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From North to South and coast to coast, this year’s shortlists paint a sweeping and variable portrait of Ireland’s cities and landscapes. From the beauty of rugged mountains to foreboding seaside towns, and city estates, take a tour around Ireland through eight of this year’s shortlisted books.
In this snapshot of 1980s Dublin, from the tenements where Juno and Legs grew up to the seedy squats and dingy bars they find themselves in as young adults, the duo navigate poverty, homelessness, and alcoholism, in this heart-wrenching coming-of-age tale of hard beginnings and friendship.
Juno Love Legs is Shortlisted for The Last Word Listeners' Choice Award.
Meteorologist Joanna Donnelly takes readers on a journey around Ireland’s Sea Area Forecast, visiting the places that are a familiar part of the daily broadcast and explaining its unique history, language and science.
From Malin Head to Mizen Head is Shortlisted for Bookstation Lifestyle Book of the Year.
Set in the seaside town of Kinlough on the West Coast, Walsh’s page-turning literary thriller feels deeply entrenched in place and what it means to leave that place behind and return. As three old friends are thrown together for the first time in years, they must reckon with their past and what happened in this small town, festering in its dark secrets.
Kala is Shortlisted for the Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year.
From the Liffey to the South-West coast of Ireland, Colmán Ó Gríofa is in his holiday home on the Béarra peninsula the weekend Emer Ní Ghríofa disappears without a trace, her body washed up on the river bank. A gripping mystery, dripping in clues and fabricated evidence.
Sa Pholl Báite is Shortlisted for the Foras na Gaeilge Irish Language Fiction Book of the Year Award.
Entrenched in locality, place and a sense of home, The Gathered Table is a collection of recipes from across Ireland's food world. Bakers and butchers, farmers and food champions, producers, shopkeepers and chefs have shared their most cherished recipes, all for a good cause - all proceeds from this book will go to Peter McVerry Trust, the national housing and homelessness charity.
The Gathered Table is Shortlisted for Cookbook of the Year.
In Michael Magee’s simmering and staggering debut, Sean returns to his home city of Belfast following his University years in Liverpool, finding that little has changed, the lines of class still drawn vividly across the city. Thrust back into the same prejudices and struggles he experienced growing up, this is a portrait of a very real Belfast, divided by class and politics, assumptions and expectations.
Close to Home is Shortlisted for the Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year.
Rozanna Purcell has been hiking the length and breadth of Ireland for years with her enthusiastic community The Hike Life, exploring the best of what the island has to offer. In this hiking guide, Rozanna showcases Ireland's dramatic mountains and rugged coastline in 50 unforgettable hikes.
The Hike Life is Shortlisted for Bookstation Lifestyle Book of the Year.
Traversing the landscapes of Ireland, author and photographer Carsten Krieger weaves a tapestry of Irish nature, from alpine flowers blooming in the Burren, to the Shannon Dolphins of the Shannon Estuary, and the dawn chorus in Killarney, surrounded by giant, ancient oaks.
Wild Ireland is Shortlisted for TheJournal.ie Best Irish Published Book of the Year.