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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a novel written by Mark Haddon which won the 2003 Whitbread Book of the Year. ... See also: 2001 in literature, other events of 2002, 2003 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Claire Tomalin (born June 20, 1933) is an English biographer and journalist. ... See also: 2000 in literature, other events of 2001, 2002 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Philip Pullman CBE (born October 19, 1946) is an English writer. ... The Amber Spyglass is the third and final novel in the His Dark Materials series, written by British novelist Philip Pullman, and published in 2000. ... See also: 1999 in literature, other events of 2000, 2001 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Matthew Kneale (born 1960) is a British writer, best known for his 2000 novel English Passengers, which won the prestigious Whitbread Book Award and was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize. ... English Passengers (ISBN 0-385-49744-X) is a 2000 historical novel written by Matthew Kneale, which won that years Whitbread Book Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. ... See also: 1998 in literature, other events of 1999, 2000 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney (born 13 April 1939) is an Irish poet, writer and lecturer from County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. ... See also: 1997 in literature, other events of 1998, 1999 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Edward (Ted) James Hughes, OM, referred to normally as Ted Hughes, (August 17, 1930 – October 28, 1998) was an English poet and childrens writer. ... Birthday Letters, published in 1998, is the last collection of poetry by English poet and childrens writer Ted Hughes. ... See also: 1996 in literature, other events of 1997, 1998 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Edward (Ted) James Hughes, OM, referred to normally as Ted Hughes, (August 17, 1930 – October 28, 1998) was an English poet and childrens writer. ... This article or section should include material from Tristia For other uses, see Ovid (disambiguation) Portrait of the poet Ovid Publius Ovidius Naso, (March 20, 43 BC – AD 17) Roman poet known to the English-speaking world as Ovid, wrote on topics of love, abandoned women, and mythological transformations. ... See also: 1994 in literature, other events of 1995, 1996 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Salman Rushdie (born Ahmed Salman Rushdie, on June 19, 1947, in Bombay, India) is a British-Indian essayist and author of fiction, most of which is set on the Indian subcontinent. ... See also: 1993 in literature, other events of 1994, 1995 in literature, list of years in literature. ... William Trevor (born 24 May 1928) CBE, is a short story writer, novelist and playwright. ... See also: 1992 in literature, other events of 1993, 1994 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... See also: 1991 in literature, other events of 1992, 1993 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Jeff Torrington (born in Glasgow in 1935) is a Scottish novelist. ... See also: 1990 in literature, other events of 1991, 1992 in literature, list of years in literature. ... John Richardson is a British art historian who settled permanently in New York. ... See also: 1989 in literature, other events of 1990, 1991 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Right Honourable Nicholas Mosley, 3rd Baron Ravensdale (born June 25, 1923) is a British novelist. ... See also: 1988 in literature, other events of 1989, 1990 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1987 in literature, other events of 1988, 1989 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1986 in literature, other events of 1987, 1988 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Christopher Nolan is an award-winning Irish author (born in Dublin, 1965). ... See also: 1985 in literature, other events of 1986, 1987 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Kazuo Ishiguro (カズオ・イシグロ Kazuo Ishiguro, originally 石黒一雄 Ishiguro Kazuo, born November 8, 1954) is