Costa Book Award Winners announced

The winners have been announced for the five Costa Book Awards. These five now form the shortlist for the Costa Book of the Year prize which will be announced January 31:

Novel: Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (publishes in US on Jan 27)
First novel: Golden Hill by Francis Spufford (currently scheduled to publish in the US in June)
Biography: Dadland: A Journey into Uncharted Territory by Keggie Carew (publishes in US in March)
Poetry: Falling Awake by Alice Oswald
Children’s: The Bombs That Brought Us Together by Brian Conaghan
Source: News feed