2012 Costa Award Winners announced

The winners of the 2012 Costa Book Awards are:

Costa First Novel Award:
The Innocents by Francesca Segal

Costa Novel Award (formerly Whitbread):
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

Costa Biography Award (formerly Whitbread):
Dotter of Her Father's Eyes by Mary and Bryan Talbot

Costa Children's Book Award (formerly Whitbread):
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner

Costa Poetry Award:
Overhaul by Kathleen Jamie

The award ceremony will take place in London on January 29, 2013, at which the winner of the overall Costa Book of the Year will be announced.