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THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
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2009 - Herta Muller
2008 - Jean-Marie Gustave le Clezio
2007 - Doris Lessing
2006 - Orhan Pamuk
2005 - Harold Pinter
2004 - Elfriede Jelinek
2003 - J M Coetzee
2002 - Imre Kertész
2001 - V.S. Naipaul
2000 - Gao Xingjian
1999 - Günter Grass
1998 - José Saramago
1997 - Dario Fo
1996 - Wislawa Szymborska
1995 - Seamus Heaney
1994 - Kenzaburo Oe
1993 - Toni Morrison
1992 - Derek Walcott
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THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE FOR FICTION
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2009 - Hilary Mantel / Wolf Hall
2008 - Aravind Adiga / The white tiger
2007 - Anne Enright / The gathering
2006 - Kiran Desai / The inheritance of loss
2005 - John Banville / The Sea
2004 - Alan Hollinghurst / The Line of Beauty
2003 - D B C Pierre / Vernon God Little
2002 - Yann Martel / Life of Pi
2001 - Peter Carey / True History of the Kelly Gang
2000 - Margaret Atwood / The Blind Assassin
1999 - J M Coetzee / Disgrace
1998 - Ian McEwan / Amsterdam
1997 - Arundhati Roy / The God of Small Things
1996 - Graham Swift (OA) / Last Orders
1995 - Pat Barker / The Ghost Road
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THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION
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2009 - Marilynne Robinson / Home
2008 - Rose Tremain / The road home
2007 - Chimamanda Adichie / Half of a yellow sun
2006 - Zadie Smith / On Beauty
2005 - Lionel Shriver / We Need to Talk About Kevin [shortlist]
2004 - Andrea Levy /Small Island
2003 - Valery Martin / Property
2002 - Ann Patchett / Bel Canto
2001 - Kate Grenville / The Idea of Perfection
2000 - Linda Grant / When I Lived in Modern Times
1999 - Suzanne Berne / A Crime in the Neighbourhood
1998 - Carol Shields / Larry's Party
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THE COSTA AND WHITBREAD BOOK AWARDS
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THE COST BOOK AWARD
2009
• Costa Novel Award Winner - Colm Toibin - Brooklyn
• Costa First Novel Award Winner - Raphael Selbourne - Beauty
• Costa Biography Award Winner - Graham Farmelo - The Strangest Man
• Costa Poetry Award Winner - Christopher Reid- A Scattering
• Costa Children's Book Award Winner - Patrick Ness - The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking, Book Two)
2008 - Sebastian Barry / The secret scripture
2007 - A L Kennedy / Day
2006 - Stef Penney / The tenderness of wolves
THE WHITBREAD AWARDS
BIOGRAPHY AWARD
2005 Hilary Spurling / Matisse the Master
2004 John Guy / My heart is my own: the life of Mary Queen of Scots
2003 D J Taylor / Orwell: the Life
2002 Claire Tomalin / Samuel Pepys: the unequalled self *
2001 Diana Souhami / Selkirk's Island
2000 Lorna Sage / Bad Blood: a Memoir
1999 David Cairns / Berlioz Volume 2
1998 Amanda Foreman / Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
WHITBREAD NOVEL AWARD
2005 Ali Smith / The Accidental
2004 Andrea Levy / Small Island *
2003 Mark Haddon / The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time *
2002 Michael Frayn / Spies
2001 Patrick Neate / Twelve Bar Blues
2000 Matthew Neale / English Passengers *
1999 Rose Tremain / Music and Silence
1998 Justin Cartwright / Leading the Cheers
WHITBREAD FIRST NOVEL AWARD
2005 Tash Aw / The Harmony Silk Factory
2004 Susan Fletcher / Eye green
2003 D B C Pierre / Vernon God Little
2002 Norman Lebrecht / The Song of Names
2001 Sid Smith / Something Like A House
2000 Zadie Smith / White Teeth
1999 Tim Lott / White City Blue
1998 Giles Foden / The Last King of Scotland
WHITBREAD POETRY AWARD
2005 Christopher Logue / Cold Calls
2004 Michael Symmons Roberts / Corpus
2003 Don Paterson / Landing Light
2002 Paul Farley / The Ice Age
2001 Selima Hill / Bunny
2000 John Burnside / The Asylum Dance
1999 Seamus Heaney / Beowulf *
1998 Ted Hughes / Birthday Letters *
WHITBREAD CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD
2005 Kate Thompson / The New Policeman
2004 Geraldine McCaughrean / Not the end of the world
2003 David Almond / The Fire-Eaters
2002 Hilary McKay / Saffy's Angel
2001 Philip Pullman / The Amber Spyglass *
2000 Jamila Gavin / Coram Boy
1999 J K Rowling / Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
1998 David Almond / Skellig
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THE CARNEGIE MEDAL
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2009 - Siobhan Dowd / Bog child
2008 - Philip Reeve / Here lies Arthur
2007 - Meg Rosoff / Just in Case
2005 - (awarded in 2006) Mal Peet / Tamar
2004 - Frank Cottrell Boyce / Millions
2003 - Jennifer Donnelly / A Gathering Light
2002 - Sharon Creech / Ruby Holler
2001 - Terry Pratchett / The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
2000 - Beverley Naidoo / The Other Side of Truth
