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Costa First Novel Award 2021
Costa Novel Award 2021
Costa Biography Award 2021
Costa Poetry Award 2021
Costa Children’s Book Award 2021
‘The Kids is the real deal. A page turner about the experience of teaching and being taught, it made us want to punch the air with joy.’ say the judges.
The judges said Open Water is ‘Deeply moving, searingly intimate and just so now. We all loved this contemporary portrait of masculinity - it’s like nothing else we’ve ever read.’
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‘We all agreed this is a masterpiece of storytelling and craft.’ say the judges. The LoveReading team loved Unsettled Ground so we most definitely concur.
The judges think ‘Preston strips back the many layers of Maxwell’s monstrous ego revealing the truth under the multiple masks. An epic, immersive, cinematic telling of an extraordinary life and our unanimous winner.’
‘The Kids is the real deal. A page turner about the experience of teaching and being taught, it made us want to punch the air with joy.’ say the judges.
The judges all agreed ‘this brilliant book is a wonder and will enrich all who read it.’ and the LoveReading4Kids team thought this was a 'powerful, often heart wrenching narrative poem'.
