What Was Lost Was Lost" was the winner in the first novel category of the Costa Book Awards. O'Flynn received a £5,000 prize. It was short-listed for the overall Costa Book of the Year Award. The Costa Book Awards' judging panel, chaired by Joanna Trollope, praised the novel for "blending humour and pathos in a cleverly constructed and absorbing mystery." They described the novel as inventive, compelling, and poignant. "What Was Lost" was long-listed for the 2007 Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize for Fiction. It was short-listed for the Guardian First Book Award. It won the Jelf Group First Novel Award
Oliver Newby the 2010 season, Newby was looking to secure a regular place in Lancashire's first team. However, in May he suffered a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament, side-lining him for the rest of the season. Oliver Newby Oliver James Newby (born 26 August 1984 in Blackburn, Lancashire) is an English cricketer who played for Lancashire. Newby is a right-arm fast-medium bowler with the ability to extract bounce from a cricket surface. He is a product of the Lancashire Academy and made his first-class debut for the county in the 2003 season. During his debut season he played against the India