Whitbread Book of the Year

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The Whitbread Book of the Year is a major British literary prize, now known as the Costa Book of the Year, awarded annually to an outstanding book across multiple categories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary award
administeredBy Whitbread Book Award
surface form: Costa Book Awards
alsoKnownAs Whitbread Book of the Year
surface form: Costa Book of the Year
awardCeremony held annually in London
awardedFor best book among category winners
awardFor outstanding book
categoryType overall book of the year prize
country United Kingdom
criteria enjoyment for a wide reading audience
literary merit
eligibility authors of any nationality
books first published in the United Kingdom
endOfSponsorship Whitbread sponsorship ended in 2005
field literature
formerName Whitbread Book of the Year self-linksurface differs
surface form: Costa Book of the Year
frequency annual
genre literature
hasPart Costa Biography Award
Whitbread Children's Book of the Year
surface form: Costa Children’s Book Award

Costa First Novel Award
Whitbread Novel Award
surface form: Costa Novel Award

Costa Poetry Award
inception 1971
industry publishing
language English
laterSponsorIndustry coffee retail
location London, England
surface form: London
notableWinner A. L. Kennedy
Hilary Mantel
Kate Atkinson
Mark Haddon
Seamus Heaney
parentAward Whitbread Book Award
surface form: Costa Book Awards

Whitbread Book Award
surface form: Whitbread Book Awards
presentedIn English language
region United Kingdom
replacedBy Whitbread Book of the Year self-linksurface differs
surface form: Costa Book of the Year
selectionBody panel of judges
selectionProcess chosen from winners of category awards
sponsor Costa Coffee
Whitbread PLC
sponsorChange Whitbread Prize renamed Costa Book Awards in 2006
sponsorIndustry hospitality
sponsorType commercial company
status major British literary prize
successor Whitbread Book of the Year self-linksurface differs
surface form: Costa Book of the Year

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Seamus Heaney awardReceived Whitbread Book of the Year
Ted Hughes awardReceived Whitbread Book of the Year
Helen Fielding awardReceived Whitbread Book of the Year
this entity surface form: British Book of the Year
Hilary Mantel awardReceived Whitbread Book of the Year
this entity surface form: Costa Book of the Year
Kazuo Ishiguro awardReceived Whitbread Book of the Year
Whitbread Children's Book of the Year parentAward Whitbread Book of the Year
Whitbread Book of the Year formerName Whitbread Book of the Year self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Costa Book of the Year
Whitbread Book of the Year alsoKnownAs Whitbread Book of the Year
this entity surface form: Costa Book of the Year
Whitbread Book of the Year replacedBy Whitbread Book of the Year self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Costa Book of the Year
Whitbread Book of the Year successor Whitbread Book of the Year self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Costa Book of the Year
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows awarded Whitbread Book of the Year
this entity surface form: British Book of the Year
Philip Pullman awardReceived Whitbread Book of the Year
Philip Pullman awardReceived Whitbread Book of the Year
this entity surface form: Costa Book of the Year
Whitbread Book Award followedBy Whitbread Book of the Year
this entity surface form: Costa Book of the Year
Whitbread Book Award mainCategory Whitbread Book of the Year
this entity surface form: Book of the Year
Christopher Nolan (novelist) awardReceived Whitbread Book of the Year
Christopher Reid awardReceived Whitbread Book of the Year
this entity surface form: Costa Book of the Year
Edward James Hughes awardReceived Whitbread Book of the Year
Claire Tomalin awardReceived Whitbread Book of the Year
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (novel) awardReceived Whitbread Book of the Year
subject surface form: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
this entity surface form: Whitbread Book of the Year Award
Mark Haddon awardReceived Whitbread Book of the Year
How to Be Both awardReceived Whitbread Book of the Year
this entity surface form: Costa Book of the Year
The Amber Spyglass award Whitbread Book of the Year