TheJournal.ie Best Irish-Published Book of the Year
In the digital age the primacy of the physical book cannot be understated. In The Best Irish-published category we see this concept made gloriously and vibrantly real. Six beautiful books on culturally important Irish themes such as 1916 and the Cultural Revival vie for the title of Best Irish-published Book of the Year.
The winner
The Long Gaze Back: An Anthology of Irish Women Writers by Sinéad Gleeson (editor)
Shortlist
Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way by Carsten Krieger |
Windharp by Niall MacMonagle (editor) |
1916: Portraits and Lives by Lawrence William White & James Quinn (editors) David Rooney (illustrator) |
Handbook of the Irish Revival: An Anthology of Cultural and Political Writings 1891 – 1922 by Declan Kiberd & P.J. Mathews (editors) |
Eileen Gray: Her Work and Her World by Jennifer Goff |
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Once a year, on All Souls Day, the dead may return; Solar Bones tells the story of one such visit. Wry and poignant, Solar Bones is an intimate portrayal of one family, capturing how careless decisions ripple out into waves, and how our morals are challenged in small ways every day.