2002 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 2002. The 2002 Whitbread Book of the Year Awards was a book award ceremony that took place in 2002.
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[edit] Book of the Year
- Claire Tomalin, Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self
[edit] Children's Book
Winner:
- Hilary McKay, Saffy’s Angel
Shortlist:
- Julie Bertagna, Exodus
- Celia Rees, Sorceress
- Philip Reeve, Mortal Engines
[edit] First Novel
Winner:
- Norman Lebrecht, The Song of Names
Shortlist:
- Neil Astley, The End of My Tether
- Tariq Goddard, Homage to a Firing Squad
- Hari Kunzru, The Impressionist
[edit] Novel
Winner:
Shortlist:
- Justin Cartwright, White Lightning
- Tim Lott, Rumours of a Hurricane
- William Trevor, The Story of Lucy Gault
[edit] Biography
Winner:
- Claire Tomalin, Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self
Shortlist:
- Miranda Carter, Anthony Blunt: His Lives
- Brenda Maddox, Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA
- Ysenda Maxtone Graham, The Real Mrs Miniver
[edit] Poetry
Winner:
- Paul Farley, The Ice Age
Shortlist:
- David Constantine, Something for the Ghosts
- Ruth Padel, Voodoo Shop
- Sheenagh Pugh, The Beautiful Lie
Costa Book Awards (formerly the Whitbread Book Awards)
