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\"Adult<\/a><\/p>\n

Although the Costa Book of the Year is still to be announced, on January 6th<\/sup>, Costa announced the category winners of their annual awards, which has been running for over forty years.<\/p>\n

If you have ever thought of taking up the pen yourself, or are looking for some new inspiration to write your own novel, children\u2019s book, biography or poetry collection, here is a brief overview of the winners.<\/p>\n

Children\u2019s Book \u2013 Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse <\/i>by Chris Riddell<\/b><\/h2>\n

With a 4.4 rating on Goodreads, and fantastic reviews from the likes of The Guardian<\/i>, there\u2019s little wonder why Chris Riddell\u2019s latest effort has been crowned by Costa as the children\u2019s book of the year.<\/p>\n

The storry involves the simple tail of a girl named Ada, who is on a mission to find out who has been laying mouse traps in her father\u2019s mansion \u2013accompanied by her new friend Ishmael, who happens to be the ghost of a dead mouse.<\/p>\n

Complimented for its splendour, imagery and prose, the book is set to be a future classic for girls everywhere.<\/p>\n

Biography \u2013 Hanns and Rudolf: The German Jew and the Hunt for the Kommandant of Auschwitz<\/i> by Thomas Harding<\/b><\/h2>\n

By far the heaviest selection of all the categories, the book is an intertwined study of both Rudolf H\u00f6ss and the man who worked to capture him, Hanns Alexander.<\/p>\n

A highly readable book, the narrative follows the lives of both men before they finally clash on the night of H\u00f6ss\u2019 capture in 1946.<\/p>\n

If anyone ever wants to learn how to write popular history well, this is a fantastic place to start.<\/p>\n

Novel \u2013 Life After Life <\/i>by Kate Atkinson<\/b><\/h2>\n

Forming Atkinson\u2019s eighth novel, Life After Life is a fantastic work of highly unorthodox structure, as it explores and describes alternative past lives of the protagonist, Ursula Todd.<\/p>\n

With another award from the Orange Prize for Fiction and viewed as one of the 10 Best Books of 2013 by the editors of the New York Times Book Review, <\/i>the novel is set to be the crown of Atkinson\u2019s career.<\/p>\n

It is well worth a read for anyone who is interested in experimental narrative structure (if they haven\u2019t already read Slaughterhouse Five<\/i> that is).<\/p>\n

First Novel<\/b> \u2013 The Shock of the Fall <\/i>by Nathan Filer<\/b><\/h2>\n

A novel that set off a huge bidding war (eventually won by Harper Collins), The Shock of the Fall represents a fantastic start to what could be a very great career for the ex-health care worker.<\/p>\n

Harrowing on many levels, the novel explores death, mental illness and guilt as it tells the tail of Matthew Holmes, a 19-year old who can\u2019t come to terms with the death of his brother, Simon.<\/p>\n

Unsettling, painful, yet entirely moving, the novel offers the chance for anyone to get to grips with powerful, yet utterly realistic prose.<\/p>\n

Poetry \u2013 Drysalter <\/i>by Michael Symmons Roberts<\/b><\/h2>\n

A poet who is no stranger to awards, having picked up no less than three T S Eliot Prizes since 2001, Symmons Roberts\u2019 latest offering contains 150 poems, made up of no more, or less, than 15 lines each.<\/p>\n

With more than enough gems inside, the work is one of the finest poetry books published last year, and had to compete with Clive James for this award alone.<\/p>\n

Though both poets offer a fantastic introduction into the world of poetry, it is Drysalter that becomes the poetry book of 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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