Whitbread Awards

Established in 1971, the Whitbread Book Awards aim to celebrate and promote the best of contemporary British writing. Sponsored by Whitbread PLC.

Costa Coffee announced 1 June 2006 a new sponsorship deal to take over the prestigious Whitbread Book Awards.The 2006 awards will be known as the Costa Book Awards.

• Biography
• Fiction: includes Novel, First Novel and Poetry
• Children's novel