Like the Costa prizes, scrapped in 2022, the Neros will cover children’s books, nonfiction and novels, emphasising ‘commercial’ titles

Caffè Nero is launching a new suite of writing awards, a year after fellow coffee shop chain Costa scrapped its popular book awards.

Like the Costa prizes, the not-for-profit Nero book awards will choose winners in various categories. These categories are mostly the same as the Costas were: children’s books, debut fiction, fiction and nonfiction. However, there will not be a poetry category in the prize’s inaugural year.

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