Costa Book Award

中文译名：科斯塔奖（年度最佳小说）

costa book award是英国最富盛名的文学奖项之一。其前身设立于1971年、是一年一颁的惠特布莱德奖。主营旅游业的惠特布莱德公司于五年前终止赞助，由科斯塔连锁咖啡店接手并重新冠名。该奖由五个单独的评判委员会（judging panels）从以下五个奖项分类：包括 1.小说（Best novel）、2.小说处女作（Best first novel）、3.诗歌（Poetry）、4.传记（Biography）5.童书（Children's book）五个分类的候选名单（shortlists）中分别选出单项奖（winner）授予2.5万英镑奖金。最后，在五个单项奖中选出一个授以“年度图书”（Costa Book of the Year）称号，同时授予￡30,000奖金。

近年获奖名单

2010

First Novel Award — Kishwar Desai, Witness the Night

Novel Award — Maggie O'Farrell, The Hand That First Held Mine

Children's Book Award — Jason Wallace, Out of Shadows

Poetry Award — Jo Shapcott, Of Mutability

Biography Award — Edmund de Waal, The Hare with Amber Eyes

2009

First Novel Award — Kishwar Desai, Witness the Night

Novel Award — Maggie O'Farrell, The Hand That First Held Mine

Children's Book Award — Jason Wallace, Out of Shadows

Poetry Award — Jo Shapcott, Of Mutability

Biography Award — Edmund de Waal, The Hare with Amber Eyes

2008

First Novel Award — Raphael Selbourne, Beauty

Novel Award — Colm Tóibin, Brooklyn

Children's Book Award — Patrick Ness,The Ask and the Answer

Poetry Award — Christopher Reid, A Scattering

Biography Award — Graham Farmelo, The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius

2007

First Novel Award — Sadie Jones, The Outcast

Novel Award — Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture

Children's Book Award — Michelle Magorian, Just Henry

Poetry Award — Adam Foulds, The Broken Word

Biography Award — Diana Athill, Somewhere Towards the End

2007

First Novel Award – Catherine O'Flynn, What Was Lost

Novel Award — A.L. Kennedy, Day

Children's Book Award — Ann Kelley, The Bower Bird

Poetry Award — Jean Sprackland, Tilt

Biography Award — Simon Sebag Montefiore, Young Stalin