a British author of Japanese origin. ... The problem of unreliable narration in The Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro ... See also: 1984 in literature, other events of 1985, 1986 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Douglas Eaglesham Dunn, OBE, (born October 23, 1942) is a Scottish poet, academic and critic. ... See also: 1983 in literature, other events of 1984, 1985 in literature, list of years in literature. ... James Buchan, born in 1954, is a British novelist and journalist. ... See also: 1982 in literature, other events of 1983, 1984 in literature, list of years in literature. ... For other people named John Fuller, see Fuller (disambiguation). ... See also: 1981 in literature, other events of 1982, 1983 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Bruce Chatwin as he appears on the cover of Nicholas Shakespeares 2001 biography, Bruce Chatwin: a biography. ... On the Black Hill is a novel similar to that of another novel, that of Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence. ... See also: 1980 in literature, other events of 1981, 1982 in literature, list of years in literature. ... William Boyd, CBE (born 7 March 1952 in Accra, Ghana) is a contemporary Scottish novelist and screenwriter. ... See also: 1979 in literature, other events of 1980, 1981 in literature, list of years in literature. ... David Lodge (born January 28, 1935 at London, England) is a British author. ... How Far Can You Go? is a novel by the distinguished British writer and academic David Lodge. ... The Costa Book Awards (before 2006 known as the Whitbread Awards) are among the United Kingdoms most prestigious literary awards. ... // Book of the Year Hilary Spurling, Matisse the Master Childrens Book Winner: Kate Thompson, The New Policeman Shortlist: Frank Cottrell Boyce, Framed Geraldine McCaughrean, The White Darkness Hilary McKay, Permanent Rose First Novel Winner: Tash Aw, The Harmony Silk Factory Shortlist: Diana Evans, 26a Peter Hobbs, The Short Day... Dates Thursday 6 January 2005 - Award winners announced in all five categories Tuesday 25 January 2005 - Announcement of the Whitbread Book of the Year Book of the Year TBA Childrens Book Winner: TBA Shortlist: Anne Cassidy, Looking for JJ Geraldine McCaughrean, Not the End of the World Meg Rosoff... Book of the Year Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Childrens Book Winner: David Almond, The Fire-Eaters Shortlist: Catherine Fisher, The Oracle Michael Morpurgo, Private Peaceful Jeanne Willis, Naked Without a Hat First Novel Winner: DBC Pierre, Vernon God Little Shortlist: Anne... Book of the Year Claire Tomalin, Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self Childrens Book Winner: Hilary McKay, Saffy’s Angel Shortlist: Julie Bertagna, Exodus Celia Rees, Sorceress Philip Reeve, Mortal Engines First Novel Winner: Norman Lebrecht, The Song of Names Shortlist: Neil Astley, The End of My Tether Tariq... The 2001 Whitbread Book of the Year Awards was the first year that a book in the childrens category was chosen as book of the year. ... Book of the Year Matthew Kneale, English Passengers Childrens Book Winner: Jamila Gavin, Coram Boy Shortlist: David Almond, Heaven Eyes Kevin Crossley-Holland, The Seeing Stone Adele Geras, Troy First Novel Winner: Zadie Smith, White Teeth Shortlist: Michel Faber, Under The Skin Jo-Ann Goodwin, Danny Boy Laura Hird... Book of the Year Seamus Heaney, Beowulf Childrens Book Winner: J K Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Shortlist: Carol Ann Duffy, Meeting Midnight Michael Morpurgo, Kensuke’s Kingdom Jacqueline Wilson, The Illustrated Mum First Novel Winner: Tim Lott, White City Blue Shortlist: Suzanne Cleminshaw, The... Book of the Year Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters Childrens Book Winner: David Almond, Skellig Shortlist: Robert Swindells, Abomination J K Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets James Riordan, Sweet Clarinet First Novel Winner: Giles Foden, The Last King of Scotland Shortlist: Gavin Kramer, Shopping Magnus Mills, The... Book of the Year Ted Hughes, Tales from Ovid Childrens Book Winner: Andrew Norriss, Aquila