2003 Whitbread Awards
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Contents
Book of the Year
Children's Book
Winner:
Shortlist:
- Catherine Fisher, The Oracle
- Michael Morpurgo, Private Peaceful
- Jeanne Willis, Naked Without a Hat
First Novel
Winner:
Shortlist:
- Anne Donovan, Buddha Da
- Paul Murray, An Evening of Long Goodbyes
- Talitha Stevenson, An Empty Room
Novel
Winner:
Shortlist:
- Rachel Cusk, The Lucky Ones
- Shena Mackay, Heligoland
- Barbara Trapido, Frankie & Stankie
Biography
Winner:
- D. J. Taylor, Orwell: The Life
Shortlist:
- John Campbell, Margaret Thatcher - Volume Two: The Iron Lady
- Caroline Moorehead, Martha Gellhorn
- Andrew Wilson, Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith
Poetry
Winner:
- Don Paterson, Landing Light
Shortlist:
- Lavinia Greenlaw, Minsk
- Jamie McKendrick, Ink Stone
- Jean Sprackland, Hard Water