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	Whitbread Awards Encyclopedia Article on LittleBoyBooks.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The awards, launched in 1971, are given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience.
		One of the main events in the British literary calendar, they are sometimes announced as if they are the first of the year's literary prizes, whereas they are actually the last.
		This overall award is chosen by a judging panel that comprises five judges from the previous category round and four new ones.
	www.littleboybooks.com /Whitbread_Awards/encyclopedia.htm (337 words)

	LSU Libraries -- Ready Reference Awards & Prizes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
		It is awarded annually by the Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
		The PEN/Faulkner Award was founded by writers in 1980 to honor their peers and is now the largest juried award for fiction in the United States.
	www.lib.lsu.edu /ref/awards.html (623 words)

	Whitbread Home
		Whitbread PLC today reports a further improvement in performance for the 24 weeks ended 16 August 2007.
		Whitbread is delighted to announce the appointment of Reas Kondraschow as Group Development Director.
		Reas, who is joining from Wyndham Hotel Group based in the United States where he was Executive Vice President of International Development, will be charged with helping to deliver Whitbread’s aggressive growth plans in the UK and internationally.
	www.whitbread.co.uk (69 words)

	RTE.ie Entertainment - Whitbread pulls out of literary awards
		The Whitbread company are to pull out of the annual book awards that they have been sponsoring since 1971.
		Their decision is a blow to the literary world as the Whitbread Award is on a par with the Booker in terms of prestige and influence.
		The Whitbread Awards are made up of five categories - novel of the year, poetry and a children's book category - and the winner of each receives £5,000.
	www.rte.ie /arts/2005/1213/whitbread.html (204 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Whitbread Awards Honor 5 Authors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The awards' sole nonfiction category, biography, yielded a shortlist with two notable omissions: Jonathan Coe's "Like a Fiery Elephant: The Story of B.S. Johnson" and Robert McCrum's "Wodehouse: A Life." Among those that made the cut were "V.S. Pritchett" by Jeremy Treglown and "Stephen Spender" by John Sutherland.
		Laden with Celtic whimsy, Fletcher's "Eve Green" fuses a brooding meditation on the Welsh childhood of its pregnant heroine with the hunt for an abducted girl.
		The Whitbread is frequently lambasted for its celebrity judges (this year's Book of the Year panel features actor Hugh Grant) and for pitting apples against pears.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A55014-2005Jan6?language=printer (526 words)

	Whitbread Book Awards - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Costa Book Awards, formerly Whitbread Book Awards, major annual literary awards in the categories of Biography, Novel, First Novel, Poetry, and...
		Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, moving to England at the age of six, and was educated...
		A generation of new poets in the 1970s was led by Seamus Heaney, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Whitbread_Book_Awards.html (184 words)

	The Whitbread Poetry Book Award 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Whitbread judges (Philip Bell, Lavinia Greenlaw and Luke Leitch) described Corpus as “an outstanding, perfectly-weighted collection that inspires profound meditation on the nature of the soul, the body, the stars and the heart - and sparks revelation.
		The Whitbread Book Awards, which were established by the UK’s leading hospitality business in 1971, have the single aim of celebrating the most enjoyable books of the previous year by writers based in the UK and Ireland.
		This year, Whitbread joined forces with the National Library for the Blind (NLB) and intend to fund the Braille transcription of two 2004 Whitbread Award winning books, which will include the Whitbread Book of the Year and the Whitbread Children's Book Award winner.
	poetry.allinfo-about.com /features/whitbread-2004.html (402 words)

	National Online Recruitment Award Winners 2006
		The users are always the main judges of whether we're offering the right solution, and we're constantly asking for their feedback and using it to tailor our services to their specific needs.
		Winning this award is especially thrilling for JobServe because it's voted for by the people who really count, we invest a huge amount of time and effort pushing the boundaries of what's possible for job seekers with an online service.
		We are delighted to have won this award, it is great recognition of our continued efforts to develop our employer proposition as the UK's largest hospitality group.
	www.alljobsuk.com /awards/awards2006/Norawinners.shtml (913 words)

	Literary Awards, a beginners guide to. Book Prizes - What do they mean? The Booker, Whitbread, Orange Prize, The ...
		The awards are given in five categories (Poetry, Biography, First Novel, Novel, and Children's Literature) to authors who exemplify the best of contemporary British writing and who have lived in Great Britain or Ireland for at least three years.There is a panel of 3 judges in each category who select a short list and winner.
		The Kiriyama Prize is awarded in recognition of outstanding books that promote greater understanding of and among the nations of the Pacific Rim (East and Southeast Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands, Canada, Mexico, the United States, and the Pacific-bordering nations of Latin America) and of the South Asian subcontinent.
		The award is judged by a panel of three novelists and is awarded to the best published work of fiction by a contemporary American writer.
	www.book-club.co.nz /features/awards.htm (3031 words)