Shortlist: Alan Temperley, Harry and the Wrinklies Sharon Creech, Chasing Redbird Melvin Burgess, Junk First Novel Winner: Pauline Melville, The Ventriloquist’s Tale Shortlist: Anne Haverty, One Day as a Tiger Mick Jackson... Book of the Year Seamus Heaney, The Spirit Level Childrens Book Winner: Anne Fine, The Tulip Touch Shortlist: Russell Hoban, The Trokeville Way Geraldine McCaughrean, Plundering Paradise Philip Pullman, Clockwork or All Wound Up First Novel Winner: John Lanchester, The Debt to Pleasure Shortlist: Seamus Deane, Reading In the... Book of the Year Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum Childrens Book Winner: Michael Morpurgo, The Wreck of the Zanzibar Shortlist: Elizabeth Arnold, The Parsley Parcel Philip Ridley, Kasper in the Glitter First Novel Winner: Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum Shortlist: Stephen Blanchard, Gagarin... Book of the Year William Trevor, Felicias Journey Childrens Book Winner: Geraldine McCaughrean, Gold Dust First Novel Winner: Fred DAguiar, The Longest Memory Novel Winner: William Trevor, Felicias Journey Biography Winners: Brenda Maddox, D H Lawrence: The Married Man Poetry Winners: James Fenton, Out of Danger... Book of the Year Joan Brady, Theory of War Childrens Book Winner: Anne Fine, Flour Babies First Novel Winner: Rachel Cusk, Saving Agnes Novel Winner: Joan Brady, Theory of War Biography Winners: Andrew Motion, Philip Larkin: A Writer’s Life Poetry Winners: Carol Ann Duffy, Mean Time Other... Book of the Year Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing! Childrens Book Winner: Gillian Cross, The Great Elephant Chase First Novel Winner: Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing! Novel Winner: Alasdair Gray, Poor Things Biography Winners: Victoria Glendinning, Trollope Poetry Winners: Tony Harrison, The Gaze of the Gorgon Other Whitbread Awards... Book of the Year John Richardson, A Life of Picasso Childrens Book Winner: Diana Hendry, Harvey Angell First Novel Winner: Gordon Burn, Alma Cogan Novel Winner: Jane Gardam, The Queen of the Tambourine Biography Winners: John Richardson, A Life of Picasso Poetry Winners: Michael Longley, Gorse Fires Other Whitbread... Book of the Year Nicholas Mosley, Hopeful Monsters Childrens Book Winner: Peter Dickinson, AK First Novel Winner: James Hamilton-Paterson, The Buddha of Suburbia Novel Winner: Nicholas Mosley, Hopeful Monsters Biography Winners: Ann Thwaite, AA Milne: His Life Poetry Winners: Paul Durcan, Daddy, Daddy Other Whitbread Awards Main Page... Book of the Year Richard Holmes, Coleridge: Early Visions Childrens Book Winner: Hugh Scott, Why Weeps the Brogan? First Novel Winner: James Hamilton-Paterson, Gerontius Novel Winner: Lindsay Clarke, The Chymical Wedding Biography Winners: Richard Holmes, Coleridge: Early Visions Poetry Winners: Michael Donaghy, Shibboleth Other Whitbread Awards Main Page... Book of the Year Paul Sayer, The Comforts of Madness Childrens Book Winner: Judy Allen, Awaiting Developments First Novel Winner: Paul Sayer, The Comforts of Madness Novel Winner: Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses Biography Winners: A N Wilson, Tolstoy Poetry Winners: Peter Porter, The Automatic Oracle Other Whitbread Awards... Book of the Year Christopher Nolan, Under the Eye of the Clock Childrens Book Winner: Geraldine McCaughrean, A Little Lower than the Angels First Novel Winner: Francis Wyndham, The Other Garden Novel Winner: Ian McEwan, The Child in Time Biography Winners: Christopher Nolan, Under the Eye of the Clock... Book of the Year Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World Childrens Book Winner: Andrew Taylor, The Coal House First Novel Winner: Jim Crace, Continent Novel Winner: Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World Biography Winners: Richard Mabey, Gilbert White Poetry Winners: Peter Reading, Stet Other Whitbread... Book of the Year Douglas Dunn, Elegies Childrens Book Winner: Janni Howker, The Nature of the Beast First Novel Winner: Jeanette Winterson, Oranges are not the only Fruit Novel Winner: Peter Ackroyd, Hawksmoor Biography Winners: Ben Pimlott, Hugh Dalton Poetry Winners: Douglas Dunn, Elegies