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# an post irish book awards

Last year
2023
Paul Murray's The Bee Sting wins Novel of the Year at An Post Irish Book Awards
Six Ukrainian writers shortlisted for 'New Voices' writing prize at Irish Book Awards
All time
Ireland's best reads of 2022 awarded at An Post Irish Book Awards
In photos: The fascinating world of the Skelligs
Opinion: What photographing abandoned Ireland taught me about the country's past
Rebecca Brownlie
Opinion: How the Kildare Mutiny helped set the gardaí on their unarmed path
Stephen Moore
WIN: The books nominated in The Journal's category at the An Post Irish Book Awards
Anne Enright to be honoured with lifetime achievement award
Manchán Magan: 'Our perception of the world can change when we see things through the Irish language'
Manchán Magan
Opinion: What I discovered reading the letters sent to Ireland's Presidents over the decades
Flor MacCarthy
Extract: 'Thanks to climate change, Ireland's coastlines won't be in the same place'
Val Cummins and Robert Devoy
Opinion: 'Until the 70s, puritanical attitudes of Irish society and State discouraged women’s writing'
Eilis Ní Dhuibhne
What are the best Irish reads of 2020? The Irish Book Awards are on tonight - and you can tune in
A Page From My Life: Three stories of love, parenthood and revelation from Irish people
Ray D'Arcy Show
How the Twilight Together photo project captured the mood (and hearts) of the nation
Dare to dream: The Irish people who aimed high and did the country proud
Sarah Webb
Extract: From 'litir' to 'meisce'... A history of Ireland in 10 (or so) words
Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Gregory Toner
Kevin Barry, Sinéad Gleeson and Edna O'Brien amongst this year's Irish Book Awards nominees
Readers vote confessional essay collection Notes to Self the best Irish book of 2018
Success for Lynn Ruane, Sally Rooney and Aislings everywhere at Irish Book Awards
Extract: Don't fear the reaper - an immunologist on why we shouldn't be so afraid of death
Luke O'Neill
Once upon a time, Ireland was full of penguins - here's how they disappeared
Rob Maguire
WIN: These great books nominated for the Irish Book Awards 2018
Here are the books fighting it out at the 2018 Irish Book Awards