Irish Book Awards 2012

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Heres the short lists:

Argosy Nonfiction Book of the Year

• The Good Room by David McWilliams
• A Kick Against The Pricks: The Autobiography by David Norris
• Country Girl by Edna O'Brien
• Everybody Matters by Mary Robinson
• Just Mary by Mary O'Rourke
• Atlas of The Great Irish Famine by Crowley, Smyth,Murphy

Eason Novel of the Year

• Astray by Emma Donoghue
• Dark Lies The Island by Kevin Barry
• Ancient Light by John Banville
• The Light of Amsterdam by David Park
• Where Have You Been? by Joseph O'Connor
• Hawthorn & Child by Keith Ridgway

Eason Popular Fiction Book of the Year

• A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy
• This Child of Mine by Sinéad Moriarty
• The Mystery of Mercy Close by Marian Keyes
• The House on Willow Street by Cathy Kelly
• One Hundred Names by Cecelia Ahern
• This Is How It Ends by Kathleen MacMahon
• Better Together by Sheila O'Flanagan
• The Charm Bracelet by Melissa Hill

International Education Services Best Irish-published Book of the Year

• At War with the Empire by Gerry Hunt
• And Time Stood Still by Alice Taylor
• Triggs by Paul Howard
• Tyringham Park by Rosemary McLoughlin
• Atlas of the Great Irish Famine by Crowley, Smith, Murphy
• Isn't It Well For Ye? The Book of Irish Mammies by Colm O'Regan

Ireland AM Crime Fiction Award

• Vengeance by Benjamin Black
• The Istanbul Puzzle by Laurence O'Bryan
• Too Close For Comfort by Niamh O'Connor
• Red Ribbons by Louise Phillips
• Broken Harbour by Tana French
• Slaughter's Hound by Declan Burke

Lifestyle Sports Sports Book of the Year

• My Olympic Dream by Katie Taylor
• My Journey by Jim Stynes
• Cliffs Of Insanity: A Winter On Ireland’s Big Waves by Keith Duggan
• The Bull by John Hayes
• Memory Man by Jimmy Magee
• The Great and the Good by John Giles

Specsavers Childrens Book of the Year, Junior

• Guess How Much I Love You: Here, There and Everywhere by Sam McBratney (illustrated by Anita Jeram)
• Oh no, George! by Chris Haughton
• Adam's Greatest Inventions by Benji Bennett
• This Moose Belongs to Me by Oliver Jeffers

Specsavers Childrens Book of the Year, Senior

• Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian by Eoin Colfer
• The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket by John Boyne
• Zom-B by Darren Shan
• Rebecca's Rules by Anna Carey
• Leave it to Eva by Judi Curtin
• Skulduggery Pleasant: Kingdom of the Wicked by Derek Landy

Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year

• The China Factory by Mary Costello
• The Crocodile by the Door by Selina Guinness
• The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan
• Tyringham Park by Rosemary McLoughlin
• This Is How It Ends by Kathleen MacMahon
• We Have a Good Time Don't We? by Maeve Higgins

Avonmore Cookbook of the Year

• Cake by Rachel Allen
• Kitchen Hero: Great Food for Less by Donal Skehan
• The MacNean Restaurant Cookbook by Neven Maguire
• Domini at Home by Domini Kemp
• Eat Like an Italian by Catherine Fulvio
• Irish Countrywomen's Association Cookbook by Irish Countrywomen's Association

John Murray Show Listeners' Choice Award

• Just Mary by Mary O'Rourke
• Run Fat Bitch Run by Ruth Field
• Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
• The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
• All In My Head: The Autobiography by Lar Corbett
• Broken Harbour by Tana French