Other Whitbread Awards Main Page... Childrens Book Winner: Barbara Willard, The Queen of the Pharisees Children First Novel Winner: James Buchan, A Parish of Rich Women Novel Winner: Christopher Hope, Krugers Alp Biography Winners: Peter Ackroyd, T S Eliot Short Story Winners: Diane Rowe, Tomorrow is our Permanent Address Other Whitbread Awards Main... Childrens Book Winner: Roald Dahl, The Witches First Novel Winner: John Fuller, Flying to Nowhere Novel Winner: William Trevor, Fools of Fortune Biography Winners: Victoria Glendinning, Vita Kenneth Rose, King George V Other Whitbread Awards Main Page - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995 - 1994 - 1993... Childrens Book Winner: W J Corbett, The Song of Pentecost First Novel Winner: Bruce Chatwin, On the Black Hill Novel Winner: John Wain, Young Shoulders Biography Winner: Edward Crankshaw, Bismarck Other Whitbread Awards Main Page - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995 - 1994 - 1993 - 1992 - 1991... Childrens Book Winner: Jane Gardam, The Hollow Land First Novel Winner: William Boyd, A Good Man in Africa Novel Winner: Patrick Neate, Silvers City Biography Winner: Nigel Hamilton, Monty: The Making of a General Other Whitbread Awards Main Page - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996... Book of the Year David Lodge, How Far Can You Go? Childrens Book Winner: Leon Garfield, John Diamond Novel Winner: David Lodge, How Far Can You Go? Biography Winner: David Newsome, On the Edge of Paradise: A C Benson the Diarist Other Whitbread Awards Main Page - 2004 - 2003 - 2002... Childrens Book Winner: Peter Dickinson, Tulku Novel Winner: Jennifer Johnston, The Old Jest Autobiography Winner: Penelope Mortimer, About Time Other Whitbread Awards Main Page - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995 - 1994 - 1993 - 1992 - 1991 - 1990 - 1989 - 1988 - 1987 - 1986 - 1985 - 1984 - 1983 - 1982 - 1981 - 1980... Childrens Book Winner: Philippa Pearce, The Battle of Bubble & Squeak Novel Winner: Paul Theroux, Picture Palace Biography Winner: John Grigg, Lloyd George: The Peoples Champion Other Whitbread Awards Main Page - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995 - 1994 - 1993 - 1992 - 1991 - 1990 - 1989 - 1988 - 1987... Childrens Book Winner: Shelagh Macdonald, No End to Yesterday Novel Winner: Beryl Bainbridge, Injury Time Biography Winner: Nigel Nicolson, Mary Curzon Other Whitbread Awards Main Page - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995 - 1994 - 1993 - 1992 - 1991 - 1990 - 1989 - 1988 - 1987 - 1986 - 1985 - 1984 - 1983 - 1982... Childrens Book Winner: Penelope Lively, A Stitch in Time Novel Winner: Wiliam Trevor, The Children of Dynmouth Biography Winner: Winifred Gerin, Elizabeth Gaskell Other Whitbread Awards Main Page - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995 - 1994 - 1993 - 1992 - 1991 - 1990 - 1989 - 1988 - 1987 - 1986 - 1985 - 1984... This article is in need of attention. ... Childrens Book Winner: Russell Hoban & Quentin Blake, How Tom Beat Captain Najork & His Hired Sportsmen First Book Winner: Claire Tomalin, The Life And Death of Mary Wollstonecraft Novel Winner: Iris Murdoch, The Sacred & Profane Love Machine Biography Winner: Andrew Boyle, Poor Dear Brendan Other Whitbread Awards Main Page - 2004... Childrens Book Winner: Alan Aldridge & William Plomer, The Butterfly Ball & The Grasshoppers Feast Novel Winner: Shiva Naipaul, The Chip Chip Gatherers Biography Winner: John Wilson, CB: A Life of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman Other Whitbread Awards Main Page - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995... Childrens Book Winner: Rumer Godden, The Didakoi Novel Winner: Susan Hill, The Bird of Night Biography Winner: James Pope-Hennessey, Trollope Other Whitbread Awards Main Page - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995 - 1994 - 1993 - 1992 - 1991 - 1990 - 1989 - 1988 - 1987 - 1986 - 1985 - 1984 - 1983 - 1982... Main article: Whitbread Book Awards Novel Winner: Gerda Charles, The Destiny Waltz Biography Winner: Michael Meyer, Henrik Ibsen Poetry Winner: Geoffrey Hill, Mercian Hymns Whitbread Awards by year Categories: | | ...