Irish Book Awards

The Irish Book Awards are Irish literary awards given annually to books and authors in various categories. In 2018 An Post took over sponsorship of the awards from Bord Gais Energy. It is the only literary award supported by all-Irish bookstores. First awarded in 2006, they grew out of the Hughes & Hughes bookstore's Irish Novel of the Year Prize which was inaugurated in 2000. Since 2007 the Awards have been an independent not-for-profit company funded by sponsorship. The primary sponsor is An Post, the state owned postal service in Ireland. There are currently nine categories, seven of which are judged by the Irish Literary Academy, two by a public vote. There is also a lifetime achievement award.

Current awards
  • Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year
  • The Argosy Irish Non-Fiction Book of the Year
  • The Specsavers Irish Children's Book of the Year – junior and senior categories
  • Sunday Independent Best Irish Newcomer of the Year
  • The International Education Services Best Irish-Published Book of the Year
  • The Irish Sports Book of the Year
  • The John Murray Show Listeners' Choice Award (voted for by the public)
  • The Eason Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year (voted for by the public)
  • Ireland AM Crime Fiction Book of the Year
  • Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award in Irish Literature aka Lifetime Achievement in Literary Ireland Award
  • Bord Gáis Energy Irish Bookshop of the Year Award (introduced 2011)
  • Avonmore Cookbook of the Year (introduced 2012)
  • The Love Leabhar Gaeilge Irish Language Book of the Year (introduced 2018)

Winners

2000–2005 (Hughes & Hughes Award / Irish Novel)

Inaugurated in 2000 by Hughes & Hughes, the Hughes & Hughes Award ran until 2005 when it merged with the Irish Book Awards and became the Irish Novel category.

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2006

2007
  • Irish Novel: Winterwood by Patrick McCabe
  • Irish Non-Fiction Book: Connemara: Listening to the Wind by Tim Robinson
  • Irish Children's Book – junior: The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers
  • Irish Children's Book – senior: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
  • Best Irish Newcomer: The Goddess Guide by Gisele Scanlan
  • Irish-Published Book: Lifelines: New and Collected ed. by Niall McMonagle
  • Irish Sports Book: Back from the Brink by Paul McGrath
  • Listener's Choice: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
  • Irish Popular Fiction Book: Should Have Got Off at Sydney Parade by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

2008
  • Irish Novel: The Gathering by Anne Enright
  • Irish Non-Fiction Book: Judging Dev by Diarmaid Ferriter
  • Irish Children's Book – junior: The Story of Ireland by Brendan O'Brien
  • Irish Children's Book – senior: Wilderness by Roddy Doyle
  • Best Irish Newcomer: With My Lazy Eye by Julia Kelly
  • Irish-Published Book: Judging Dev by Diarmaid Ferriter
  • Irish Sports Book: Trevor Brennan: Heart and Soul by Trevor Brennan with Gerry Thornley
  • Listener's Choice: Judging Dev by Diarmaid Ferriter
  • Irish Popular Fiction Book: Take A Look at Me Now by Anita Notaro
  • Lifetime Achievement: William Trevor

2009

2010

Sources.[1]

2011

Sources.[2]

  • Irish Novel: Mistaken by Neil Jordan
  • Irish Non-Fiction Book: Easy Meals by Rachel Allen
  • Irish Children's Book – junior: The Lonely Beast by Chris Judge
  • Irish Children's Book – senior: The Real Rebecca by Anna Carey
  • Best Irish Newcomer: Solace by Belinda McKeon
  • Irish-Published Book: Connemara: A Little Gaelic Kingdom by Tim Robinson
  • Irish Sports Book: Inside the Peloton by Nicolas Roche
  • Listeners' Choice: How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
  • Irish Popular Fiction Book: All For You by Sheila O'Flanagan
  • Irish Crime Fiction Award: Bloodland by Alan Glynn
  • Irish Bookshop of the Year: Crannóg Bookshop, Cavan Town
  • Lifetime Achievement: Seamus Heaney

2012

Sources.[3]

2013

Sources.[4]

  • Non-Fiction Book of the Year award: Staring at Lakes by Michael Harding
  • Novel of the Year: The Guts by Roddy Doyle
  • Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award: John Banville
  • John Murray Show Listeners' Choice award: Staring at Lakes by Michael Harding
  • Popular Fiction Book of the Year: Downturn Abbey by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
  • Newcomer of the Year: Niamh Boyce for The Herbalist
  • Crime Fiction Book of the Year: The Doll's House by Louise Phillips
  • Best Irish Published Book of the Year: A History of Ireland in 100 Objects by Fintan O'Toole
  • Senior Children's Book of the Year: Last Stand of Dead Men by Derek Landy
  • Junior Children's Book of the Year: When You Were Born by Benji Bennett
  • Sports Book of the Year: Seven Deadly Sins by David Walsh
  • Short Story of the Year: The Things We Lose The Things We Leave Behind by Billy O'Callaghan
  • Cookbook of the Year: 30 Years of Ballymaloe by Darina Allen
  • Bookshop of the Year: The Clifden Bookshop, Clifden, County Galway

