2025 Shortlists Announced

Scroll through all of this year's shortlists below.

EASON

NOVEL OF THE YEAR

Sponsored By

The Book Centre

CRIME FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR

In association with The Irish Independent

Sponsored By

Eason

SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR

Sponsored By

Sunday INDEPENDENT

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

Sponsored By

Irish Book Week

NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR

Sponsored By

DUBRAY

BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR

Sponsored By

The Last Word

Listeners' Choice Award

Sponsored By

WHSmith

POPULAR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR

In association with Ireland AM

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)

Sponsored By

SPECSAVERS

CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR (JUNIOR)

Sponsored By

International Education Services

TEEN AND YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR

in honour of John Treacy

Sponsored By

Hodges Figgis

History BOOK OF THE YEAR

Sponsored By

GRADAM LOVE LEABHAR GAEILGE

LEABHAR FICSIN GAEILGE NA BLIANA

Sponsored By

LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND

AUTHOR OF THE YEAR

Sponsored By

Elaine Feeney

Donal Ryan

John Boyne

Roisín O’Donnell

Sarah Maria Griffin

Colm Tóibín

NEW IRISH WRITING

BEST POETRY

In association with

Vincent Barton for “There’s never a crowd at the poetry section”

Kevin O’Farrell for “The Tragedy of It”

Paul McMahon for “The Crows” and “The Leaf”

Joanne McCarthy for “Minimum Wage”, “South-Eastern Wind” and “Midnight Oil”

Nollaig Rowan for “Rowan’s furniture. Dublin 1965” and “Carousel”

Bronagh Mallon for “I Remember Stealing” and “The Visitor”

NEW IRISH WRITING

BEST SHORT STORY

In association with

Lorraine Courtney for “Carnations”

Kieran Marsh for “Glass Splinters”

Sylvia Caldwell for “Breathing Lessons”

Mary Shovelin for “That Little Tent Of Blue”

Pádhraic Quinn for “All The Birch Trees Were Waving”

Eamon McGuinness for “A Constriction”

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