Christopher Reid Announced As Winner Of The 2009 Costa Book Of The Year

TUESDAY, 26th JANUARY 2010 - London author Christopher Reid has been announced as the winner of the Costa Book Awards 2009 for his book ‘A Scattering’ at an awards ceremony held in central London.

The five category winners in the running for the 2009 Costa Book of the Year award were:

Colm Tóibín – Winner of the 2009 Costa Novel Award for ‘Brooklyn’ – (Viking)

Raphael Selbourne – Winner of the 2009 Costa First Novel Award for ‘Beauty’ (Tindal Street Press)

Graham Farmelo – Winner of the 2009 Costa Biography Award for ‘The Strangest Man The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius’ (Faber and Faber)

Christopher Reid – Winner of the Costa Poetry Award for ‘A Scattering’ (Arete Books)

Patrick Ness – Winner of the Costa Children’s Book Award for ‘The Ask and the Answer’ (Walker Books)

The winning author was decided by a judging panel including writer & model Marie Helvin, musician, actor & writer Gary Kemp, actress Caroline Quentin, ITV’s Political Editor, Tom Bradby, actor & writer Neil Pearson, journalist Tom Fleming and authors Sandra Howard, Robert Lacey and William Nicholson. The panel will be chaired by novelist Josephine Hart. Christopher will receive a cash prize of £30,000.


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Recent winners of the Book of the Year include Sebastian Barry (2008), A.L. Kennedy (2007), Stef Penney (2006), Hilary Spurling (2005), Andrea Levy (2004), Mark Haddon (2003), Philip Pullman, Seamus Heaney and the late Ted Hughes.

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