An Post Irish Book Awards Shortlist
Here you'll find nearly all of the books shortlisted for this year's An Post Irish Book Awards, across seventeen categories including Novel of the Year, Irish Published Book of the Year, Children's (Junior and Senior) Book of the Year and Newcomer of the Year.
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An Post Irish Book Awards Shortlist
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Merrion Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781785374326
- ISBN
- 9781785374326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 20.60
€ 31.99
€ 20.60
Paperback. An innocent mistake. A lifetime of guilt. Susannah is pulled in every direction, every day; as a doctor, a researcher, a professor, a wife, a mother and a woman. She doesn't realise it, but she is at breaking point. After a frantic morning, with a disrupted routine and an emergency call from work, Susannah leaves her young daughter in the car on a hot day. It is hours before she realises her mistake, but it is too late. Adelaide is a reporter covering Susannah's negligence trial. The story is all too familiar, stirring up the ghosts of her own long-buried past. As Adelaide and Susannah circle closer to each other, as the jury considers its verdict, both women are forced recognise that they are both already living out the worst punishment imaginable. But what will the court say?
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Sphere
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780751582376
- ISBN
- 9780751582376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 6.75
€ 15.99
€ 6.75
Hardcover. **Colm O’Regan grew up on a small farm where his family planted lots of trees and grew most of their own food, but his father – who took Dutch elm disease personally – also happened to burn rubbish out the back and loaded the soil with 10-10-20. Now a father himself, Colm O’Regan tries to do his bit by cycling and recycling, but he still ends up putting his foot in the mulch. Most of us would like to live more sustainable lives, but what’s the point in picking up litter if you have to commute 80km just to get to the office? Climate Worrier is a book full of hypocrisies – how in trying to do the right thing, there’s always someone who will point out that, actually, you’re wrong. But even though it’s not easy being green, the important thing is to try. Colm O’Regan is flying the flag for the eco-anxious and the environmentally stressed.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780008534875
- ISBN
- 9780008534875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.15
€ 16.99
€ 15.15
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781788492768
- ISBN
- 9781788492768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.50
€ 14.99
€ 11.50
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Scholastic
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780702307355
- ISBN
- 9780702307355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.83
€ 10.99
€ 8.83
Paperback. #Millennials are the first generation in Ireland to be worse off than their parents. Trapped in a game of rental roulette, stuck living at home as adults, and many on the brink of homelessness, the Irish housing crisis has defined the lives of an entire generation – and it is set to continue. With housing costs in Ireland the highest in the EU, the property ladder has been kicked from under thousands. So how did we get here … and how do we break the cycle? In Gaffs, housing expert Rory Hearne urges us to think about the people behind the statistics, and shows us that there is a way towards a future where everyone has access to a home.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780008529581
- ISBN
- 9780008529581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.00
€ 19.99
€ 11.00
Paperback. The Game is a multifaceted reflection on sport. It is part memoir, outlining Tadhg Coakley’s time as a player and fan, and how sport has shaped his life. But it also tackles sport on a universal scale – the good and the bad – and its immeasurable influence on our world. For fans, sport can be all-consuming and in our modern world we are consuming sport in ever greater quantities, often blindly. Sport also has a dark side; it is rife with corruption, racism, sexism, homophobia, nationalism and a raft of toxic masculine behaviour, and Coakley interrogates his own attitudes on each of these fronts. At the same time sport builds diversely positive connections and communities, and in sport – as in art – people can forget their own identities with grace, imagination and the possibility of what may be. This duality is one of the most fascinating aspects of sport. Written with warmth, openness and keen insight, The Game is an entertaining and thought-provoking meditation on the uniquely intense highs and lows of loving sport in today’s world.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Publisher
- Merrion Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781785372971
- ISBN
- 9781785372971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 11.50
€ 18.99
€ 11.50
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780008538972
- ISBN
- 9780008538972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 15.43
€ 24.99
€ 15.43
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Merrion Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781785374258
- ISBN
- 9781785374258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 17.01
€ 27.99
€ 17.01
Paperback. **Growing up in deeply conservative Saudi Arabia, Suad Aldarra never quite felt at home. The daughter of Syrian migrants, she railed against the extreme strictures placed on women in Saudi society. When the opportunity came to study software engineering at Damascus University, she jumped at the chance for a degree of freedom she'd never known. But when the war came, everything changed. Suddenly Suad and her new husband Housam were thrown into a world of relentless pressure; first fleeing to post-Arab Spring Egypt, Suad's work as a data scientist was a saving grace that allowed her to come to Ireland as an economic migrant. Yet reaching safety came at a price... I Don't Want to Talk About Home is not a memoir about war and destruction. It's not about camps or boats. It's about what came before and how to build a life out of the rubble. With great warmth and insight, Suad writes about those left behind, the sacrifices made, and the parts of yourself you lose when integrating into a new world and culture
