The Whitbread Book Awards are among the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary awards. Currently each year winners are chosen in five categories, novel, first novel, children's, poetry, and biography. Each category winner receives £5000. One of the category winners is selected as the "Book of the Year" and given a further £25 000. The awards are named after and funded by Whitbread PLC a leading British leisure and brewing company. The awards are given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading.
The awards, launched in 1971, are given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience.
The overall Whitbreadbook of the year is chosen by a judging panel that comprises five judges from the previous category round and four new ones.
Costa BookAwards (formerly the WhitbreadBookAwards)
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