2013 Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the 2013 Awards:

RTÉ Radio 1’s The John Murray Show Listeners’ Choice Award
Staring at Lakes by Michael Harding

The Eason Novel of the Year
The Guts by Roddy Doyle

The Books Are My Bag Best Irish-published Book of the Year
A History Of Ireland in 100 Objects by Fintan O’Toole

The National Book Tokens Nonfiction Book of the Year
Staring at Lakes by Michael Harding

The International Education Services Ltd Popular Fiction Book of the Year
Downturn Abbey by Ross O’Carroll Kelly

The Ireland AM Crime Fiction Book of the Year
The Doll’s House by Louise Phillips

The Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year
The Herbalist by Niamh Boyce

The Specsavers Children’s Book of the Year Jnr.
When You Were Born by Benji Bennett

The Specsavers Children’s Book of the Year Snr
Skulduggery Pleasant: Last Stand of Dead Men by Derek Landy

The RTÉ Television Sports Book of the Year
Seven Deadly Sins by David Walsh

The Avonmore Cookbook of the Year
30 Years of Ballymaloe by Darina Allen

The writing.ie Short Story of the Year
The Things We Lose The Things We Leave Behind by Billy O’Callaghan

The Bord Gáis Energy Bookshop of the Year
The Clifden Bookshop, Clifden, Co. Galway

The Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award
John Banville

Bord Gáis Energy Book of the Year 2013
Staring at Lakes by Michael Harding