Mental Health Nurse Nathan Filer Wins Costa Book Of The Year
4,270 views · Published 29 January 2014 · 5:41 · Indexed 6 November 2026
Channel: Sky News · 2014 · News & Politics
A mental health nurse has shocked the literary establishment by bagging one of its biggest prizes with his first book. Costa Book Award winner Nathan Filer, 33, drew on his background for The Shock of the Fall - a novel about the descent of one of two brothers into schizophrenia after a tragic accident. Filer, still a registered nurse working in and around Bristol, beat contenders including bookies' favourite Kate Atkinson's Life After Life to the £30,000 prize - formerly known as the Whitbread. He spoke to Sky's Eamonn Holmes and Jayne Secker. http://news.sky.com/story/1202696/nurse-nathan-filer-wins-costa-book-award SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more great videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews and https://twitter.com/skynewsbreak Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews For more great content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: iPad https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/Sky-News-for-iPad/id422583124 iPhone https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB
