Frances Hardinge Wins Costa Book of the Year

[aThenian]

This is quite a coup. Hardinge is a YA fantasy writer, and her book The Lie Tree was the winner of the young people's category - only the second time a "children's" book has won the overall Costa (the first time was Philip Pullman.)

Children's novel The Lie Tree wins Costa Book of the Year - BBC News

 

[Kylara]

I've just picked it up for my writing for YA and kids course at uni (among a bunch of others, some very dubious ) and am sort of looking forward to it. I don't generally enjoy the costa award winners, but hoping this one is different

 

[aThenian]

I haven't read it yet but I'm looking forward to it. The Victorian girl scientist and science/religion theme sounds really intriguing.

 

[Hex]

The things I've read by her have been very clever and mostly quite strange. She speaks well too. Really pleased she won.

 

[pambaddeley]

I saw this on Saturday but resisted because I'm trying to read up and get rid of paperbacks. However, I do have her Twilight Robbery so it's heartening to hear that it's likely to be good.

 

[Stephen Palmer]

I'm really thrilled that this book won the overall prize - I think it promises more of the same, a kind of tacit acknowledgement that YA, and maybe even fantasy, is something of worth.

I bought the book on Wednesday, it was the last copy in my local Waterstones! I'm beginning reading it on Monday, and very much looking forward to it.