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An Post signs headline sponsorship agreement in an exciting new chapter for the Irish Book Awards
June 27, 2018
Submissions now open for ‘The An Post Irish Book Awards 2018’ New Irish language category added for 2018 event An Post has signed a three year headline sponsorship agreement with the Irish Book Awards, heralding a new chapter in the history of one of I …
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President Higgins honours the CUP team behind the Irish Book of the Year 2017, The Atlas of the Irish Revolution
February 1, 2018
At a reception in Áras an Uachtaráin, President Higgins honours the CUP team behind the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book of the Year 2017, The Atlas of the Irish Revolution. This wonderful book is now reprinted and back in all good bookshops. President Higg …
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‘Atlas of the Irish Revolution’ by John Crowley, Donal Ó Drisceoil, Mike Murphy and Dr. John Borgonovo named as the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book of the Year 2017
December 19, 2017
‘Atlas of the Irish Revolution’, a book which tells the full story of Ireland’s revolutionary history from 1913 to 1923, has been voted the ‘Bord Gáis Energy Book of the Year’ for 2017. The ‘Bord Gáis Energy Book of the Year 2017’ was chosen by a publi …
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Winners of Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2017 revealed
November 28, 2017
Winners include Bernard MacLaverty, Marian Keyes, Ruth Fitzmaurice, Fergal Keane, John Connolly, Philly McMahon with Niall Kelly, Sarah Webb with illustrator Steve McCarthy, Julie Parsons and Darach Ó Séaghdha Bernard MacLaverty, Marian Keyes, Judi Cur …
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Eavan Boland, one of Ireland’s greatest poets, to be honoured with the Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2017
November 20, 2017
The Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards is delighted to announce that Irish poet Eavan Boland is the recipient of this year’s ‘Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award’. Eavan will be presented with the award at the annual event in Dublin on Tuesday, Novem …
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Shortlist unveiled for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2017
November 2, 2017
List includes Marian Keyes, Frank McGuinness, John Banville, Cecelia Ahern, Stephanie Preissner, Sally Rooney, Roddy Doyle, Colm Cooper, Declan Kiberd, John Connolly, Neven Maguire, Ruth Fitzmaurice and many more……….. Winners will be announced at a gal …
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David Walliams to receive Bord Gáis Energy ‘International Recognition Award’ at the BGE Irish Book Awards 2017
October 19, 2017
The Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards televised show moves to a new 9.30pm primetime slot on RTÉ One David Walliams, the mega-selling children’s author, will be presented with the ‘International Recognition Award’ at this year’s Bord Gáis Energy Irish …
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Solar Bones by Mike McCormack named the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book of the Year 2016
December 14, 2016
Solar Bones, a novel written in a single 223-page sentence by Mike McCormack has been voted the ‘Bord Gáis Energy Book of the Year’ for 2016. Described as “a hymn to modern small-town life”, the experimental novel received unanimously positive reviews …
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JOHN MONTAGUE 28 February 1929 − 10 December 2016
December 10, 2016
It was with great sadness that we received the news of the death of the great John Montague in Clinique Parc Impérial in Nice on Saturday 10th December. He was 87. Barely four weeks ago, John and his wife Elizabeth graced our annual Awards Dinner in …
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Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2016 winning authors revealed
November 16, 2016
Dublin. 16 November 2016. Marian Keyes, Graham Norton, Mike McCormack, Paul O’ Connell and Tana French were some of the winning authors named at the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards held in Dublin this evening. Renowned poet John Montague was present …
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