The Costa Book of the Year Awards 2021 Overall Winner

It is our great pleasure to confirm The Kids by Hannah Lowe as the overall winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2021.

The Kids

Hannah Lowe

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Drawing from her experiences as a teacher in a London inner city school and her own coming of age in the riotous 1980s and 90s, Lowe’s powerful poetry collection mines themes from time and identity to growing up and parenthood. Life-affirming and shot through with empathy and joy, The Kids celebrates the way life allows us to learn from each other in often unexpected ways.

‘Hannah Lowe’s The Kids is a book to fall in love with – it’s joyous, it’s warm and it’s completely universal. It’s crafted and skilful but also accessible. Words from the judges were ‘insightful’, ‘empathetic’, ‘generous’, ‘funny’, ‘compassionate’, ‘uplifting’. You will love it!’

REETA CHAKRABARTI, Chair of Judges

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