2007 (Costa) formerly Whitbread Book Awards Winners
The Whitbread Book Awards, which were established by Whitbread - the UK'sleading hospitality business - in 1971, have the single aim of celebrating the most enjoyable books of the last year by writers based in the UK and Ireland. In 2006 Costa took over the awards.
Whitebread Novel of the Year: Restless by William Boyd
Whitbread First Novel Award: The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
Whitbread Biography Award: Keeping Mum by Brian Thompson
Whitbread Poetry Award: Letter to Patience by John Haynes
Whitbread Children's Book Award: Set in Stone by Linda Newbery