Last night.
An Post Book awards
Fintan O’Toole on winning Non-Fiction Book of the Year for ‘We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Ireland since 1958’.
A full list of winners:
Eason Novel of the Year: Beautiful World, Where Are You – Sally Rooney
Irish Independent Crime Fiction Book of the Year: 56 Days – Catherine Ryan Howard
Eason Sport book of the Year in Association with Ireland AM: Fight Or Flight: My Life, My Choices – Keith Earls, with Tommy Conlon
Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year: Snowflake – Louise Nealon
Odgers Berndtson Non-Fiction Book of the Year: We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Ireland Since 1958 – Fintan O’Toole
Dubray Biography of the Year: Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? – Séamas O’Reilly
Bookselling Ireland Cookbook of the Year: Everyday Cook – Donal Skehan
National Book Tokens Popular Fiction Book of the Year: Aisling and the City – Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen
Bookstation Lifestyle Book of the Year: Décor Galore – Laura De Barra
TheJournal.ie Best Irish Published Book of the Year: The Coastal Atlas of Ireland – Val Cummins, Robert Devoy Barry Brunt, Darius Bartlett, Sarah Kandrot
Specsavers Children’s Book of the Year (Junior): A Hug for You – David King, illustrated by Rhiannon Archard
Specsavers Children’s Book of the Year (Senior): The Summer I Robbed a Bank – David O’Doherty, illustrated by Chris Judge
Teen and Young Adult Book of the Year: The New Girl – Sinead Moriarty
RTÉ Audience Choice Award: Your One Wild And Precious Life – Maureen Gaffney
Library Association of Ireland Author of the Year: Marian Keyes
Writing.ie Short Story of the Year: Little Lives – Deirdre Sullivan
Listowel Writers’ Week Irish Poem of the Year: Longboat at Portaferry – Siobhan Campbell
The Love Leabhar Gaeilge Irish Language Book of the Year: Madame Lazare – Tadgh Mac Dhonnagain
The An Post Bookshop of the Year: Kennys Bookshop and Art Gallery, Galway
Fight!