2001 Whitbread Awards

2001 Whitbread Awards

2001 was the first year that a book in the children's category was chosen as book of the year.

Book of the Year

:Philip Pullman, "The Amber Spyglass"

Children's Book

Winner:
*Philip Pullman, "The Amber Spyglass"

Shortlist:
*Eoin Colfer, "Artemis Fowl"
*Eva Ibbotson, "Journey to the River Sea"
*Terry Jones, "The Lady and the Squire"

First Novel

Winner:
*Sid Smith, "Something Like A House"

Shortlist:
*Will Eaves, "The Oversight"
*Carl Tighe, "Burning Worm"
*Gerard Woodward, "August"

Novel

Winner:
*Patrick Neate, "Twelve Bar Blues"

Shortlist:
*Helen Dunmore, "The Siege"
*Ian McEwan, "Atonement"
*Andrew Miller, "Oxygen"

Biography

Winner:
*Diana Souhami, "Selkirk's Island"

Shortlist:
*Anthony Bailey, "A View of Delft"
*Adam Sisman, "Boswell's Presumptuous Task"
*Geoffrey Wall, "Flaubert: A Life"

Poetry

Winner:
*Selima Hill, "Bunny"

Shortlist
*Charles Boyle, "The Age of Cardboard and String"
*Wendy Cope, "If I don't know"
*John Stammers, "Panoramic Lounge-Bar"


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