Book Award News

Book prize and book award season is always upon us and in our link on the left - Book awards -  you will find details of awards, prize-winners and titles worth reading -

Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards 2011

Announced on the evening of November 17th, 2011, the following are the main categories and winners

Irish Novel of the Year - Mistaken by Neil Jordan
RTE !'s The John Murrary Show Listeners' Choice - How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
Crime Fiction Book of the Year - Bloodland by Alan Glynn
Non-Fiction Book of the Year - Easy Meals by Rachel Allen
Popular Fiction Book of the Years - All For You by Sheila

For more details, check out the website

2012 IMPAC DUBLIN literary prize - longlist announced.

Three Irish novels are among 147 titles that have been nominated by libraries worldwide for the International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award.  The Irish titles are:

Room by Emma Donoghue, nominated by libraries in Ireland, England, France, Maldives, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Canada.
Faithful Place by Tana French, nominated by Lincoln City Library, USA.
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray, nominated by libraries in Ireland and the USA

For the complete longlist, click here

2011 Man Booker Award

Julian Barnes has won the 2011 Man Booker prize for his novel  The Sense of an Ending. This is his first success after three previous attempts.

2011 Nobel Prize for Literature

Tomas Tranströmer, a Swedish poet, has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize for literature. The 80-year-old psychologist and poet has been nominated for the Nobel Prize every single year since 1993 and has long been a perennial frontrunner to win. His poetry is particularly noted for its clear and expressive metaphors and imaginative imagery.

September 2011

Edna O'Brien has become the first Irish winner of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story award for her latest collection  Saints and Sinners . Funded by Cork City Council, the award, now in its seventh year is given for the best collection of original short stories published in England in the past year. Edna O'Brien's collection was chosen from a shortlist of six Irish and international writers.