1998 Whitbread Awards
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The Whitbread Awards (since 2006 called the Costa Book Awards) are among the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary awards. 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 1998.
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[edit] Book of the Year
- Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters
[edit] Children's Book
Winner:
- David Almond, Skellig
Shortlist:
- Robert Swindells, Abomination
- J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- James Riordan, Sweet Clarinet
[edit] First Novel
Winner:
- Giles Foden, The Last King of Scotland
Shortlist:
- Gavin Kramer, Shopping
- Magnus Mills, The Restraint of Beasts
- Luke Sutherland, Jelly Roll
[edit] Novel
Winner:
- Justin Cartwright, Leading the Cheers
Shortlist:
- Ronan Bennett, the catastrophist
- Barbara Trapido, The Travelling Hornplayer
[edit] Biography
Winner:
- Amanda Foreman, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
Shortlist:
- John Bayley, Iris, A memoir of Iris Murdoch
- Ian Kershaw, Hitler, Volume One Hubris 1889 – 1936
[edit] Poetry
Winner:
- Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters
Shortlist:
- Philip Gross, The Wasting Game
- Paul Farley, The Boy from the Chemist is Here to See you
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