 ==book of the year== :seamus heaney, beowulf ==children's book== winner: *j. k. rowling, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban shortlist: *carol ann duffy, meeting midnight *michael morpurgo, kensuke's kingdom *jacqueline wilson, the illustrated mum ==first novel== winner: *tim lott, white city blue shortlist: *suzanne cleminshaw, the great ideas *andrew o'hagan, our fathers *francine stock, a foreign country ==novel== winner: *rose tremain, music and silence shortlist: *jim crace, being dead *michael frayn, headlong *joanne harris, chocolat ==biography== winner: *david cairns, berlioz volume two: servitude and greatness shortlist: *nicholas shakespeare, bruce chatwin *hilary spurling, matisse ==poetry== winner: *seamus heaney, beowulf shortlist: *michael hofmann, approximately nowhere *ted hughes, alcestis *don paterson, the eyes ==references== *previous winners 
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