26 JANUARY 2010
Costa Book of The Year to be announced tonight
Tonight (Tuesday 26th January) at a lavish ceremony in London, the overall winner of the Costa Book of The Year will be revealed. The awards, which until 2006 were known as the Whitbread Book Awards, started out in 1971 to highlight some of the best loved books written by UK and Irish authors each year.
Judges will tonight choose a winner from one of the following five categories; Novels, First Novel, Poetry, Biography and Children's books. The winner of each category will pick up a £5,000 prize and the overall winner will scoop a £25,000 prize, as well as receiving the honour of being named the Costa 2009 Book of The Year.
Costa Book Awards 2009 Category Winners