2014 Costa Book Awards
The shortlist was announced 17 November 2014. The category winners were announced 5 January 2015. The Book of the Year was announced 27 January 2015.Book of the Year
Winner: Helen Macdonald, ''H is for HawkChildren's Book
Winner: Kate Saunders, Five Children on the Western Front
Shortlist:
- Simon Mason, Running Girl
- Michael Morpurgo, Listen to the Moon
- Marcus Sedgwick, The Ghosts of Heaven
First Novel
Winner: Emma Healey, Elizabeth is Missing
Shortlist:
- Carys Bray, A Song for Issy Bradley
- Mary Costello, Academy Street
- Simon Wroe, Chop Chop
Novel
Winner: Ali Smith, How to Be Both
Shortlist:
Winner: Helen Macdonald, H is for Hawk
Shortlist:
- John Campbell, Roy Jenkins: a Well-Rounded Life
- Marion Coutts, The Iceberg: a Memoir
- Henry Marsh, Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
Poetry
Winner: Jonathan Edwards, My Family and Other Superheroes
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