It was on the shortlist for the Whitbread Novel Award.

On 8 November 1988, the work received the Whitbread Award for novel of the year, worth £20,000.

His first novel, August, was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award.

The book was shortlisted for the 2003 Whitbread Awards.

The book won Best Novel at the 1999 Whitbread Awards.

She has won numerous literary awards, including the Whitbread Award twice.

It was short-listed in the novel category of the Whitbread Awards.

It won the 1972 Whitbread Award in the Children's Book category.

He has been nominated twice for the Whitbread Awards in 1996 and in 1997.

It was nominated for the Whitbread Award in 1998.