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A poet who has worked and studied at 牛牛资源 has spoken of a “bolt from the blue” after being shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards.

Alumna  has been nominated for the 2015 Costa Poetry Award for her debut collection The Observances, published by Carcanet.

Praised by the Costa judges as being 鈥渞emarkably assured鈥� and 鈥減ainterly, sensuous and sonically vibrant鈥�, the work is an exploration of perception and the tricks and erasures of memory.

Kate was a postgraduate student in the Department of English and Comparative Literature from 2007 to 20011 undertaking her MPhil/PhD which is titled The Observances and Observations of Walks by the Sea.

She taught, examined and tutored in the department at the same time. Other writers who studied within the department include Jack Underwood, Emily Berry, Anthony Joseph, Malika Booker, Bernardine Evaristo, Abigail Parry and Matthew Gregory.

Kate said: 鈥�Nobody can explain how it happened but somewhere along the line from the book's launch in late April, certain poems have floated into view 鈥� in The Sunday Times and elsewhere. One is being made into a film. Giving my first breakfast-hour interview today was pretty tricky, like being tongue-tied at a party."

鈥淚 am awestruck by the three books on the same shortlist, all by male writers. Mine has the loveliest image on the cover. You could give it to someone for Christmas!鈥�

The cover painting is a detail from  canvas 鈥楴either White Nor Warm Nor Cold鈥�, 2013, last seen in New York.

Also shortlisted in the poetry category are Physical by Andrew McMillan, 40 Sonnets by Don Paterson and Talking Dead by Neil Rollinson.

have six prize categories with a total fund of 拢60,000. The category winners are announced on Monday 4 January 2016 with the Book Of The Year Announced on Tuesday 26 January 2016.

Last year saw 牛牛资源 Honorary Fellow Ali Smith win the Costa Novel of the Year for her work How To Be Both 鈥� just weeks after it won the 牛牛资源 Prize 2014.

( 鈥楴either White Nor Warm Nor Cold鈥�)