	The Whitbread Book Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Whitbread PLC sees itself in the business of providing enjoyment to millions of customers - and enjoyment is at the heart of the philosophy of the Whitbread Book Awards which seek out well-written, enjoyable books.
		The winners of the Awards for Poetry, Biography, Novel and First Novel are selected in each case by a panel of three judges.
		The Whitbread Children's Book of the Year is then eligible for the £22,500 Whitbread Book of the Year, alongside the winners of the Poetry, Biography, First Novel and Novel Awards.
	www.dymocks.com.au /contentstatic/literarymatter/awards/whitbread.asp (176 words)

	Powell's Books - Award Winners
		The award was named for William Faulkner, who used his Nobel Prize funds to create an award for young writers, and is affiliated with PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists), the international writers' organization.
		The Whitbread awards are given annually in five categories: Poetry, Biography, First Novel, Novel, and Children's Literature to authors who exemplify the best of contemporary British writing and who have lived in Great Britain or Ireland for at least three years.
		Half of the cash award is given to the author of the winning fiction title, and half is given to the author of the winning nonfiction title.
	www.powells.com /prizes/prizes.html (1062 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com Awards
		The awards are given annually in four categories: Poetry, Biography, First Novel, and Novel, to authors who have lived in Great Britain or Ireland for at least three years.
		The Whitbread Book of the Year is then chosen from among these four award winners.
		The Whitbread Children's Book of the Year is a separate award, established in 1996.
	www.books.com /awards/whitbread_about.asp?z=y (107 words)

	WHITBREAD BOOK AWARDS
		Established in 1971, the Awards have a total prize fund of £50,000 and are designed to actively promote the enjoyment of reading
		"As a judge for the Whitbread first novel this year I was delighted when the winner was announced this week as I could breathe a sigh of relief.
		In late October we met at the Whitbread head office and in sumptuous surroundings chose the shortlist and then the eventual winner of this category.
	www.chippingnorton.net /Features/WHITBREADAWARDS.htm (525 words)

	Bookreporter.com - 2004 Whitbread Awards Winners
		The Whitbread Book Awards is the prize that highlights some of the many well-written, enjoyable British books published during the past year.
		The Awards were launched in 1971 by Whitbread PLC, which is now one of the UK’s leading leisure companies.
		The 2004 Whitbread Book of the Year, the overall winner from these categories, will be announced on January 25th.
	www.bookreporter.com /features/2004-whitbread.asp (203 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Books \| Special Reports \| Ali Smith wins Whitbread novel award
		The Whitbread book awards caused the first stir of the literary year today with their announcement of the five winners of their category awards for best novel, best first novel, poetry collection, biography and children's book.
		In the biography category, Hilary Spurling was successful with Matisse the Master, the second part of her masterful account of the life of the artist, which has taken her 15 years to complete.
		Alan Parker, chief executive of Whitbread Group PLC, praised this year's category winners, saying: "The Whitbread book awards are unique in highlighting some of the best examples of British writing as well as some of the most enjoyable reads.
	books.guardian.co.uk /whitbread2005/story/0,16517,1677258,00.html (519 words)

	RTE.ie Entertainment - Smith's The Accidental is Whitbread favourite
		Having already taken Novel of the Year, Scottish writer Ali Smith's latest book is also the favourite to win the overall 2005 Whitbread Book of the Year.
		British bookmakers have made her 5-4 favourite for 'The Accidental', the story of a beautiful young woman who disrupts a family's uneventful holiday and changes their lives forever.
		Whitbread Group created the awards in 1971 to celebrate the most enjoyable books of the year by writers based in the UK and Ireland and it has, since then, developed into one of the UK's most prestigious literary awards.
	www.rte.ie /arts/2006/0123/whitbread.html (208 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Books \| Special Reports \| Whitbread 2005
		Hilary Spurling, surprise winner of this year's Whitbread prize for her biography of Matisse, tells Stuart Jeffries why it took her 15 years to uncover the gripping story of an artist many had dismissed as dull.
		Novel award: Portrayal of a 12-year-old girl who films the morning's dawnbreak on her digital camera each day.
		Children's book award: JJ sets out to buy his mother more time and makes the transition to Tir na n'Og, the land of eternal youth.
	books.guardian.co.uk /whitbread2005/0,,1570636,00.html (615 words)

	Scottish Arts Council - Archive - The Whitbread Awards 2006
		The First Novel Award was won by Malaysian-born Tash Aw for The Harmony Silk Factory which tells the story of a journey through the Malaysian jungle in the Second World War.
		Irish writer Kate Thompson won the Children's Book Award for The New Policeman, which is the story of a boy seeking to find his mother the birthday present of all time.
		The Biography Award went to Hilary Spurling for Matisse the Master, which documents the artist's lifetime of self-doubt and desperation and Christopher Logue won the Poetry Award for his reworking of The Illiad.
	www.sac.org.uk /1/artsinscotland/literature/projects/archive/thewhitbreadawards2006.aspx (265 words)

	Countrybookshop.co.uk - Whitbread Book Awards
		The Whitbread Book Awards was established in 1971 and aims to celebrate and promote the best of contemporary British writing.
		The four Whitbread Awards are Poetry, Biography, First Novel and Novel, and are each chosen by a three-member judging panel.
		The winners of both the Whitbread Book of the Year and the Whitbread Children’s Book of the Year are chosen by a nine-member judging panel.
	www.countrybookshop.co.uk /books/awards/whitbread.phtml (98 words)

