The book world is agog at the shortlist for the 2012 Costa Book Awards.
Of the 20 books nominated, two are graphic novels!
Days of the Bagnold Summer by Joff Winterhart (Graphic Novel)
Life! Death! Prizes! by Stephen May
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
The Heart Broke In by James Meek
First Novel
The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder by J W Ironmonger
Snake Ropes by Jess Richards
The Innocents by Francesca Segal
The Bellwether Revivals by Benjamin Wood
Biography
Dotter Of Her Father’s Eyes by Mary Talbot and Bryan Talbot (Graphic format)
Patrick Leigh-Fermor: An Adventure by Artemis Cooper
The Crocodile By The Door: The Story of a House, a Farm and a Family by Selina Guinness
Serving Victoria: Life In The Royal Household by Kate Hubbard
The World’s Two Smallest Humans by Julia Copus
People Who Like Meatballs by Selima Hill
The Overhaul by Kathleen Jamie
The Seeing by Diana Hendry
What’s Up With Jody Barton? by Hayley Long
A Boy and a Bear in a Boat by Dave Shelton
Readers in the Mist 