2014

The 2014 awards were presented on 26 November at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Dublin.[5]

  • Non-Fiction Book of the Year award: The Life and Loves of a He Devil by Graham Norton
  • Novel of the Year: Academy St by Mary Costello
  • Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award: Paul Durcan
  • John Murray Show Listeners' Choice award: It’s All in the Head by Majella O'Donnell
  • Popular Fiction Book of the Year: The Year I Met You by Cecelia Ahern
  • Newcomer of the Year: Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neill
  • Crime Fiction Book of the Year: Unravelling Oliver by Liz Nugent
  • Best Irish Published Book of the Year: Dubliners 100 by Thomas Morris
  • Senior Children's Book of the Year: Moone Boy by Chris O'Dowd and Nick Vincent Murphy
  • Junior Children's Book of the Year: Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton
  • Sports Book of the Year: The Test by Brian O'Driscoll
  • Short Story of the Year: Rest Day by John Boyne
  • Cookbook of the Year: The Nation’s Favourite Food Fast by Neven Maguire

2015

The 2015 awards were presented on 25 November at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Dublin.[6][7]

  • Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year: Me and My Mate Jeffrey by Niall Breslin
  • Cookbook of the Year: The Virtuous Tart by Susan Jane White
  • Children's Book of the Year (Senior): Asking For It by Louise O'Neill
  • Children's Book of the Year (Junior): Imaginary Fred by Eoin Colfer and Oliver Jeffers
  • Best Irish Published Book of the Year: The Long Gaze Back: An Anthology of Irish Women Writers by Sinéad Gleeson
  • Best Crime Book of the Year: After the Fire by Jane Casey
  • Listeners' Choice Award: Irelandopedia by Fatti and John Burke
  • Non-Fiction Book of the Year: Children of the Rising by Joe Duffy
  • Sports Book of the Year: Until Victory Always: A Memoir by Jim McGuinness
  • Newcomer of the Year: Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume
  • Popular Fiction Book of the Year: The Way We Were by Sinead Moriarty
  • Book Club Novel of the Year: The Green Road by Anne Enright
  • Short Story of the Year: A Slanting of the Sun by Donal Ryan
  • Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award: J. P. Donleavy

2016

The 2016 awards sponsored by Bord Gáis Energy were presented on 16 November at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Dublin. The awards ceremony was presented by Keelin Shanley.[8][9][10] On 14 December, Solar Bones by Mike McCormack was named as Ireland's best book of 2016. It was chosen by a public vote from the list of category winners below.[11]

  • Novel of the Year: Solar Bones by Mike McCormack
  • Best Irish Published Book of the Year: The Glass Shore by Sinéad Gleeson
  • Newcomer of the Year: Red Dirt by E. M. Reapy
  • Non-Fiction Book of the Year: I Read The News Today, Oh Boy by Paul Howard
  • Listeners' Choice Award: Lying In Wait by Liz Nugent
  • Children's Book of the Year (Junior): Pigín of Howth by Kathleen Watkins
  • Children's Book of the Year (Senior): Knights of the Borrowed Dark by Dave Rudden
  • Cookbook of the Year: The World of The Happy Pear by Stephen and David Flynn
  • Popular Fiction Book of the Year: Holding by Graham Norton
  • Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year: Making It Up As I Go Along by Marian Keyes
  • Sports Book of the Year: The Battle by Paul O'Connell
  • Crime Fiction Book of the Year: The Trespasser by Tana French
  • Short Story of the Year Award: The Visit by Orla McAlinden
  • Poem of the Year: In Glasnevin by Jane Clarke

2017

The 2017 awards sponsored by Bord Gáis Energy were presented on 28 November at the Clayton Hotel in Dublin. The awards ceremony was presented by RTÉ's Keelin Shanley and Evelyn O’ Rourke.[12][13]

  • Best Irish Published Book of the Year: Atlas of the Irish Revolution by John Crowley, Donál Ó Drisceoil, Mike Murphy and John Borgonovo
  • Children's Book of the Year (Junior): A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea - Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood by Sarah Webb illustrated by Steve Mc Carthy
  • Children's Book of the Year (Senior): Stand by Me by Judi Curtin
  • Teen/Young Adult Book of the Year: Tangleweed and Brine by Deirdre Sullivan illustrated by Karen Vaughan
  • Novel of the Year: Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty
  • Popular Fiction Book of the Year: The Break by Marian Keyes
  • Crime Fiction Book of the Year: The Therapy House by Julie Parsons
  • Newcomer of the Year: I Found my Tribe by Ruth Fitzmaurice
  • Non-Fiction Book of the Year: Wounds: A Memoir of War & Love by Fergal Keane
  • Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year: Motherfoclóir by Darach Ó Séaghdha
  • Cookbook of the Year: Cook Well, Eat Well by Rory O’Connell
  • Sports Book of the Year: The Choice by Philly McMahon with Niall Kelly
  • Listeners' Choice Award: he: A novel by John Connolly
  • Poem of the Year: Seven Sugar Cubes by Clodagh Beresford Dunne
  • Short Story of the Year: Back to Bones by Christine Dwyer Hickey

