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The Costa Book Awards (before 2006 known as the Whitbread 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 2006.

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.

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

[edit] Book of the Year

• Stef Penney, The Tenderness of Wolves

[edit] Children's Book

Winner:

• Linda Newbery, Set in Stone

Shortlist:

• David Almond, Clay
• Julia Golding, The Diamond of Drury Lane
• Meg Rosoff, Just in Case

[edit] First Novel

Winner:

• Stef Penney, The Tenderness of Wolves

Shortlist:

• Michael Cox, The Meaning of Night
• Marilyn Heward Mills, Cloth Girl
• James Scudamore, The Amnesia Clinic

[edit] Novel

Winner:

• William Boyd, Restless

Shortlist:

• Neil Griffiths, Saving Caravaggio
• Mark Haddon, A Spot of Bother
• David Mitchell, Black Swan Green

[edit] Biography

Winner:

• Brian Thompson, Keeping Mum

Shortlist:

• Maggie Fergusson, George Mackay Brown: The Life
• John Stubbs, Donne: A Reformed Soul
• Jo Tatchell, Nabeel's Song

[edit] Poetry

Winner:

• John Haynes, Letter to Patience

Shortlist:

• Vicki Feaver, The Book of Blood
• Seamus Heaney, District and Circle
• Hugo Williams, Dear Room

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