Irish Examiner columnist Eimear Ryan wins Sports Book of the Year
Eimear Ryan's memoir, The Grass Ceiling, took home the Eason Sports Book of the Year in association with Ireland AM at the ceremony held in the Convention Centre in Dublin. Picture: Miki Barlok
columnist Eimear Ryan has won Sports Book of the Year at the annual Irish Book Awards, which were announced on Wednesday night.
Tipperary native Ryan’s memoir, The Grass Ceiling, took home the Eason Sports Book of the Year in association with Ireland AM at the ceremony held in the Convention Centre in Dublin. Liz Nugent, Claire Keegan, Peter Donnelly, Sarah Webb and Lucinda Jacob, as well as Mark O'Connell and Moïra Fowler, are among the other winning authors.
Brendan Corbett, Chairperson of the An Post Irish Book Awards, said: “The An Post Irish Book Awards has established itself as a highlight of the Irish literary calendar and we are immensely proud of what we’ve achieved through a broad coalition of readers, writers, publishers, sponsors, booksellers and librarians.
“Many Irish books have been published during the last year, not only by established writers but also by a number of incredibly talented newcomers who are a wonderful addition to the Irish literary scene.
“We are delighted to congratulate all of this year’s winners of the An Post Irish Book Awards.” A one-hour television special, hosted by Oliver Callan, will be broadcast on RTÉ One on December 6 which will reveal this year’s ‘An Post Irish Book of the Year 2023’.
The Eason Novel of the Year Award was won by Paul Murray, who is also shortlisted for The Booker Prize, while Katriona O’Sullivan claimed two prizes with Poor, winning the Bookselling Ireland Biography of the Year as well as The Last Word Listeners’ Choice Award.
First awarded in 2006, the An Post Irish Book Awards celebrate and promote Irish writing to the widest range of readers possible.
The Bee Sting – Paul Murray (Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Random House)
A Selection 2018 - 2023 – Edited by Sarah Binchy (New Island Books)
Poor – Katriona O’Sullivan (Sandycove)
Flavour – Mark Moriarty, photography by Cliodhna Prendergast (Gill Books)
The Hike Life - Roz Purcell (Black and White Publishing)
A Thread of Violence – Mark O’Connell (Granta Books)
The Grass Ceiling – Eimear Ryan (Sandycove)
Claire Keegan (Faber and Faber)
Strange Sally Diamond - Liz Nugent (Sandycove)
Kala – Colin Walsh (Atlantic Books)
My Hot Friend – Sophie White (Hachette Books Ireland)
Imram agus Scéalta Eile – Róise Ní Bhaoill (Éabhlóid)
Poor – Katriona O’Sullivan (Sandycove)
The Border / Кордон - Valeriia Shmyrova
Black and Irish: Legends, Trailblazers and Everyday Heroes – Leon Diop and Briana Fitzsimons, illustrated by Jessica Louis (Little Island Books and Black and Irish)
The President’s Dog – Peter Donnelly (Gill Books)
I Am The Wind: Irish Poems for Children Everywhere – Edited by Lucinda Jacob and Sarah Webb, illustrated by Ashwin Chacko (Little Island Books)
A Pretty Face – Moïra Fowley (Eyes Guts Throat Bones, Orion)
Vectors in Kabul – Mary O’Donnell
Halfway up the Stairs – Greystones, Co. Wicklow.
