1987 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 1987.
Book of the Year
- Christopher Nolan, Under the Eye of the Clock
Children's Book
Winner:
- Geraldine McCaughrean, A Little Lower than the Angels
First Novel
Winner:
- Francis Wyndham, The Other Garden
Novel
Winner:
Biography
Winners:
- Christopher Nolan, Under the Eye of the Clock
Poetry
Winners:
- Seamus Heaney, The Haw Lantern
References
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