Irish Book Awards shortlist announced 2010

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http://www.irishbookawards.com/AwardDetails.aspx
Public Voting
From today, the public are being asked to cast their vote on the best books of the last year via the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards website and every person who votes will be in with a chance of winning one of five €100 National Book Token vouchers.


The full list of categories and nominees is below:

Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year
Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann, Bloomsbury
Brooklyn, Colm Toibin, Viking
Skippy Dies, Paul Murray, Hamish Hamilton
Ghost Light, Joseph O’Connor, Harvill Secker
The Dead Republic, Roddy Doyle, Cape
Room, Emma Donoghue, Pan Macmillan

Argosy Irish Nonfiction Book of the Year
Wasters, Shane Ross and Nick Webb, Penguin Ireland
Who Really Runs Ireland, Matt Cooper, Penguin Ireland
Ship of Fools, Fintan O’Toole, Faber
At Five in the Afternoon, Michael Murphy, Brandon
A Coward if I Return, A Hero if I Fall, Neil Richardson, O’Brien Press
JFK in Ireland: Four Days that Changed a President, Ryan Tubridy, Collins

Ireland AM Crime Fiction Book of the Year
City of Lost Girls, Declan Hughes, John Murray
Time of Death, Alex Barclay, Harper Collins
Faithful Place, Tana French, Hachette Books Ireland
The Missing, Jane Casey, Ebury
Dark Times in the City, Gene Kerrigan, Vintage
The Twelve, Stuart Neville , Vintage

Easons Popular Fiction Book of the Year
Stand By Me, Sheila O’Flanagan, Headline
Pieces of my Heart, Sinead Moriarty, Penguin Ireland
Hello, Heartbreak, Amy Huberman, Penguin Ireland
At Home with the Templetons, Monica McInerney, Pan Macmillan
The Oh My God Delusion, Ross O’Carroll Kelly, Penguin Ireland
Homecoming, Cathy Kelly, Harper Collins

Best Newcomer of the Year
The Twelve, Stuart Neville, Vintage
JFK in Ireland: Four Days that Changed a President, Ryan Tubridy, Collins
The Soldier’s Song, Alan Monaghan, Pan Macmillan
Not Untrue and Not Unkind, Ed O’Loughlin, Penguin Ireland
If I Never See You Again, Niamh O’Connor, Transworld
Hello, Heartbreak, Amy Huberman, Penguin Ireland

IES Best Irish-published Book of the Year
Strangest Genius; the Stained Glass of Harry Clarke, Lucy Costigan & Michael Cullen, History Press
Vanishing Ireland: Further Chronicles of a Disappearing World, Turtle Bunbury & James Fennell, Hachette Books Ireland
Good Mood Food, Donal Skehan, Mercier Press
From the Republic of Conscience Stories Inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Various, Liberties Press
Catherine’s Italian Kitchen, Catherine Fulvio, Gill & Macmillan
The Beaut.ie Guide to Gorgeous, Aisling McDermott , Gill & Macmillan

DAA Childrens Book of the Year
Junior
Adam’s Pirate Treasure, Benji Bennett, Adams Printing Press
The Heart and the Bottle, Oliver Jeffers, Harper Collins Children’s Books
On the Road with Mavis and Marge, Niamh Sharkey, Walker Books
Alfie Green and the Chocolate Cosmos, Joe O’Brien, O’Brien Press

Senior
Ask Amy Green: Bridesmaid Blitz, Sarah Webb, Walker Books
Skulduggery Pleasant: Mortal Coil, Derek Landy, Harper Collins Children’s Books
Timecatcher, Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, Orion
Noah Barleywater Runs Away, John Boyne, David Fickling

Energise Sport Irish Sports Book of the Year
A Football Man, John Giles, Hachette Books Ireland
Screaming at the Sky, Tony Griffin, Transworld Ireland
The Ecstasy and the Agony, Damien Tiernan, Hachette Books Ireland
Lansdowne Road – The Stadium, The Matches, The Greatest Days, Gerard Siggins & Malachy Clerkin, O’Brien Press
Come What May, Donal Og Cusack, Penguin Ireland
Ruby: The Autobiography, Ruby Walsh, Orion

The John Murray Show Listeners’ Choice Award
Freedom, Jonathan Franzen, Fourth Estate
The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas, Tuskar Rock
A Journey, Tony Blair, Hutchinson
At Five in the Afternoon, Michael Murphy, Brandon
The Book of Tomorrow, Cecelia Ahern, Harper Collins
Come What May, Donal Og Cusack, Penguin Ireland
Text from irishpublishingnews.com

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