1975 Whitbread Awards
The Whitbread Awards (1971-2005), called Costa Book Awards since 2006, are literary awards in the United Kingdom, awarded both for high literary merit but also for works considered enjoyable reading. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 1975.
First Book
Winner:
- Ruth Spalding, The Improbable Puritan: A Life of Bulstrode Whitelocke
Novel
Winner:
- William McIlvanney, Docherty
Autobiography
Winner:
- Helen Corke, In Our Infancy
Judges
Michael Meyer, Robert Robinson, Claire Tomalin
References
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