Poet Christopher Reid has been declared the surprise winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award for a collection in memory of his late wife, hailed by judges as a "master work". The Hong Kong-born poet's collection "A Scattering" beat the frontrunner, Irish author Colm Toibin, to pick up the prestigious £30,000 award. It will come ...

Poet Christopher Reid was Tuesday announced as the surprise winner of a major British literary prize for a collection in memory of his late wife, hailed by judges as a "master work". The Hong Kong-born poet's collection "A Scattering" beat the frontrunner, Irish author Colm Toibin, to pick up the prestigious 30,000-pound Costa Book of the Year ...

Poet Christopher Reid was awarded Britain's Costa Book of the Year Award on Tuesday with a poetry collection written in tribute to his late wife. Reid's "A Scattering" — inspired by his wife's death from cancer in 2005 — beat four other finalists to the ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British writer Christopher Reid won the Costa Book of the Year award on Tuesday for a work of poetry about his wife's death. "A Scattering" beat the favorite, Colm Toibin's "Brooklyn," leaving the Irish novelist disappointed once again after he failed to win the Booker Prize after being shortlisted twice. Josephine Hart, chairman of the judging ...