Costa Book Awards Shortlist 2015

book-awards-logoIn the hot summer days how nice if you can get a cuppa and enjoy reading your favorite stories? The 2015 Costa Book Awards have been announced it shortlist. The four titles for the 2015 Costa Novel Award are:

A God in Ruins (Kate Atkinson, Doubleday)

The Green Road (Anne Enright, Jonathan Cape)

A Place Called Winter (Patrick Gale, Tinder Press)

At Hawthorn Time (Melissa Harrison, Bloomsbury).

Shortlists were also announced in the categories of First Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children’s Book, which can be viewed on the Costa Award website http://www.costa.co.uk/costa-book-awards/costa-book-awards.

Parramatta City Library has those titles available for loan.

2015 IMPAC Shortlist

IMPACWhen talking about reading diversity, the International IMPAC Dublin Award truly reflects the fiction works from world literature for the past 20 years. Nominated by public libraries around the world, the IMPAC Award is presented annually for a fiction work written in English or translated into English. The Award is an initiative of Dublin City Council the municipal government of Dublin which now retains full ownership of the award. The Award aims to promote excellence in world literature.

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