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Costa Book Awards category winners announced; Tony Marchant; Ronald Searle Tribute

Mark Lawson with news of the Costa Book Awards category winners. Tony Marchant on his TV drama Public Enemies. Ralph Steadman and Posy Simmonds pay tribute to Ronald Searle.

The category winners of the Costa Book Awards 2011 are announced live on Front Row by the awards' director Bud McLintock. Literary editors Gaby Wood and Will Skidelsky give their response to the winners of the five categories - novel, first novel, biography, poetry and children's book. The winner in each category receives 拢5,000, and one of the five winning books will then selected as the Costa Book of the Year, announced on 24 January, receiving a further 拢30,000.

Multi-award winning writer Tony Marchant discusses his new drama Public Enemies about the relationship between a convicted murderer recently released from prison, played by Daniel Mays, and his probation officer, played by Anna Friel, who is returning to work after being suspended after a shocking crime was committed by an offender under her supervision.

Mark Lawson is joined by Ralph Steadman and Posy Simmonds in paying tribute to Ronald Searle, the British cartoonist best known for creating the fictional girls' school St Trinian's, who died today aged 91.

This week Front Row talks to an artist, a playwright, and a film director who each face the challenge of following up on especially successful projects. First, ceramic artist Edmund de Waal talks about what comes after his memoir, The Hare With The Amber Eyes, which won several literary prizes last year, and was the biggest selling non fiction paperback .

Producer Nicki Paxman.

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Chapters

  • Category winners: Costa Book Awards 2011

    The category winners of the Costa Book Awards 2011 are announced live.

    Duration: 09:57

  • Tony Marchant

    Tony Marchant discusses his new drama Public Enemies.

    Duration: 09:00

  • Ronald Searle

    Ralph Steadman and Posy Simmonds pay tribute to British cartoonist Ronald Searle.

    Duration: 05:10

  • Edmund de Waal

    Edmund de Waal talks about what comes after his memoir, The Hare With The Amber Eyes.

    Duration: 03:37

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  • Tue 3 Jan 2012 19:15

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