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An Post Irish Book Awards 📚 Celebrating the very best of Irish literary talent!
🚨 VOTE OPEN for your favourite books

Secrets, siblings, mothers, marriages… Irish writers really do know how to bring the family drama. 👀📚From buried secrets...
15/10/2026

Secrets, siblings, mothers, marriages… Irish writers really do know how to bring the family drama. 👀📚

From buried secrets and small-town tensions to disastrous reunions and complicated family ties, these six books prove that sometimes the most gripping stories start at home.

Swipe through for six brilliant reads full of messy relationships, long-held grudges and the kind of family chaos that makes you grateful for your own. (Mostly.)

Which one have you read, and what would you add to the list?

Every reader has a type… 👀📚The literary fiction lover.The crime fiction obsessive.The bookshop regular who can’t *just h...
05/10/2026

Every reader has a type… 👀📚

The literary fiction lover.
The crime fiction obsessive.
The bookshop regular who can’t *just have a look*.

So, which Irish reader are you? Have a scroll through our starter pack and let us know in the comments which one sounds most like you 👇

And, more importantly, what have we missed? 👀

New voices, brilliant stories.From messy coming-of-age stories and small-town drama to dark satire, family secrets and l...
02/10/2026

New voices, brilliant stories.

From messy coming-of-age stories and small-town drama to dark satire, family secrets and life behind the scenes, these debut novels announced some seriously exciting new voices in Irish fiction.

Swipe through to discover six books that deserve a spot on your TBR, and authors we’ll definitely be keeping an eye on. We can’t wait to see what comes next. 👀

Which one are you adding to your reading list?

The 2026 longlist for the An Post Bookshop of the Year has been announced! 12 bookshops have been longlisted.This catego...
28/09/2026

The 2026 longlist for the An Post Bookshop of the Year has been announced! 12 bookshops have been longlisted.

This category is designed to acknowledge the significant role played by independent bookshops and local branches of bookshop chains in helping their local communities to find and savour the titles of their choice.

The longlisted bookshops for 2026 are:

📚 Bantry Bookshop, Co. Cork
📚 Books at One, Co. Mayo
📚 Bridge Books Dromore, Co. Down
📚 The Castle Bookshop, Co. Mayo
📚 Charlie Byrne's Bookshop, Co. Galway
📚 geniusjuniorsbooks, Co. Clare
📚 Leaf and Bower, Co. Cork
📚 O'Mahony's Booksellers, Co. Limerick
📚 philipsbookshop, Co. Cork
📚 Tales for Tadpoles | Irish Children’s Bookshop, Co. Wicklow
📚 The Book Centre, Co. Waterford
📚 , Co. Down
📚 woodbinebooksireland, Co. Kildare

Have you picked your favourite? Voting for An Post Bookshop of the Year is OPEN for you to vote for your favourite books...
02/09/2026

Have you picked your favourite? Voting for An Post Bookshop of the Year is OPEN for you to vote for your favourite bookshop.

Bookshops are at the heart of communities across Ireland, places to discover new stories, find inspiration and connect with others who love books.

Now’s your chance to show some love for your favourite bookshop. Cast your vote for the An Post Bookshop of the Year 2026 and you could be in with a chance to win one of three €100 One4all Gift Cards🎁

🗳️ Vote now - link in bio or visit anpost.com/bookshopoftheyear.
⏰ Voting closes at midday on 9 September 2026.

Voting for An Post Bookshop of the Year is OPEN for you to vote for your favourite bookshop.Our 2025 winner was Chapters...
26/08/2026

Voting for An Post Bookshop of the Year is OPEN for you to vote for your favourite bookshop.

Our 2025 winner was Chapters Bookstore Dublin, a place cherished by generations of readers and the wider community.

Located on Parnell Street in Dublin, Chapters is Ireland’s largest independent bookshop selling new and secondhand books of every genre. Despite almost closing for good in 2022, over the 43 years they’ve been open they have built a loyal community of readers, that find joy and peace in their store. The award serves as testament to their hard work, dedicated staff and wholehearted passion for books and the magic they hold.

But who will be our 2026 winner? Follow the link in our bio to vote now!

Have you submitted? Submissions are open for the 2026 An Post Irish Book Awards!From unforgettable fiction and insightfu...
18/08/2026

Have you submitted? Submissions are open for the 2026 An Post Irish Book Awards!

From unforgettable fiction and insightful non-fiction to inspiring children’s books and everything in between, we can’t wait to discover the stories that will define Irish publishing in 2026.

Find everything you need to know and submit your entry via the link in our bio.

Tá an córas iarratais OSCAILTE anois do Ghradaim Leabhar na hÉireann 2026!Tosaíonn bliain eile de scoth na scéalaíochta ...
02/07/2026

Tá an córas iarratais OSCAILTE anois do Ghradaim Leabhar na hÉireann 2026!

Tosaíonn bliain eile de scoth na scéalaíochta anseo, agus táimid ag fáiltiú roimh iarratais do Ghradaim Leabhar na hÉireann na bliana seo.

Ó fhicsean nach ndéanfar dearmad air go deo, go neamhfhicsean géarchúiseach, go leabhair spreagúla do léitheoirí óga agus gach uile rud idir eatarthu, táimid ar bís teacht ar na scéalta a mhúnlóidh an fhoilsitheoireacht Éireannach i 2026. Faigh gach eolas atá de dhíth ort agus déan iarratas tríd an nasc inár bpróifíl.

Arís i mbliana, déanaimis ceiliúradh nach ndéanfar dearmad go deo air ar leabhair na hÉireann in 2026.

Submissions are now OPEN for the 2026 An Post Irish Book Awards!Another year of extraordinary Irish storytelling begins ...
02/07/2026

Submissions are now OPEN for the 2026 An Post Irish Book Awards!

Another year of extraordinary Irish storytelling begins here, as we’re inviting submissions for this year’s Irish Book Awards.

From unforgettable fiction and insightful non-fiction to inspiring children’s books and everything in between, we can’t wait to discover the stories that will define Irish publishing in 2026. Find everything you need to know and submit your entry via the link in our bio.

Here’s to another incredible year of celebrating the very best of Irish books. 💚

20/04/2026

We asked the nation, and you voted! 📚

To mark 20 years of the Irish Book Awards, readers have chosen the 20 best Irish books of the last 20 years; the stories that have moved us, challenged us, and stayed with us long after the final page.

From unforgettable novels and powerful memoirs to landmark works of non-fiction, this list brings together the books that have defined Irish reading over the past two decades.

Here are the nation’s favourites:

📚Room,
📚Fia and the Last Snow Deer, , illustrated by
📚The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas,
📚The Bee Sting, Paul Murray
📚The Spinning Heart, Donal Ryan
📚Unravelling Oliver,
📚Poor,
📚The Importance of Being Aisling, Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen
📚Ninety-Nine Words for Rain (and One for Sun), Manchán Magan, illustrated by Megan Luddy
📚Normal People, Sally Rooney
📚Small Things Like These,
📚The Secret Scripture, Sebastian Barry
📚Country Girl, Edna O’Brien
📚Asking For It,
📚Holding,
📚Trespasses, .kennedyy
📚We Don’t Know Ourselves, Fintan O’Toole
📚Girls Who Slay Monsters, , illustrated by Shona Shirley Macdonald
📚A Ghost in the Throat, .ni.ghriofa
📚Atlas of the Irish Revolution, John Crowley, Donál Ó Drisceoil, Mike Murphy and John Borgonovo

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