They've announced (warning ! dreaded pdf format !) the category winners for the Whitbread Costa Book Award (from which one grand prize winner will now be selected, to be announced on 28 January).
The official press release helpfully give the total number of books considered from which the shortlists and winners were selected in each category (163 for 'Novel', 108 for 'First Novel", etc.); unhelpfully (and inexplicably) they don't actually reveal what those other titles were .....
The official press release helpfully give the total number of books considered from which the shortlists and winners were selected in each category (163 for 'Novel', 108 for 'First Novel", etc.); unhelpfully (and inexplicably) they don't actually reveal what those other titles were .....