announcement of the Whitbread Book of the Year

Book of the Year

• Andrea Levy, Small Island

Children's Book

Winner:

• Geraldine McCaughrean, Not the End of the World

Shortlist:

• Anne Cassidy, Looking for JJ
• Geraldine McCaughrean, Not the End of the World
• Meg Rosoff - How I Live Now
• Ann Turnbull - No Shame, No Fear

First Novel

Winner:

• Susan Fletcher, Eve Green

Shortlist:

• Susanna Clarke , Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
• Richard Collins, The Land as Viewed from the Sea
• Susan Fletcher, Eve Green
• Panos Karnezis, The Maze

Novel

Winner:

• Andrea Levy, Small Island

Shortlist:

• Kate Atkinson, Case Histories
• Louis de Bernières, Birds Without Wings
• Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty
• Andrea Levy, Small Island

Biography

Winner:

• John Guy, My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots

Shortlist:

• John Guy, My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots
• David McKie, Jabez - The Rise and Fall of a Victorian Rogue
• John Sutherland, Stephen Spender
• Jeremy Treglown, V. Andrea Levy is a Black British Author, born in 1956 Born in London to Jamaican parents Levy's four Novels explore the experiences Geraldine McCaughrean (pronounced "Muh- cork -ran" (born 6 June 1951) is a British children's novelist. Geraldine McCaughrean (pronounced "Muh- cork -ran" (born 6 June 1951) is a British children's novelist. Meg Rosoff (born 1956 is an American author best known for her novel How I Live Now which won 3 awards including the Guardian Award (2004 How I Live Now is a young adult Novel by Meg Rosoff, first published in 2004 Ann Turnbull (born 1943) is a British writer of fiction for children and young adults No Shame No Fear is a 2003 Novel for young adults by Ann Turnbull. Susan Fletcher (born 1979 in Pasadena California) is a British novelist Susanna Clarke (born November 1, 1959) is a British author best known for her debut Novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Susan Fletcher (born 1979 in Pasadena California) is a British novelist Andrea Levy is a Black British Author, born in 1956 Born in London to Jamaican parents Levy's four Novels explore the experiences Kate Atkinson (born 1951 is an English author Her life She was born in York, and studied English Literature at the University of Louis de Bernières (born London, UK on December 8, 1954) is a British novelist most famous for his book Captain Corelli's Mandolin Alan Hollinghurst (born 26 May 1954) is an English Novelist and winner of the 2004 Booker Prize for The Line of Beauty Andrea Levy is a Black British Author, born in 1956 Born in London to Jamaican parents Levy's four Novels explore the experiences John Guy may refer to John Guy (cricketer (born 1934 John Guy (governor (? - 1629 John Guy (historian (born John Guy may refer to John Guy (cricketer (born 1934 John Guy (governor (? - 1629 John Guy (historian (born David McKie (born 1935 is a British Journalist and Historian. John Sutherland may refer to John Sutherland (author John Sutherland (Canadian writer (1919-1956 John Sutherland (physician S. Pritchett: A Working Life

Poetry

Winner:

• Michael Symmons Roberts, Corpus

Shortlist:

• Leontia Flynn, These Days
• John Fuller, Ghosts
• Matthew Hollis, Ground Water
• Michael Symmons Roberts, Corpus

Michael Symmons Roberts was born in Preston, Lancashire, in 1963 Leontia Flynn (born 1974 is an Irish Poet born in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland. John Fuller (born 1 January 1937) is an English Poet and author and Fellow Emeritus at Magdalen College Oxford. Michael Symmons Roberts was born in Preston, Lancashire, in 1963 The Costa Book Awards are among the United Kingdom 's most prestigious literary awards The shortlists were announced on 20 November 2007 The winners in each category were announced on 3 January 2008 and the overall winner for Book of the Year was announced on 22 January 2008 The Costa Book of the Year shortlist was announced on 10 January 2007 and the final results at a ceremony held on 7 February 2007 Book of the Year Hilary Spurling, Matisse the Master Children's Book Winner Kate Thompson, Book of the Year Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Children's Book Winner The 2002 Whitbread Book of the Year Awards was a book award ceremony that took place in 2002 2001 was the first year that a book in the children's category was chosen as book of the year Book of the Year Matthew Kneale, English Passengers Children's Book Winner Jamila Gavin, Book of the Year Seamus Heaney, Beowulf Children's Book Winner J Book of the Year Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters Children's Book Winner David Almond, Skellig Book of the Year Ted Hughes, Tales from Ovid Children's Book Winner Andrew Norriss, Aquila Book of the Year Seamus Heaney, The Spirit Level Children's Book Winner Anne Fine, Book of the Year Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum Children's Book Winner Michael Book of the Year William Trevor, Felicia's Journey Children's Book Winner Geraldine McCaughrean Book of the Year Joan Brady, Theory of War Children's Book Winner Anne Fine, Flour Babies Book of the Year Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing! Children's Book Winner Gillian Cross, Book of the Year John Richardson, A Life of Picasso Children's Book Winner Diana Hendry, Book of the Year Nicholas Mosley, Hopeful Monsters Children's Book Winner Peter Dickinson Book of the Year Richard Holmes, Coleridge Early Visions Children's Book Winner Hugh Scott, Book of the Year Paul Sayer, The Comforts of Madness Children's Book Winner Judy Allen, Awaiting Book of the Year Christopher Nolan, Under the Eye of the Clock Children's Book Winner Geraldine McCaughrean Book of the Year Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World Children's Book Winner Andrew Book of the Year Douglas Dunn, Elegies Children's Book Winner Janni Howker, The Nature of the Children's Book Winner Barbara Willard, The Queen of the Pharisees' Children First Novel Winner Children's Book Winner Roald Dahl, The Witches First Novel Winner John Fuller Children's Book Winner W J Corbett, The Song of Pentecost First Novel Winner Bruce Chatwin Children's Book Winner Jane Gardam, The Hollow Land First Novel Winner William Boyd, Book of the Year David Lodge, How Far Can You Go? Children's Book Winner Leon Garfield Children's Book Winner Peter Dickinson, Tulku Novel Winner Jennifer Johnston Children's Book Winner Philippa Pearce, The Battle of Bubble & Squeak Novel Winner Children's Book Winner Shelagh Macdonald, No End to Yesterday Novel Winner Beryl Bainbridge Children's Book Winner Penelope Lively, A Stitch in Time Novel Winner William Trevor First Book Winner Ruth Spalding, The Improbable Puritan A Life of Bulstrode Whitelock Novel Winner Children's Book Winner Russell Hoban & Quentin Blake, How Tom Beat Captain Najork & His Hired Sportsmen Children's Book Winner Alan Aldridge & William Plomer, The Butterfly Ball & The Grasshopper's Feast Novel Children's Book Winner Rumer Godden, The Diddakoi Novel Winner Susan Hill, Novel Winner Gerda Charles, The Destiny Waltz Biography Winner Michael Meyer

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