Irish Awards Shortlist: Fricker, Varadkar, Mangan, Farrell

Okay,⁢ here’s a breakdown of the book awards ⁢listed, categorized by award type:

1. Irish Book⁣ Awards – Overall (likely a⁢ general fiction category)

* Paper Heart⁤ – Cecelia Ahern (Harper Fiction)
* ‍Such a Good Couple ⁣- Sophie White (hachette Books Ireland)
*⁢ ⁣ The In-Laws – Sinéad Moriarty (Sandycove)
* Releasing 10 – Chloe walsh (Friday)

2. Children’s⁢ Book of the Year – Junior

* The Deer in the Woods – Sadhbh Devlin illustrated by Anastasia Melynkova (Futa Fata)
* Badger Books – Paddy Donnelly (The O’Brien Press)
* Don’t Trust Fish! – Neil Sharpson, illustrated by Dan Santat (Anderson Press)
* Ellora McGee, Trainee Banshee – Sinéad O’Hart, illustrated by Úna Woods (Gill books)
* ⁣ Letters to ‍a Monster -‍ Patricia Forde, illustrated by Sarah Warburton (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)
* ⁢ Once I Was a ⁣Tree – Eoin ⁣McLaughlin, illustrated by Guilherme Karsten (Nosy Crow)
* ‍ Penguin TV – Niamh Sharkey and Owen⁣ Churcher (Gill Books)
* Run⁢ Home, Little Fox – Tom McCaughren and Erika mcgann, illustrated by Shannon Bergin (The‍ O’brien Press)

3. Children’s Book of the year – Senior

* Animalopedia – Kathi‍ and John Burke (Gill Books)
* Tales of Darkisle Book One: Conn of the Dead – Dave‍ Rudden, illustrated by Ali Al Amine (Gill Books)
* ⁣ Granny National – Rachael Blackmore with Rachel Pierce (Sandycove)
* Milly McCarthy and the Haunted House HullaBOOloo! – Leona Forde illustrated by Karen ⁢Harte (Gill Books)
* ⁤ Nina Peanut Epic World Tour Era – Sarah Bowie (Scholastic)
* The Doomsday Club – Kevin moran (The O’Brien Press)

4. Teen and Young Adult book of the ⁣Year, in honor of ⁣John treacy

* Any Way You Slice It – Méabh McDonnell (The O’Brien Press)
* Matched up – Jenny Ireland (Penguin)
* My Name is Jodie Jones – Emma Shevah (David Fickling Books)
* Solo – Grainne O’Brien (Little island Books)
* Shipshock -⁤ Caroline O’Donoghue ‍(Walker Books)
* ‍ The‍ Rebel and the Rose – ⁣Catherine Doyle (Simon & Schuster)