1999 - Aidan Chambers / Postcards From No Man's Land
1998 - David Almond / Skellig
1997 - Tim Bowler / River Boy
1996 - Melvin Burgess / Junk
1995 - Philip Pullman / His Dark Materials: Book 1 Northern Lights
1994 - Theresa Breslin / Whispers in the Graveyard
1993 - Robert Swindells / Stone Cold
1992 - Anne Fine / Flour Babies
1991 - Berlie Doherty / Dear Nobody
1990 - Gillian Cross / Wolf
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GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S FICTION PRIZE
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2009 - Mal Peet / Exposure
2008 - Patrick Ness / The knife of never letting go
2007 - Jenny Valentine / Finding Violet Park
2006 - Philip Reeve / A Darkling Plain
2005 - Kate Thompson / The new policeman [shortlist & longlist]
2004 - Meg Rosoff / How I live now [shortlist]
2003 - Mark Haddon / The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
2002 - Sonya Hartnett / Thursday's Child
2001 - Kevin Crossley-Holland / Arthur: the Seeing Stone
2000 - Jacqueline Wilson / The Illustrated Mum
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Guardian First Book Award
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2009 - Miss McConkey of Bridgewater Close / Petina Gappah
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THE BOOKTRUST TEENAGE PRIZE
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2009 - Neil Gaiman / The graveyard book
2008 - Patrick Ness / The knife of never letting go
2007 - Marcus Sedgwick / My swordhand is singing
2006 - Anthony McGowan / Henry Tumour
2005 - Sarah Singleton / Century
2004 - Anne Cassidy / Looking for JJ
2003 - Mark Haddon / The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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BLUE PETER BOOK AWARDS
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2009 - Matt Haig / Shadow Forest
2008
2007 - S F Said / The outlaw of Varjak Paw
2006 - Oliver Jeffars / Lost and Found
2005 - Michael Morpurgo / Private Peaceful
2004 - Simon Bartram / The Man on the Moon
2003 - Philip Reeve / Mortal Engines
2002 - Nicky Singer / Feather Boy
2001 - William Nicholson / The Wind Singer
2000 - Geraldine McCaughrean / A Pilgrim's Progress
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Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book and Best First Book
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2009 - Christos Tsiolkas / The slap
2008
Lawrence Hill / The Book of Negroes
Tahmima Anam / A Golden Age
2007
Lloyd Jones, Mister Pip
D Y Bechard, Vandal Love
2006
Kate Grenville, The Secret River
Mark McWatt, Suspended Sentences: fictions of atonement
2005
Andrea Levy, Small Island
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus
2004
Caryl Phillips, A Distant Shore
Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
2003
Austin Clarke, The Polished Hoe
Sarah Hall, Haweswater
2002
Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish
Manu Herbstein, Ama, A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade
2001
Peter Carey, True History of the Kelly Gang
Zadie Smith, White Teeth
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NESTLE CHILDRENS BOOK PRIZE
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2008 Prize now discontinued
2007 Matt Haig / Shadow Forest
2006 Julia Golding / The Diamond of Drury Lane
2005 Sally Gardner I / Coriander
2004 Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell / Fergus Crane
2003 David Almond / The Fire Eaters
2002 Philip Reeve / Mortal Engines
2001 Eva Ibbotson / Journey to the River Sea
2000 William Nicholson / The Wind Singer
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RED HOUSE CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD
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2009 Sophie McKenzie / Blood ties
2008 Derek Landy / Skulduggery pleasant
2007 Andy Stanton / You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum!
2006 Rick Riordan / Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The lightning thief
2005 Cherub: the recruit / Robert Muchamore (older children)
Best friends / by Jacqueline Wilson (younger readers)
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Aventis Prize for Science Books
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2009 Richard Holmes / The age of wonder
2008 Mark Lynas / Six degrees
2007 Daniel Gilbert / Stumbling on happiness
2006 David Bodanis / Electric Universe
2005 Philip Ball / Critical mass
2004 Bill Bryson / A short history of everything
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Forward Prize for Poetry
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2009 - Rain / Don Paterson
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The Wellcome Trust Book Prize
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2009 - Keeper / Andrea Gillies
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