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William Hill Releases Latest Odds For Costa Book Of The Year

Posted at 1:04PM Thursday 24 Jan 2013

In second place, at 3-1, is journalist, critic and debut novelist Francesca Segal for The Innocents, modelled on Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence.  In third place, at 4-1, is husband-and-wife team Mary and Bryan Talbot for Dotter of her Father's Eyes, the first graphic work ever to win a Costa Award.

Closely behind in fourth place is Scottish poet, Kathleen Jamie, winner of the Costa Poetry Award for The Overhaul, followed by dyslexic children's writer-illustrator, Sally Gardner, in fifth at 7-1 for Maggot Moon, winner of this year's Costa Children's Book Award.

The odds are:

Hilary Mantel / Bring Up the Bodies 5/4

Francesca Segal / The Innocents 3/1

Mary and Bryan Talbot / Dotter of Her Father's Eyes 4/1

Kathleen Jamie / The Overhaul 5/1

Sally Gardner / Maggot Moon 7/1

The Costa Book Awards recognise the most enjoyable books of the last year by writers based in the UK and Ireland.  Formerly known as the Whitbread Book Awards, Costa announced its takeover of the sponsorship of the UK's prestigious and popular book prize in 2006.

The five Costa Book Award winners, each of whom will receive £5,000, were selected from 560 entries.  The five books are now eligible for the ultimate prize, the 2012 Costa Book of the Year, worth a further £30,000.

The winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year will be announced at an awards ceremony at Quaglino's in central London on Tuesday 29th January 2013 by a panel of judges chaired by journalist and broadcaster, Dame Jenni Murray.

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