Beauty by Raphael Selbourne shortlisted for Costa First Novel Award
Wednesday, 25th November 2009
We’re delighted to announce that Beauty by Raphael Selbourne has been picked as one of the four best debuts of the year on the shortlist of the Costa First Novel Award.
The judges – Nikki Bedi from the BBC Asian Network, author Sandra Howard, and Matt Taylor, owner of The Chepstow Bookshop in Monmouthshire, said that Beauty “captures the raw humanity of inner city life with extraordinary authenticity.”
The other shortlisted books are:
- The Finest Type of English Womanhood by Rachel Heath (Hutchinson)
- John the Revelator by Peter Murphy (Faber and Faber)
- The Girl With Glass Feet by Ali Shaw (Atlantic Books)
The winner of the Costa First Novel Award will be announced on 5th January 2010, and the overall Costa Book of the Year will be revealed at a ceremony on the 26th January.
