Book Award Winners

IMPAC Award

The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the largest award of its kind and is administered by Dublin City Public Libraries. Libraries from all over the world nominate the books for this award. For more information about the IMPAC Award, the web address is www.impacdublinaward.ie

Here is a list of the most recent winners of the IMPAC Award and also the books that Limerick City Library nominated!

   IMPAC Award Winners (PDF - 99 Kb)
   

Irish Book Awards

The Irish Book Awards are an amalgamation of several other Irish literary awards under one banner. In 2006 it consisted of three categories and this was increased to nine award categories in 2007. There are now two categories where the public get to vote, The Galaxy Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year and the Tubridy Show Listeners Choice Book of the Year. The website for the awards is http://www.irishbookawards.ie 

Here is a list of winners from the 2007 and 2008 awards

   Irish Book Award Winners (PDF - 122 Kb)
   

Booker Prize

In 2008 the Booker Prize celebrated its fortieth anniversary. When the Prize was originally established, the aim was to create an English-language award that would encourage the wider reading of the very best in fiction across the UK and Commonwealth. To be considered the novels must be written by citizens of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. The winner is decided by a judging panel that usually consists of other writers, critics and academics.Since 2002 the prize has been sponsored by the Man Group Plc and the winner receives £50,000 in prize money. For more information take a look at the Booker Prize website.

Here is a list of some of the winning authors and novels.

   Booker Prize Winners 1993-2008 (PDF - 91 Kb)