The winners of the An Post Book Awards 2023 have been revealed
Following a sparkling event with the great and the good of Irish books, the An Post Irish Book Awards have been revealed.
Liz Nugent, Eimear Ryan, Claire Keegan, Peter Donnelly, Mary O’Donnell and Moïra Fowley are among the winning authors at this year’s awards which were held in the Convention Centre, Dublin this evening.
WINNERS OF THE AN POST BOOK AWARDS 2023
Eason Novel of the Year
The Bee Sting, by Paul Murray (Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Random House)
TheJournal.ie Best Irish-Published Book of the Year
Sunday Miscellany: A Selection 2018 – 2023, Edited by Sarah Binchy (New Island Books)
Bookselling Ireland Biography of the Year
Poor, by Katriona O’Sullivan (Sandycove)
Cookbook of the Year
Flavour, by Mark Moriarty, photography by Cliodhna Prendergast (Gill Books)
Bookstation Lifestyle Book of the Year
The Hike Life, by Roz Purcell (Black and White Publishing)
Dubray Non-Fiction Book of the Year
A Thread of Violence, by Mark O’Connell (Granta Books)
Eason Sports Book of the Year in association with Ireland AM
The Grass Ceiling, by Eimear Ryan (Sandycove)
Library Association of Ireland Author of the Year
Claire Keegan (Faber and Faber)
Irish Independent Crime Fiction Book of the Year
Strange Sally Diamond, by Liz Nugent (Sandycove)
Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year
Kala, by Colin Walsh (Atlantic Books)
National Book Tokens Popular Fiction Book of the Year
My Hot Friend, by Sophie White (Hachette Books Ireland)
Foras na Gaeilge Irish Language Fiction Book of the Year Award
Imram agus Scéalta Eile, by Róise Ní Bhaoill (Éabhlóid)
The Last Word Listeners’ Choice Award
Poor, by Katriona O’Sullivan (Sandycove)
New Voices: The An Post Writing Prize
The Border / Кордон – Valeriia Shmyrova
International Education Services Teen and Young Adult Book of the Year, in honour of John Treacy
Black and Irish: Legends, Trailblazers and Everyday Heroes, by Leon Diop and Briana Fitzsimons, illustrated by Jessica Louis (Little Island Books and Black and Irish)
Specsavers Children’s Book of the Year – Junior
The President’s Dog, by Peter Donnelly (Gill Books)
Specsavers Children’s Book of the Year – Senior
I Am The Wind: Irish Poems for Children Everywhere, Edited by Lucinda Jacob and Sarah Webb, illustrated by Ashwin Chacko (Little Island Books)
Writing.ie Short Story of the Year
Such A Pretty Face, by Moïra Fowley (Eyes Guts Throat Bones, Orion)
Listowel Writers’ Week Poem of the Year
Vectors in Kabul, by Mary O’Donnell
An Post Bookshop of the Year
