1996

N.B. The structure of the Awards changed again in 1996 when the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year became an award in its own right (i.e. not judged against the other four categories) for the first time with prize money of £10,000.

WHITBREAD BOOK OF THE YEAR
The Spirit Level by Seamus Heaney
www.amazon.co.uk

WHITBREAD CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR
The Tulip Touch by Anne Fine
www.amazon.co.uk

WHITBREAD FIRST NOVEL AWARD WINNER
The Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester
www.amazon.co.uk

WHITBREAD NOVEL AWARD WINNER
Every Man for Himself by Beryl Bainbridge
www.amazon.co.uk

WHITBREAD BIOGRAPHY AWARD WINNER
Thomas Cranmer: A Life by Diarmaid MacCulloch
www.amazon.co.uk

WHITBREAD POETRY AWARD WINNER
The Spirit Level by Seamus Heaney
www.amazon.co.uk

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