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An Post Irish Book Awards 2024 Shortlist Announced: Celebrating Irish Writing Talent
The shortlist for the prestigious An Post Irish Book Awards 2024 has been revealed, showcasing a diverse range of exceptional Irish writers across 20 categories. The awards, which have been celebrating Irish writing for 19 years, highlight the best of new and established talent in literature.
This year’s shortlist features renowned names like Sally Rooney, Andrea Mara, Graham Norton, Cecelia Ahern, Colm Tóibín, Maggie Armstrong, Dylan McGrath, Myles Dungan, Sarah Webb, Roddy Doyle, Oliver Jeffers, Zainab Boladale, David McWilliams, Ferdia Lennon, Proinsias Mac a’ Bhaird, Christine Dwyer Hickey, Caoilinn Hughes, Niamh Mulvey, Oisín McKenna, Seán Ronayne, Rozanna Purcell, and many more.
The winner of the coveted Eason Novel of the Year award will be announced at a prestigious ceremony held at the Convention Centre Dublin on Wednesday 27th November. The overall An Post Irish Book of the Year will be revealed on RTE One on Thursday 19th December during a special television program.
This year, the public is invited to participate in the voting process by choosing their favorite books between 8 pm on 24th October until 5 pm on 14th November. Participants will also be entered into a draw to win one of five €100 National Book Tokens.
The An Post Irish Book Awards 2024 Shortlist
To view the complete list of shortlisted titles, visit [An Post Irish Book Awards website].
TheJournal.ie Best Irish-Published Book of the Year
The Enchanted Bay: Tales and Legends from Ernie O’Malley’s Irish Folklore Collection – Cormac K. H. O’Malley and Patrick J. Mahoney (Merrion Press)
Atlas of the Irish Civil War: New Perspectives – Hélène O’Keeffe, John Crowley, Donal Ó Drisceoil, John Borgonovo and Mike Murphy (Cork University Press)
The Irish Words You Should Know – Hector Ó hEochagáin (Gill Books)
Irish Food History: A Companion – Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire & Dorothy Cashman (Royal Irish Academy)
1588, The Spanish Armada and the 24 Ships Lost on Ireland’s Shores – Michael B. Barry (Andalus Press)
Reeling in the Queers: Tales of Ireland’s LGBTQ Past – Páraic Kerrigan (New Island Books)
Dubray Biography of the Year
This Boy’s Heart: Scenes from an Irish Childhood – John Creedon (Gill Books)
Finding Mangan: The Lives and Afterlives of Ireland’s National Poet – Bridget Hourican (Gill Books)
American Mother – Colum McCann with Diane Foley (Bloomsbury Publishing)
Well, Holy God: My Life as an Irish, Catholic, Agnostic Correspondent – Patsy McGarry (Merrion Press)
Leaning on Gates – Seamus O’Rourke (Gill Books)
Hodges Figgis History Book of the Year
Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism’s Forgotten Radicals – Maurice J. Casey (Footnote Press)
Revolutionary Times – Ireland 1913-23: The Forging of a Nation – Mike Cronin and Mark Duncan (Merrion Press)
Land Is All That Matters: The Struggle That Shaped Irish History – Myles Dungan (Apollo, Head of Zeus)
A History of Ireland in Ten Body Parts – Dr Ian Miller (Gill Books).
WHSmith Non-Fiction Book of the Year
Who Killed Una Lynskey?: A True Story of Murder, Justice, and the Garda Heavy Gang – Mick Clifford (Sandycove, Penguin)
Twelve Sheep: Life Lessons from a Lambseason – John Connell (Allen & )
The Magic of an Irish Rainforest: A Visual Journey – Eoghan Daltun (Hachette Books Ireland)
Murder at Lordship: Inside the Hunt for a Detective’s Killer – Pat Marry and Robin Schiller (Allen & )
Money: A Story Human – David McWilliams (Simon &
Missing Persons, Or My Grandmother’s Sec – Clair Wills (Allen Lane
Eason Novel of the Year
Wild Houses – Colin Barrett (Jonathan Cape, Vintage)
The Heart in Winter – Kevin Barry (Canongate Books)
The Woman Behind the Door – Roddy Doyle (Jonathan Cape, Vintage)
Our London Lives – Christine Dwyer Hickey (Atlantic Books)
Seaborne – Nuala O’Connor (New Island Books)
Intermezzo – Sally Rooney (Faber & Faber)
Heart, Be at Peace – Donal Ryan (Doubleday, Penguin Random House,)
Long Island – Colm Tóibín (Pan Macmillan)
