Domestic violence against women was a dominant theme in three top prizes at this year\u2019s Irish Book Awards held in Dublin\u2019s Convention Centre this evening, now in their 20th year.<\/p>\n
Rois\u00edn O\u2019Donnell<\/a> won Novel of the Year for Nesting<\/a>, her bestselling and Women\u2019s Prize longlisted account of a mother\u2019s struggles to escape with her two young children her husband\u2019s coercive control and emotional abuse.<\/p>\n Non-Fiction Book of the Year went to Jacqueline Connolly<\/a> with Kathryn Rogers for Deadly Silence: A Sister\u2019s Battle to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of Clodagh and Her Sons by Alan Hawe<\/a>, the author\u2019s account of the murders of her sister Clodagh and nephews Liam, Niall and Ryan by her brother-in-law in Co Cavan in August 2016.<\/p>\n Claire Gleeson won Newcomer of the Year for Show Me Where It Hurts<\/a>, about a young mother coming to terms with her husband\u2019s attempted familicide.<\/p>\n The late Manch\u00e1n Magan<\/a> won Best Irish-Published Book of the Year for Ninety-Nine Words for Rain (and One for Sun)<\/a>, illustrated by Megan Luddy. His widow Aisling Rogerson accepted the award.<\/p>\n Elaine Feeney<\/a> won Author of the Year, while former president Michael D Higgins<\/a> was presented with the Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award, recognising his profound impact on Irish art and culture, both as a public figure and as an artist in his own right. He has published five poetry collections and several collections of speeches and essays on the arts and politics. <\/p>\n Larry MacHale, chairperson of the awards, said: \u201cThe An Post Irish Book Awards have become a defining highlight of Ireland\u2019s literary scene, and we\u2019re immensely grateful for the collaboration, creativity and enthusiasm that continue to fuel their success. This year brought an impressive range of Irish books, celebrating the work of established authors while also shining a light on remarkable new voices who are adding fresh depth to our literary heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n The Irish Book of the Year \u2013 selected by Paul Howard, Madeleine Keane, Sin\u00e9ad McCorry, Cyril McGrane and Sara Keating \u2013 will be announced by Oliver Callan on RT\u00c9 One on December 11th.<\/p>\n Full list of winners<\/p>\n Novel of the Year: Nesting by Rois\u00edn O\u2019Donnell<\/p>\n Non-Fiction Book of the Year: Deadly Silence: A Sister\u2019s Battle to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of Clodagh and Her Sons by Alan Hawe \u2013 Jacqueline Connolly with Kathryn Rogers<\/p>\n Newcomer of the Year: Show Me Where It Hurts, by Claire Gleeson<\/p>\n Best Irish-Published Book of the Year: Ninety-Nine Words for Rain (and One for Sun), by Manch\u00e1n Magan, illustrated by Megan Luddy <\/p>\n Sports Book of the Year: Heart on My Sleeve, by Andrew Porter<\/p>\n Popular Fiction Book of the Year: Paper Heart, by Cecelia Ahern<\/p>\n Crime Fiction Book of the Year: It Should Have Been You, by Andrea Mara<\/p>\n Author of the Year: Elaine Feeney<\/p>\n Lifestyle Book of the Year: Sophie\u2019s Swaps, by Sophie Morris<\/p>\n Biography of the Year: A Time for Truth: My Father Jason and My Search for Justice and Healing, by Sarah Corbett Lynch<\/p>\n History Book of the Year: Great Irish Wives by Nicola Pierce <\/p>\n The Last Word Listeners\u2019 Choice Award: The Ghosts of Rome, by Joseph O\u2019Connor<\/p>\n Teen and Young Adult Book of the Year: Solo, by Gr\u00e1inne O\u2019Brien<\/p>\n Children\u2019s Book of the Year (Junior): Run Home, Little Fox, by Tom McCaughren and Erika McGann, illustrated by Shannon Bergin <\/p>\n Children\u2019s Book of the Year (Senior): Animalopedia, by Kathi and John Burke <\/p>\n Gradam Love Leabhar Gaeilge Leabhar Ficsin Gaeilge na Bliana: B\u00f3dl\u00e9ar, by Darach \u00d3 Scola\u00ed<\/p>\n New Irish Writing Best Short Story: All the Birch Trees Were Waving, by P\u00e1dhraic Quinn<\/p>\n New Irish Writing Best Poetry: \u2018There\u2019s never a crowd at the poetry section\u2019, by Vincent Barton<\/p>\n Bookshop of the Year: Chapters Bookstore, Dublin 1 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Domestic violence against women was a dominant theme in three top prizes at this year\u2019s Irish Book Awards…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[18991,91101,93,61,60,24560,977],"class_list":{"0":"post-163431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-an-post","9":"tag-elaine-feeney","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-manchan-magan","14":"tag-michael-d-higgins"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}