News
Enright takes another top prize
25.04.08 Anna Richardson
Anne Enright has followed last year's Man Booker win by securing the Irish Novel of the Year award for The Gathering (Cape) at this year's Irish Book Awards.
The awards also honoured Judging Dev by Diarmaid Ferriter (Royal Irish Academy) as non-fiction book of the year; Take a Look at Me Now by Anita Notaro (Bantam Press) in the popular fiction category; Trevor Brennan's memoir Heart and Soul (Red Rock) in the sports book category; and With My Lazy Eye by Julia Kelly (Lilliput) as newcomer of the year.
Judging Dev also won the Tubridy Show Listeners' Choice award and the Irish Published Book of the Year, while The Story of Ireland by Brendan O'Brien (O'Brien Press) and Wilderness by Roddy Doyle (Scholastic) won in the children's categories.
The lifetime achievement award went to William Trevor.
See Also
Related
- Hitchhiker's Guide top of audiobooks
- Authors in line for Man Asian prize
- Sue Grafton is Diamond winner
- Tana French wins Edgar
- Parks is favourite with adult learners
Book news from the BBC
- Maguire 'to return as Spider-Man'
- Iraq to quiz US over spying claim
- Monster marrow a record breaker
- The mystery of Enid Blyton's revival
- US 'spying' on Iraqi leadership
Latest Comments
- Nice one , can you point me in the direction of the planet these guys are...
- Has anyone ever complained that their book has been called 'odd'?
- Although some indies may be flourishing, the wider book market is indeed...
- Hello Confused...not sure...it will be apparent that I am very cynical...
- Ray, is that a comment or a haiku?
RSS
Subscriber Content