Whitbread Book Awards

This Year

Category Shortlists

Category Shortlists

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The 2005 category shortlists are:

WHITBREAD FIRST NOVEL AWARD

	The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw >> read more

	26a by Diana Evans >> read more

	The Short Day Dying by Peter Hobbs >> read more

	Gem Squash Tokoloshe by Rachel Zadok >> read more

WHITBREAD NOVEL AWARD

	A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby >> read more

	Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie >> read more

	the accidental by Ali Smith >> read more

	The Ballad of Lee Cotton by Christopher Wilson >> read more

WHITBREAD BIOGRAPHY AWARD

	Haw-Haw by Nigel Farndale >> read more

	Nature Cure by Richard Mabey >> read more

	Stuart: A Life Backwards by Alexander Masters >> read more

	Matisse the Master by Hilary Spurling >> read more

WHITBREAD POETRY AWARD

	Legion by David Harsent >> read more

	Cold Calls by Christopher Logue >> read more

	Lucky Day by Richard Price >> read more

	Marabou by Jane Yeh >> read more

WHITBREAD CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD

	Framed by Frank Cottrell Boyce >> read more

	The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean >> read more

	Permanent Rose by Hilary McKay >> read more

	The New Policeman by Kate Thompson >> read more

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