They've announced the shortlists for the Whitbread Costa Book Awards -- though annoyingly only in a pdf press release.
While they do reveal that, for example, there were 159 entries in the novel category, and 88 in the first novel category they inexplicably and outrageously do not reveal what those titles were. Come on, folks: a bit of transparency !
Many of the media reports have focused on the fact that 'graphic' texts (i.e. comic books) are among the finalists -- see, for example, Costa book awards 2012 shortlists first graphic works by Mark Brown in The Guardian.
While they do reveal that, for example, there were 159 entries in the novel category, and 88 in the first novel category they inexplicably and outrageously do not reveal what those titles were. Come on, folks: a bit of transparency !
Many of the media reports have focused on the fact that 'graphic' texts (i.e. comic books) are among the finalists -- see, for example, Costa book awards 2012 shortlists first graphic works by Mark Brown in The Guardian.