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Maeve Binchy is set to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2010, as the shortlist is unveiled.
Authors including Colum McCann, Cathy Kelly, Cecelia Ahern and Joseph O'Connor, newcomer Amy Huberman and children’s author John Boyne have been nominated across the 10 categories. The public can vote on the best books of the last year on www.irishbookawards.ie with every person voting in with a chance of winning one of five Eu100 National Book Token vouchers. Votes can be cast until midnight November 21st 2010. The shortlist was compiled by a panel of booksellers and librarians across Ireland.
The awards ceremony will take place in The Round Room at the Mansion House in Dublin on 25th November.
Tom Owens, trading director at Eason and chairman of the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards, said: “The new look Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards is a welcome leap forward for the Irish book sector. These industry-wide awards allow us to showcase the rich and diverse selection of Irish writing available and we are proud to say that 2010 has produced a fine selection of books that would rival any on the world stage. In these difficult times, nothing represents value for money better than a book and it is important to use these awards as a platform to celebrate our Irish authors and recognise their talent.”
David Bunworth, managing director at Bord Gáis Energy, said: “The new Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards is a fantastic event which celebrates the very best of Irish writing both at home and abroad. This year’s shortlist is a tribute to the talent and range that exists in Irish writing. It will be hard to choose one but I would encourage people to cast their vote and pick deserving winners.”
The full shortlists for the 10 categories in the ‘Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2010’ are:
The Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year:
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann (Bloomsbury)
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin (Viking)
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray (Hamish Hamilton)
Ghost Light by Joseph O'Connor (Harvill Secker)
The Dead Republic by Roddy Doyle (Cape)
Room by Emma Donoghue (Pan Macmillan)
RTÉ Radio 1’s The John Murray Show Listeners’ Choice Award:
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen (Fourth Estate)
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas (Tuskar Rock)
A Journey by Tony Blair (Hutchinson)
At Five in the Afternoon by Michael Murphy (Brandon)
The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern (Harper Collins)
Come What May by Donal Og Cusack (Penguin Ireland)
The Ireland AM Irish Crime Fiction Book of the Year:
City of Lost Girls by Declan Hughes (John Murray)
Time of Death by Alex Barclay (Harper Collins)
Faithful Place by Tana French (Hachette)
The Missing by Jane Casey (Ebury)
Dark Times in the City by Gene Kerrigan (Vintage)
The Twelve by Stuart Neville (Vintage)
The Argosy Irish Non-Fiction Book of the Year:
Wasters by Shane Ross and Nick Webb (Penguin Ireland)
Who Really Runs Ireland by Matt Cooper (Penguin Ireland)
Ship of Fools by Fintan O'Toole (Faber)
At Five in the Afternoon by Michael Murphy (Brandon)
A Coward If I Return A Hero If I Fall by Neil Richardson (O’Brien Press)
JFK in Ireland: Four Days that Changed a President by Ryan Tubridy (Collins)
Eason Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year:
Stand By Me by Sheila O'Flanagan (Headline)
Pieces of my Heart by Sinead Moriarty (Penguin Ireland)
Hello, Heartbreak by Amy Huberman (Penguin Ireland)
At Home with the Templetons by Monica McInerney (Pan Macmillan)
The Oh My God Delusion by Ross O'Carroll Kelly (Penguin Ireland)
Homecoming by Cathy Kelly (Harper Collins)
Energise Sport Irish Sports Book of the Year:
A Football Man by John Giles (Hachette Books Ireland)
Screaming at the Sky by Tony Griffin (Transworld Ireland)
The Ecstasy and the Agony by Damien Tiernan (Hachette Books Ireland)
Lansdowne Road - The Stadium, The Matches, The Greatest Days by Gerard Siggins & Malachy Clerkin (O'Brien Press)
Come What May by Donal Og Cusack (Penguin Ireland)
Ruby: The Autobiography by Ruby Walsh (Orion)
Irish Newcomer of the Year:
The Twelve by Stuart Neville (Vintage)
JFK in Ireland: Four Days that Changed a President by Ryan Tubridy (Collins)
The Soldier's Song by Alan Monaghan (Pan Macmillan)
Not Untrue and Not Unkind by Ed O'Loughlin (Penguin Ireland)
If I Never See You Again by Niamh O'Connor (Transworld)
Hello, Heartbreak by Amy Huberman (Penguin Ireland)
International Education Services Best Irish Published Book of the Year:
Strangest Genius; the Stained Glass of Harry Clarke by Lucy Costigan & Michael Cullen (History Press)
Vanishing Ireland: Further Chronicles of a Disappearing World by Turtle Bunbury & James Fennell (Hachette Books Ireland)
Good Mood Food by Donal Skehan (Mercier)
From the Republic of Conscience: Stories Inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by Various (Liberties Press)
Catherine's Italian Kitchen by Catherine Fulvio (Gill & Macmillan)
The Beaut.ie Guide to Gorgeous by Aisling McDermott (Gill & Macmillan)
The Dublin Airport Authority Irish Children’s Book of the Year:
Junior
Adam's Pirate Treasure by Benji Bennett (Adams Printing Press)
The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers (Harper Collins Children's Books)
On the Road with Mavis and Marge by Niamh Sharkey (Walker Books)
Alfie Green and the Chocolate Cosmos by Joe O'Brien (O'Brien Press)
Senior
Ask Amy Green: Bridesmaid Blitz by Sarah Webb (Walker Books)
Skulduggery Pleasant: Mortal Coil by Derek Landy (Harper Collins Children's Books)
Timecatcher by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick (Orion)
Noah Barleywater Runs Away by John Boyne (David Fickling)
Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award in Irish Literature:
Maeve Binchy