Writer Dominate Irish Book Awards



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An exceptionally strong year for women's writing was celebrated this year at the An Post Irish Book Awards, with female authors dominating the list of winners for the first time.

Sally Rooney, Emilie Pine, Emer McLysaght & Sarah Breen and Liz Nugent were some of the award-winning authors nominated at the Irish Book Awards ceremony in Dublin, along with Rooney's ### Normal people a popular winner of the Eason Book Club's yearlong novel, and Pine named the Independent Independent of the Year at the Sunday Independent for her acclaimed memoirs Notes to oneself.

Good game @emiliepine who won the title of newcomer of the year to @AnpostIBAS. #APIBAS #IrishBookAwards pic.twitter.com/te5089X90W

– Sinéad Gleeson (@sineadgleeson) November 27, 2018

Somewhere else, The importance of being Aisling by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen win the gong of the popular fiction book of the year Specsavers, while the double winner, Liz Nugent, wins the Irish Yearbook award for "Independent Crime" and the prize "Listen Tu" Choice Award "awarded by RTÉ Radio 1, Superficial.

The awards ceremony celebrated by RTÉ Six One Co-Host, Keelin Shanley, took place at the Clayton Hotel, on Burlington Road, in Dublin, and brought together an audience of writers, publishers, booksellers and media personalities. to celebrate an exceptional year for the Irish edition.

Of course, I dress up like a Tuesday at Leinster House – at the Irish Book Awards pic.twitter.com/r9hwOm4gad

– Lynn Ruane (@SenLynnRuane) November 27, 2018

Lynn Ruane (The book of the year non-fiction People like us), John Connell (Ireland AM's Popular Fiction Book of the Year, for The cow's book), Cora Staunton (Bord Gáis Energy Sports Book of the Year, for Game Changer) and Peter Donnolly (Book of the Year – Children's Book, National Tokens), for The chat of the president), The renowned poet, Thomas Kinsella, has been named recipient of the Bob Hughes Award of Excellence for all of his work and a special award was given to the family of author Emma Hannigan, deceased earlier this year.

The best moments of the Irish Post Awards will be broadcast on RTÉ One at 22h15 this Thursday 29 November.

An Post Irish Book Awards 2018 – Winners:

TheJournal.ie Best Irish Book of the Year:

Lighthouses of Ireland by Roger O'Reilly (Collins Press)

National Year Book of Children (Junior)

The chat of the president by Peter Donnelly (Gill Books)

Yearbook, tokens of national books (senior)

Blazing a Trail by Sarah Webb and Lauren O'Neill (The O'Brien Press)

Department 51 @ Eason Yearbook for teens / young adults

The weight of a thousand feathers by Brian Conaghan (Bloomsbury)

Eason Book Club Novel of the year

Normal people by Sally Rooney (Faber & Faber)

Popular fiction book of the year Specsavers

The importance of being Aisling by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen (Gill Books)

Irish fiction independent fiction book of the year

Superficial by Liz Nugent (Penguin Ireland)

Sunday, newcomer of the year

Personal notes by Emilie Pine (Tramp Press)

Non fiction book of the year

People like me by Lynn Ruane (Gill Books)

Popular fiction book of the year from Ireland AM

The cow's book by John Connell (Granta Books)

EUROSPAR recipe book of the year

Currabinny cookbook by James Kavanagh and William Murray (Penguin Ireland)

Bord Gáis Energy Sports Book of the Year

Game changer of Cora Staunton with Mary White (PRH Transworld Ireland)

The choice of RTÉ Radio 1 listeners, The Ryan Tubridy Show

Superficial by Liz Nugent (Penguin Ireland)

Listowel Writers' Week Irish Poem of the Year

Anniversary by Brian Kirk

Writing, that is new to the year

How to build a space rocket by Roisin O'Donnell (De The broken spiral edited by RM Clarke)

The Leabhar Gaeilge Love Book of the Year in Irish Language

Tuatha De Denann by Diarmuid Johnson (Leabhar Breac)

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