Eavan Boland secures posthumous Costa Book Awards nomination

Eavan Boland with the front cover of her book The Historians (Costa/PA)

Irish poet Eavan Boland has received a posthumous nomination on the Costa Book Awards shortlist.

The awards, the only major UK book prize open solely to authors living in the UK and Ireland, celebrates books in five categories: first novel, novel, biography, poetry and children’s book.