Whitbread and butter roundup

The Whitbread shortlists have been announced:

Best novel:
Kate Atkinson - Case Histories
Louis de Bernieres - Birds Without Wings
Alan Hollinghurst - The Line of Beauty
Andrea Levy - Small Island

First novel:

Susanna Clarke - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Richard Collins - The Land as Viewed from the Sea
Susan Fletcher - Eve Green
Panos Karnezis - The Maze

I'm feeling too lazy to do a proper news roundup, but the competent souls at The Complete Review did a pretty thorough job. As usual.