The shortlist have been announced for the 2012 Costa Book Awards. There are five categories: First Novel, Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children's Book. The winner in each category receives £5,000, and then one of the five winning books is selected as the overall Costa Book of the Year, receiving a further £30,000. The Category winners will be announced on 3 January 2013, and the Costa Book of the Year awards presentation ceremony will be on Tuesday 29th January 2013.
Costa Children's Book Award shortlist:
Sally Gardner - Maggot Moon
Diana Hendry - The Seeing
Hayley Long - What's Up with Jody Barton?
Dave Shelton - A Boy and a Bear in a Boat
Costa Novel Award shortlist
Hilary Mantel - Bring up the Bodies
Stephen May - Life! Death! Prizes!
James Meek - The Heart Broke In
Joff Winterhart - Days of the Bagnold Summer
Costa First Novel Award shortlist
J W Ironmonger - The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder
Jess Richards - Snake Ropes
Francesca Segal - The Innocents
Benjamin Wood - The Bellwether Revivals
Costa Biography Award shortlist
Artemis Cooper - Patrick Leigh-Fermor: An Adventure
Selina Guinness - The Crocodile by the Door: The Story of a House, a
Farm and a Family
Kate Hubbard - Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household
Mary Talbot and Bryan Talbot - Dotter of Her Father's Eyes
Costa Poetry Award shortlist
Sean Borodale - Bee Journal
Julia Copus - The World's Two Smallest Humans
Selima Hill - People Who Like Meatballs
Kathleen Jamie - The Overhaul
Two graphic novels are included in the nominations: Joff Winterhart’s Days of the Bagnold Summer and Dotter of her Father’s Eyes by Mary Talbot and Bryan Talbot.
