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| Male writers dominate Costa award | Male writers dominate Costa award |
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| Male writers dominate this year's shortlist for the main prize at this year's Costa Book Awards. | Male writers dominate this year's shortlist for the main prize at this year's Costa Book Awards. |
| Chris Cleave, Sebastian Barry, Patrick McGrath and Louis de Bernieres - best known for Captain Corelli's Mandolin - will compete for the best novel prize. | Chris Cleave, Sebastian Barry, Patrick McGrath and Louis de Bernieres - best known for Captain Corelli's Mandolin - will compete for the best novel prize. |
| There are five categories in all, the others being poetry, biography, first novel and children's. Each category winner receives £5,000. | There are five categories in all, the others being poetry, biography, first novel and children's. Each category winner receives £5,000. |
| The overall winner receives £25,000 and will be announced on 27 January, 2009. | The overall winner receives £25,000 and will be announced on 27 January, 2009. |
| De Bernieres has been nominated for his book, A Partisan's Daughter, which judges described as "an elegant love story about the lies we tell ourselves and why we have to". | De Bernieres has been nominated for his book, A Partisan's Daughter, which judges described as "an elegant love story about the lies we tell ourselves and why we have to". |
| The Other Hand by Chris Cleave tells the story of three young characters, including Little Bee, a 16-year-old refugee from Nigeria, and how their lives intertwine. | The Other Hand by Chris Cleave tells the story of three young characters, including Little Bee, a 16-year-old refugee from Nigeria, and how their lives intertwine. |
| The book was inspired by the author's early childhood in West Africa and a visit to a detention centre in Essex. | The book was inspired by the author's early childhood in West Africa and a visit to a detention centre in Essex. |
| Trauma by Patrick McGrath is described as a "riveting read" and Sebastian Barry's The Secret Scripture is about an elderly character approaching her 100th birthday. | Trauma by Patrick McGrath is described as a "riveting read" and Sebastian Barry's The Secret Scripture is about an elderly character approaching her 100th birthday. |
| This year's awards attracted 616 entries - the highest-ever number of submissions in one year. | This year's awards attracted 616 entries - the highest-ever number of submissions in one year. |
| To be eligible for the prize, a book must have been first published in the UK or Ireland between 1 November, 2007 and 31 October, 2008. | To be eligible for the prize, a book must have been first published in the UK or Ireland between 1 November, 2007 and 31 October, 2008. |
| Judges on this year's panels include author Lisa Jewell and broadcaster Michael Buerk. | Judges on this year's panels include author Lisa Jewell and broadcaster Michael Buerk. |
| Scottish author and stand-up comic AL Kennedy won last year's award with her novel Day. | Scottish author and stand-up comic AL Kennedy won last year's award with her novel Day. |
| Books shortlisted in the other categories are: | Books shortlisted in the other categories are: |
| First Novel AwardPoppy Adams - The Behaviour of Moths Sadie Jones - The Outcast Jennie Rooney - Inside the WhaleTom Rob Smith - Child 44 | First Novel AwardPoppy Adams - The Behaviour of Moths Sadie Jones - The Outcast Jennie Rooney - Inside the WhaleTom Rob Smith - Child 44 |
| Biography Award Diana Athill - Somewhere Towards the End Judith Mackrell - Bloomsbury Ballerina Sathnam Sanghera - If You Don't Know Me By Now Jackie Wullschlager - Chagall | Biography Award Diana Athill - Somewhere Towards the End Judith Mackrell - Bloomsbury Ballerina Sathnam Sanghera - If You Don't Know Me By Now Jackie Wullschlager - Chagall |
| Costa Poetry Award Ciaran Carson - For All We Know Adam Foulds - The Broken Word Kathryn Simmonds - Sunday at the Skin Launderette Greta Stoddart - Salvation Jane | Costa Poetry Award Ciaran Carson - For All We Know Adam Foulds - The Broken Word Kathryn Simmonds - Sunday at the Skin Launderette Greta Stoddart - Salvation Jane |
| Children's Book Award Keith Gray - Ostrich BoysSaci Lloyd - The Carbon Diaries 2015 Michelle Magorian - Just Henry Jenny Valentine - Broken Soup | Children's Book Award Keith Gray - Ostrich BoysSaci Lloyd - The Carbon Diaries 2015 Michelle Magorian - Just Henry Jenny Valentine - Broken Soup |
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