2021 SHortlist Vote Open
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Winners Announced
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Exclusively Irish, inclusive in every other sense, the An Post Irish Book Awards brings together the entire literary community – readers, authors, booksellers, publishers and librarians – like no other awards. These are your awards – join us in celebrating Irish writing.
An Post Irish Book Awards Book of The Year 2021
A book that will remain important for a very long time – a reflection of who we are and where we came from. Truly, this is a book for the ages.
Judging Panel's Verdict
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An Post Irish Book Awards pays tribute to Thomas Kinsella
Winner revealed on one-hour television special on RTÉ One
Six titles competing for the ‘An Post Irish Book of the Year Award’ 2021
Record number of votes from Irish public sees Maureen Gaffney, Séamas O’Reilly, Sally Rooney, Louise Nealon, and Fintan O’Toole among the winners
Key Dates
31st
August
Submissions Close
21st
October
Shortlist Launch
23rd
November
Winners Announced
8th
DECEMBER
An Post Irish Book of the Year TV show on RTÉ One & RTÉ Player
THE JUDGING PROCESS
The An Post Irish Book Awards are different in character from conventional literary awards where winners attract the subjective approval of a jury normally comprising 3-5 judges. To decide fifteen awards in this way would be impractical and inimical to our aim to canvass the widest possible sector of the reading public.
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