This year's Irish Book Awards ceremony on the 27th November In the Clayton Hotel was the glitzy culmination of the first year of An Post as the award sponsors, and if the first year is anything to go by, the sponsorship will be a very positive one indeed. I was lucky to be there on the night, and it was one of the best awards nights I have ever attended.
Also notable on the night, were the many female winners of awards. This shouldn't be unusual, after all, there are a lot of us around, and certainly the Irish Crime Fiction Award has reflected this trend for the last few years. But all in all it was a great night in the celebration of Irish writing which is alive and very much kicking!
Liz Nugent, picked up two awards on the night for her latest novel SKIN DEEP. The first for Best Irish Crime Novel of the Year, and the second, for the Ryan Tubridy Listeners Choice Award. If you want to find a positive writing community, then look no further than the Irish Crime Writing scene, with Liz being a really popular and gracious winner on the night. The standard this year in the Irish crime writing section was phenomenal, and of the six books shortlisted in the Ryan Tubridy Listeners Choice, four were crime novels. Another reflection of how popular crime writing continues to be.
You can see the Awards Night on RTE on Thursday the 29th November, or catch it on RTE Real Player.
So, all that is left are some pics from the night to give you a flavour of the atmosphere and glamour!!
All images copyright writing.ie and Ger Holland Photography
Pic:1 Liz Nugent Winner of Best Irish Crime Novel and RTE Ryan Tubridy Listener Choice Award
Pic:2 Irish Crime Writer Jo Spain nominated in Best Irish Crime Novel of the Year
Pic:3 Emilie Pine Winner of Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year for Notes to Self
Pic:4 Andrea Mara nominated in Best Irish Crime Novel of the Year & Patricia Gibney nominated in RTE Ryan Tubridy Listeners Choice Award
Pic:5 Keelin Shanley and Evelyn O Rourke presenters for the awards
Pic:6 Short story award presented by Vanessa O Loughlin of writing.ie to Roisin O Donnell for her winning story How to Build a Space Rocket
Pic:7 Myself, (aka Louise Phillips crime fiction author) Marie Brennan and Niamh Brennan crime author
Pic:10 Sally Rooney - Winner of Easons Book Club Novel of the Year for Normal People
Pic:11 Alex Barclay Irish Crime Author
Pic:12 Cathy Kelly paying tribute to the late Emma Hannigan AN POST Special Award Winner
It is that time of year again folks, when the shortlists for the Irish Book Awards are announced, and you have a whole lot more wonderful books to add to your 'To Be Read List'!! There is a fantastic shortlist in all the categories this year, and the Irish Crime Book of the Year is no exception (listing below).
Interestingly, four crime novels also feature in the RTE Radio One Ryan Tubridy Listeners Choice Award, with three Irish Crime Writers, Patricia Gibney, The Stolen Girls, Dervla Mc Tiernan, The Ruin, and Liz Nugent, Skin Deep, alongside US author A J Finn with the Woman in the Woman, rolling in as number four. The other two in this category, are Irish author John Boyne with the Ladder to the Sky, and finally, The President is Missing, Bill Clinton and James Patterson.
You can check out the entire shortlist HERE
You can vote for your favourite book HERE
VOTING CLOSES MIDNIGHT 20th November 2018!!
Irish Independent Crime Fiction Book of the Year
- Skin Deep – Liz Nugent (Penguin Ireland)
- A House of Ghosts – W. C. Ryan (Bonnier Zaffre)
- The Confession – Jo Spain (Quercus)
- One Click – Andrea Mara (Poolbeg)
- The Ruin – Dervla McTiernan (Sphere)
- Thirteen – Steve Cavanagh (Orion)
RTE Radio One - The Ryan Tubridy Show Listeners Choice Award
- The Stolen Girls - Patricia Gibney (Bookouture)
- The President is Missing – Bill Clinton and James Patterson (Century)
- The Ruin – Dervla McTiernan (Sphere)
- Skin Deep – Liz Nugent (Penguin Ireland)
- The Woman in the Window – A.J. Finn (HarperCollins)
- A Ladder to the Sky - John Boyne (Doubleday)
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