The Costa Book Awards, the only major prize open solely to authors living in the UK and Ireland, are to end after 50 years, organisers say. Costa Coffee said it had taken the "difficult decision ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Costa Book Awards, which are the only major prize open solely to authors living in the UK and Ireland and celebrate books in five categories - first ...

Front Row has exclusively revealed the 20 writers shortlisted for the 2018 edition of the Costa Book Awards. Among the nominees vying for the £30,000 main prize are some familiar names alongside ...

A children's novel has won the Costa Book of the Year Award for the second time in the prize's 45 year history. Victorian murder mystery The Lie Tree, by Frances Hardinge, scooped the prestigious ...

A 29-year-old debut novelist whose book sparked a nine-way bidding war between publishers has won the prize for best first novel at the Costa Book Awards. Emma Healey started work on Elizabeth Is ...

The overall winner of the £30,000 Costa Book Award has been announced as The Cut Out Girl by Bart van Es. The author came out top in the Biography category before scooping the overall prize for ...

collecting winners and more from some of the essential book awards in the literary calendar, this page brings together award-winning writing and publishing to browse in one place.

The author receives the award for her book, ‘Life After Life’. Twenty years after having won with her debut novel, Kate Atkinson receives the Costa Novel Award for her tale of one woman’s ...