	Costa Book Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Created in 1971, the Whitbread Book Awards were established to celebrate the most enjoyable books of the year by writers based in the UK or Ireland, and have successfully developed into one of the foremost and most prestigious literary awards in the UK.
		About Whitbread Whitbread PLC is the UK's leading hospitality company, managing market leading businesses in the hotels, restaurant and health and fitness sectors, including Premier Travel Inn, Brewers Fayre, Beefeater, Costa, T.G.I. Friday's and David Lloyd Leisure, and a strategic investment in Pizza Hut (UK).
		Whitbread's strategy is to create value for our shareholders by focusing investment and growing in expanding sectors of the hospitality industry, primarily in the UK but also in selected overseas markets.
	www.costabookawards.com /press.cfm?page=68&id=46 (861 words)

	Whitbread Book Awards
		Founded in 1971 and sponsored by Whitbread Breweries and administered by the Booksellers Association of Great Britain and Ireland, the Whitbread Prize is usually considered second only to the Booker in esteem, and by some a more important award.
		There are actually five Whitbread genre prizes each year--best novel, best first novel, best biography, best book of poems, and best children's book--from which one is chosen as Whitbread book of the year.
		Category winners receive £5000; the overall winner, for the Whitbread Book of the Year, receives an additional £25,000, one of the richest of all literary awards.
	www.unca.edu /~moseley/whitbread.html (189 words)

	USATODAY.com - 'The Accidental' wins Whitbread book award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Whitbread prizes are awarded in five categories — novel, first novel, poetry, biography and children's book.
		The first novel award went to Malaysian-born Tash Aw for The Harmony Silk Factory, set in his native country in the 1930s and 40s.
		British retail and leisure group Whitbread Group PLC announced last year that it would no longer sponsor the prizes, which were founded in 1971 and are open to residents of Britain and the Republic of Ireland.
	www.usatoday.com /life/books/news/2006-01-03-whitbread-awards_x.htm?csp=34 (394 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Smith wins Whitbread novel prize
		Honouring books from last year by writers based in the UK and Ireland, the latest Whitbread awards attracted a record 476 entries.
		In common with Susan Fletcher, the winner of last year's Whitbread First Novel award, Aw is a recent graduate from the University of East Anglia's creative writing course.
		However, in December the company said it would stop sponsoring the awards after the overall winner is announced on 24 January, as it no longer considers the association to be commercially viable.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/4577894.stm (417 words)

	International Book Awards
		To be eligible for the awards a book must be published in the USA but may be written or illustrated by an author or illustrator of any country.
		The Newbery Award was established in 1922 and is awarded to an (American) children's author who has contributed to children's literature in the preceding year.
		The award was established in 2000 and is awarded to an (American or foreign) author/joint authors, or editorship, who contribute to young adult literature in either fiction, non-fiction, poetry or anthology.
	www.det.wa.edu.au /education/cmis/eval/fiction/awards/aw3.htm (1312 words)

	Philip Pullman wins Whitbread Book Award - SFWA News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		This was the first time in the awards history that a children’s book has won the main prize, worth £25,000 ($35,630.50), since the Whitbread Book of the Year award was introduced in 1985.
		The Awards were established in 1971 by Whitbread, a leading UK leisure company.
		The total prize fund is £50,000: each of the category award winners receives £5,000, and the overall winner receives a further £25,000.
	www.sfwa.org /News/01whit.htm (225 words)

	Whitbread Awards Encyclopedia Article on KidsBestseller.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		They were known as the Whitbread Book Awards until 2006, when Costa Coffee, a subsidiary of Whitbread, took over sponsorship.
		As such they are a more populist literary prize than the Booker Prize.
		Prior to 2006, "Whitbread Book of the Year"
	www.kidsbestseller.com /Whitbread_Awards/encyclopedia.htm (337 words)

	The Whitbread Children's Book of the Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Whitbread Awards "acknowledge outstanding books of literature not only for the qualities accorded to them by the critics of the day but for popular qualities which make them readable on a wide scale".
		The Whitbread Children's Book of the Year is open to books for children of seven and up, written by a British author.
		Before 1996, the award was known as the Children's Novel category of the Whitbread Book of the Year.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~dkbrown/whitbread.html (229 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Coffee Shop Chain Sponsors Whitbread Awards
		Hospitality group Whitbread, which owns Costa along with eateries such as T.G.I Friday's and Brewers Fayre, announced it was backing out of the awards it established in 1971 because its brand is no longer sold directly to consumers.
		Financial specifics of the sponsorship were not disclosed, but the Costa Book Awards, for writers in Great Britain and Ireland, will hand out $93,270 a year, with $46,640 for the top prize.
		Hedge fund giant Man Group Plc earlier this year renewed its sponsorship of the Man Booker Prize in a five-year deal estimated to be in the millions.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/6-6-8/42456.html (504 words)

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