1992 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 1992.

Book of the Year

Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing!

Children's Book

Winner:

• Gillian Cross, The Great Elephant Chase

First Novel

Winner:

• Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing!

Novel

Winner:

• Alasdair Gray, Poor Things

Biography

Winners:

• Victoria Glendinning, Trollope

Poetry

Winners:

• Tony Harrison, The Gaze of the Gorgon

References

• Previous winners