2023 ShortlistS Announced

Scroll through all of this year's shortlists below.

EASON

NOVEL OF THE YEAR

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IRISH INDEPENDENT

CRIME FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR

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Eason

SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR

In Association with Ireland AM

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Sunday INDEPENDENT

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

Sponsored By

Dubray

NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR

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Bookselling ireland

BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR

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The Last Word

Listeners' Choice Award

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NATIONAL BOOK TOKENS

POPULAR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR

Sponsored By

BOOKSTATION

LIFESTYLE BOOK OF THE YEAR

Sponsored By

THEJOURNAL.IE

BEST IRISH PUBLISHED BOOK OF THE YEAR

Sponsored By

SPECSAVERS

CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR (SENIOR)

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SPECSAVERS

CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR (JUNIOR)

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International Education Services

TEEN AND YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR

in honour of John Treacy

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COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR

Foras na Gaeilge

Irish Language Fiction Book of the Year Award

Sponsored By

LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND

AUTHOR OF THE YEAR

Sponsored By

Joseph O’Connor

Claire Keegan

Liz Nugent

Lucinda Riley

Sebastian Barry

Catherine Ryan Howard

Listowel Writers' Week

Poem OF THE YEAR

Sponsored By

A Legacy to Seven Men I’ve Loved

Audrey Molloy

Vectors in Kabul

Mary O'Donnell

Table Two

Owen Gallagher

Lullaby Before Leaving

Theodore Deppe

Writing.IE

Short Story OF THE YEAR

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Peace Process

Barbara Byar

The Story of Elizabeth

Celia de Fréine

The Island

Olivia Kiernan

In the Same Darkness

Jennifer McMahon

Wales

Thomas Morris

Such a Pretty Face

Moïra Fowley

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