2018

The 2018 awards sponsored by An Post were presented on 27 November at the Clayton Hotel in Dublin. The awards ceremony was presented by RTÉ's Keelin Shanley while each winning author was interviewed Evelyn O’ Rourke.[14][15][16]

Notes to Self by Emilie Pine was voted the An Post Irish Book of the Year for 2018.[17]

  • Novel of the Year: Normal People by Sally Rooney
  • Non-Fiction Book of the Year: People Like Me by Lynn Ruane
  • Popular Fiction Book of the Year: The Importance of Being Aisling by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen
  • Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year: The Cow Book by John Connell
  • Newcomer of the Year: Notes to Self by Emilie Pine
  • Crime Fiction Book of the Year: Skin Deep by Liz Nugent
  • Sports Book of the Year: Game Changer by Cora Staunton with Mary White
  • Best Irish Published Book of the Year: Lighthouses of Ireland by Roger O'Reilly
  • Teen / Young Adult Book of the Year: The Weight of a Thousand Feathers by Brian Conaghan
  • Children's Book of the Year (Senior): Blazing a Trail by Sarah Webb and Lauren O'Neill
  • Children's Book of the Year (Junior): The President's Cat by Peter Donnelly
  • Irish Language Book of the Year: Tuatha De Denann by Diarmuid Johnson
  • Cookbook of the Year: Currabinny Cookbook by James Kavanagh and William Murray
  • The Ryan Tubridy Show Listeners' Choice Award: Skin Deep by Liz Nugent
  • Irish Poem of the Year: Birthday by Brian Kirk
  • Short Story of the Year: How to Build a Space Rocket by Roisin O'Donnell

2019

The 2019 awards ceremony was held in Dublin on 20 November 2019. The event was hosted by Miriam O'Callaghan and Evelyn O'Rourke. Over 115,000 votes were cast by readers to select the winners in each category. [18]

The winner of the An Post Irish Book of the Year is expected to be announced in January 2020.

  • Novel of the Year: Shadowplay by Joseph O'Connor
  • Non-Fiction Book of the Year: Constellations by Sinéad Gleeson
  • Popular Fiction Book of the Year: Once, Twice, Three Times an Aisling by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen
  • Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year: Barefoot Pilgrimage by Andrea Corr
  • Newcomer of the Year: When All is Said by Anne Griffin
  • Crime Fiction Book of the Year: Cruel Acts by Jane Casey
  • Sports Book of the Year: Recovering by Richie Sadlier with Dion Fanning
  • Best Irish Published Book of the Year: Children of the Troubles by Joe Duffy & Freya McClements
  • Teen / Young Adult Book of the Year: Other Words for Smoke by Sarah Maria Griffin
  • Children's Book of the Year (Senior): Shooting for the Stars – My Journey to Become Ireland's First Astronaut by Norah Patten, illustrated by Jennifer Farley
  • Children's Book of the Year (Junior): 123 Ireland! by Aoife Dooley
  • Irish Language Book of the Year: Tairngreacht by Prionsias Mac a'Bhaird
  • Cookbook of the Year: Cornucopia: The Green Cookbook by Tony Keogh, Aoife Carrigy, the Chefs of Cornucopia, Deirdre and Dairine McCafferty
  • The Ryan Tubridy Show Listeners' Choice Award: Overcoming by Vicky Phelan with Naomi Linehan
  • Irish Poem of the Year: Salt Rain by Audrey Molloy
  • Short Story of the Year: Parrot by Nicole Flattery
  • Lifetime Achievement: Colm Tóibín

References
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  2. Ronan McGreevy (18 November 2011). "Heaney honoured at book awards". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  3. Rosita Boland (23 November 2012). "Banville wins novel of year at awards". The Irish Times. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  4. Roddy Doyle’s ‘The Guts’ named novel of the year Irish Times, 2013-11-27.
  5. "Book Awards: BOD sees off the challenge of Roy Keane in blockbuster duel". Irish Independent. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  6. "Enright and Bressie take home Irish Book Awards". RTE News. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  7. "BORD GÁIS ENERGY IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2015 WINNING AUTHORS REVEALED". Irish Book Awards. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  8. "All write on the night: authors enjoy glitzy Bord Gáis Book Awards". Irish Independent. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  9. "BORD GÁIS ENERGY IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2016 WINNING AUTHORS REVEALED". Irish Book Awards. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  10. "Ireland's favourite books for 2016 have been announced". The Journal. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  11. "This author's one-sentence novel is the best Irish book of 2016". The 42. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  12. "Big night for Irish writing". Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  13. "These are the best Irish books of 2017". The Journal. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  14. "Winners of An Post Irish Book Awards 2018 revealed". Irish Times. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  15. "Female authors dominate at An Post Irish Book Awards". Irish Examiner. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  16. "Success for Lynn Ruane, Sally Rooney and Aislings everywhere at Irish Book Awards". Journal. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  17. "Emilie Pine wins Irish Book of the Year prize". RTE News. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
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