#jExif II* ( 1 2 ; ( i 8 No Repro Fee 23/11/22 Nuala O’Connor won the Writing.ie Short Story of the Year for "This Small Giddy Life" pictured with Vanessa O'Loughlin from Writing.ie Winners of the An Post Irish Book Awards 2022 announced • Louise Kennedy, Marian Keyes, Edel Coffey, John Creedon, Kellie Harrington, Charlie Bird, Richie Sadlier, Thaddeus Ó Buachalla and Gina and Karol Daly among the winners • Bridge Street Books in Wicklow claims ‘An Post Bookshop of the Year’ award are among the winning authors at this year’s An Post Irish Book Awards, held in the Convention Centre Dublin this evening. Charlie Bird claimed victory with his biography Time and Tide, while the Eason Novel of the Year Award was won by Louise Kennedy. First awarded in 2006, the An Post Irish Book Awards celebrate and promote Irish writing to the widest range of readers possible. Each year it brings together a vast community passionate about books – readers, authors, booksellers, publishers and librarians – to recognise the very best of Irish writing talent and 2022 is no different. The An Post Irish Book Awards also presented Anne Enright with the ‘Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award’. The writer has occupied a central position in the cultural life of Ireland for over three decades, with her literary career spanning seven novels, three short story collections, a memoir of motherhood and the 2007 Booker Prize for her fourth novel, The Gathering. The author was also named the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction between 2015 – 2018. For further information, please visit to the An Post Irish Book Awards website or social media channels: www.anpostirishbookawards.ie Facebook: @AnPostIBAS Instagram: @anpost_irishbookawards Twitter: @AnPostIBAS TikTok: @anpost_irishbookawards For more details, please contact: Breda Brown / Aimée Winn / Nicola Fitzsimons Unique Media Tel: (01) 522 5200 / 087 248 7120 (BB) / 086 841 1455 (AW) Tel: (01) 522 5200 / 087 248 7120 (BB) / 086 841 1455 (AW) Canon Canon EOS 5D Mark IV ' ' Adobe Photoshop 24.0 (Windows) 2022:11:28 14:04:10 Patrick Bolger Patrick Bolger " ' 0 2 0231 24 24 & 1 . 2 < 4 \ 5 r 2022:11:23 23:33:09 2022:11:23 23:33:09 Ho @B UU UU 543038000470 # EF16-35mm f/4L IS USM 7280002753 ( H H Adobe_CM Adobe d k " ? 3 !1AQa"q2B#$Rb34rC%Scs5&DTdE£t6UeuF'Vfv7GWgw 5 !1AQaq"2B#R3$brCScs4%&5DTdEU6teuFVfv'7GWgw ? k$Lᯁ#AX(Xf