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The WINNER of the 2025 Library Association of Ireland Author of the Year is...

@elainefeeney.bsky.social

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November 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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The WINNER of the 2025 Eason Novel of the Year is...

Nesting, Roisín O'Donnell (Scribner, @simonandschuster.bsky.social)

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November 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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The WINNER of the 2025 The Book Centre Crime Fiction Book of the Year, in association with The Irish Independent is...

It Should Have Been You, @andreamara.bsky.social (Bantam)

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November 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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The WINNER of the 2025 @whsmithofficial.bsky.social Popular Fiction Book of the Year, in association with Ireland AM is...

Paper Heart, Cecelia Ahern (Harper Fiction)

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November 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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The WINNER of the 2025 Gradam @loveleabhargaeilge.bsky.social Leabhar Ficsin Gaeilge na Bliana is...

Bódléar, Darach Ó Scolaí (Leabhar Breac)

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November 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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The WINNER of the 2025 Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year is...

Show Me Where It Hurts, @cmgleeson.bsky.social (@sceptrebooks.bsky.social)

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November 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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The WINNER of the 2025 New Irish Writing Best Short Story, in association with the Irish Independent is...

"All The Birch Trees Were Waving", Pádhraic Quinn

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November 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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The WINNER of the 2025 New Irish Writing Best Poetry, in association with the Irish Independent is...

“There’s never a crowd at the poetry section”, Vincent Barton

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November 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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The WINNER of the 2025 An Post Bookshop of the Year is...

@chaptersbookstore.bsky.social

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November 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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The WINNER of the 2025 International Education Services Teen & Young Adult Book of the Year, in honour of John Treacy is...

Solo, @grainneobrien.bsky.social (Little Island Books)

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November 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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The WINNER of the 2025 @specsaversie.bsky.social Children’s Book of the Year - Senior is...

Animalopedia, Kathi and John Burke (Gill Books)

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November 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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The WINNER of the 2025 @specsaversie.bsky.social Children’s Book of the Year - Junior is...

Run Home, Little Fox, Tom McCaughren & @erikamcgann.bsky.social, Illustrated by @shannonbergin.bsky.social (@theobrienpress.bsky.social)

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November 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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The WINNER of the 2025 The Last Word Listeners’ Choice Award is...

The Ghosts of Rome, Joseph O'Connor (Harvill)

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November 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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The WINNER of the 2025 Dubray Biography of the Year is...

A Time for Truth: My Father Jason and My Search for Justice and Healing, Sarah Corbett Lynch (Hachette)

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November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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The WINNER of the 2025 @Hodges_Figgis History Book of the Year is...

Great Irish Wives, @nicolapierce.bsky.social (@theobrienpress.bsky.social)

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November 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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The WINNER of the 2025 Eason Sports Book of the Year is...

Heart on My Sleeve, Andrew Porter, foreword by Richie Sadlier (Eriu Books)

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November 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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The WINNER of the 2025 @bookstationeire.bsky.social Lifestyle Book of the Year is...

Sophie's Swaps, Sophie Morris (Gill Books)

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November 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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The WINNER of the 2025 Irish Book Week Non-Fiction Book of the Year is...

Deadly Silence: A Sister’s Battle to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of Clodagh and Her Sons by Alan Hawe, Jacqueline Connolly, written with Kathryn Rogers (@hachetteuk.bsky.social)

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November 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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The WINNER of the 2025 @thejournal.ie Best Irish-Published Book of the Year is...

Ninety-Nine Words for Rain (and One for Sun), Manchán Magan, Illustrated by Megan Luddy (Gill Books)

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November 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM