Tag: Costa Book Awards

  • Caleb Azumah Nelson wins at UK’s Costa Book Awards 2021.

    Caleb Azumah Nelson wins at UK’s Costa Book Awards 2021.

    Caleb Azumah Nelson’s Open Water won in the first novel category at the Costa Book Awards on January 4, 2022. The Costa Book Awards are literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in Britain and Ireland awarded since 1971. They were known as the Whitbread Book Awards until 2006 when Costa Coffee, then a…

  • Writers of African descent on UK’s Costa Book Awards 2021 shortlists.

    Writers of African descent on UK’s Costa Book Awards 2021 shortlists.

    Nadifa Mohamed, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Raymond Antrobus, and Kayo Chingonyi, are on the shortlists for the Costa Book Awards announced on November 23, 2021 The Costa Book Awards are literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in Britain and Ireland given annually since 1971. They were known as the Whitbread Book Awards until 2006…