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ireland Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781620625
- ISBN
- 9781781620625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.78
€ 18.99
€ 16.78
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781787635333
- ISBN
- 9781787635333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.55
€ 19.99
€ 15.55
Hardcover. When Gillian Hussey started out in Bridewell District Court in 1984, little did she realise that she would deal with some of the most notorious criminals in Ireland, including the Kinahans, the Cahills, ‘The Monk’ and John Gilligan. As one of Ireland’s first female judges, Gillian was very much a woman in a man’s world. Unafraid to look beyond the courtroom, she always sought to better understand the human – not just the criminal – who stood before her in the dock. Through her work, Gillian spent a lifetime learning about people, society and herself. This fascinating insight into the career of a trailblazing woman reveals the inner workings of Ireland’s criminal courts, explores the changes in Irish society and shares some timeless truths learned from almost 20 years on the bench.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Gill Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780717192687
- ISBN
- 9780717192687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 14.54
€ 22.99
€ 14.54
Hardcover. Our ancestors developed a uniquely nature-focused society, centred on esteemed poets, seers, monks, healers and wise women who were deeply connected to the land. They used this connection to the cycles of the natural world – from which we are increasingly dissociated – as an animating force in their lives. In this illuminating new book, Manchán Magan sets out on a journey, through bogs, across rivers and over mountains, to trace these ancestor’s footsteps. He uncovers the ancient myths that have shaped our national identity and are embedded in the strata of land that have endured through millennia – from ice ages through to famines and floods. Here, the River Shannon is a goddess, and trees and their life-sustaining root systems are hallowed. See the world in a new light in this magical exploration into the life-sustaining wisdom of what lies beneath us.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Gill Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780717192595
- ISBN
- 9780717192595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 16.24
€ 22.99
€ 16.24
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008527105
- ISBN
- 9780008527105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 19.21
€ 29.99
€ 19.21
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780008555450
- ISBN
- 9780008555450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.24
€ 19.99
€ 15.24
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Melville House Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612199450
- ISBN
- 9781612199450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.16
€ 31.99
€ 27.16
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780008445577
- ISBN
- 9780008445577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 8.07
€ 22.99
€ 8.07
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781838855529
- ISBN
- 9781838855529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.93
€ 14.99
€ 11.93
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781788493147
- ISBN
- 9781788493147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.45
€ 14.99
€ 10.45
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781398508781
- ISBN
- 9781398508781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.49
€ 11.99
€ 9.49
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781838951665
- ISBN
- 9781838951665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.21
€ 19.99
€ 14.21
Hardback. As one of the music world’s most iconic artists, Bono’s career has been written about extensively. But in SURRENDER, it’s Bono who picks up the pen, writing for the first time about his remarkable life and those he has shared it with. In his unique voice, Bono takes us from his early days growing up in Dublin, including the sudden loss of his mother when he was 14, to U2’s unlikely journey to become one of the world’s most influential rock bands, to his more than 20 years of activism dedicated to the fight against AIDS and extreme poverty. Writing with candour, self-reflection, and humour, Bono opens the aperture on his life – and the family, friends, and faith that have sustained, challenged, and shaped him. SURRENDER’s subtitle, “40 Songs, One Story,” is a nod to the book’s forty chapters, each named after a U2 song. Bono has also created 40 original drawings for SURRENDER, and an animated video, narrated by Bono and based on some of his drawings, was released today across U2’s digital platforms. The video illustrates an extract from SURRENDER’s “Out of Control” chapter, in which Bono tells the story of writing U2’s first single on 10th May 1978 – his 18th birthday, exactly 44 years ago today.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781529151787
- ISBN
- 9781529151787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 19.24
€ 32.99
€ 19.24
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781399710480
- ISBN
- 9781399710480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.66
€ 26.99
€ 24.66
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409198741
- ISBN
- 9781409198741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.89
€ 17.99
€ 13.89