Here are the shortlisted entries for this year’s Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2017.

TheJournal.ie Best Irish Published Book of the Year

• The Woodcutter and His Family, Frank McGuinness (Brandon)
• Atlas of the Irish Revolution, John Crowley, Donál Ó Drisceoil, Mike Murphy and John Borgonovo (Cork University Press)
• A Sense of Home, Helen James (Hachette Books Ireland)
• Tangleweed and Brine, Deirdre Sullivan illustrated by Karen Vaughan (Little Island)
• Connemara & Aran, Walter Pfeiffer (Artisan House)
• De Valera Volume 1: Rise (1882, 1932), David McCullagh (Gill Books)

National Book Tokens Children’s Book of the Year (Junior)

• Rabbit and the Bear: The Pest in the Nest, Julian Gough and Jim Field (Hodder Children's Press)
• Socks for Mr. Wolf, Tatyana Feeney (The O'Brien Press)
• A Sailor went to Sea, Sea, Sea, Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood, Sarah Webb illustrated by Steve McCarthy (The O'Brien Press)
• Patrick and the President, Ryan Tubridy illustrated by PJ Lynch (Walker Books)
• The President's Glasses, Peter Donnelly (Gill Books)
• Foclóiropedia: A Journey Through the Irish Language from Arán to Zú, Fatti Burke and John Burke (Gill Books)

National Books Tokens Children’s Book of the Year (Senior)

• Illegal, Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin illustrated Giovanni Rigano (Hodder Children's Books)
• The Forever Court, Dave Rudden (Puffin)
• A Place Called Perfect, Helena Duggan (Usborne Publishing)
• Star by Star, Sheena Wilkinson (Little Island)
• A Dangerous Crossing, Jane Mitchell (Little Island)
• Stand by Me, Judi Curtin (The O'Brien Press)

Dept 51 @ Eason Teen / Young Adult Book of the Year

• Spellbook of the Lost and Found, Moïra Fowley-Doyle (Corgi Childrens)
• Perfect, Cecelia Ahern (HarperCollins Children's Books)
• Moonrise, Sarah Crossan (Bloomsbury Children's Books)
• Like Other Girls, Claire Hennessy (Hot Key Books)
• Tangleweed and Brine, Deirdre Sullivan illustrated Karen Vaughan (Little Island)
• The Girl in Between, Sarah Carroll (Simon & Schuster UK)

Eason Book Club Novel of the Year

• Mrs Osmond, John Banville (Viking)
• When Light is Like Water, Molly McCloskey (Penguin Ireland)
• The Heart's Invisible Furies, John Boyne (Doubleday)
• Smile, Roddy Doyle (Jonathan Cape)
• Midwinter Break, Bernard MacLaverty (Johnathan Cape)
• he: A Novel, John Connolly (Hodder & Stoughton)

Specsavers Popular Fiction Book of the Year

• Orange Blossom Days, Patricia Scanlan (Simon & Schuster)
• The Break, Marian Keyes (Michael Joseph)
• Operation Trumpsformation, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly (Penguin Ireland)
• The Good Mother, Sinéad Moriarty (Penguin Ireland)
• The Woman at 72 Derry Lane, Carmel Harrington (HarperCollins Publishers)
• Keep You Safe, Melissa Hill (HQ)

Irish Independent Crime Fiction Book of the Year

• Can You Keep A Secret?, Karen Perry (Michael Joseph)
• Here and Gone, Haylen Beck (Harvill Secker)
• Let the Dead Speak, Jane Casey (HaperCollins Publisher)
• One Bad Turn, Sinéad Crowley (Quercus)
• There was a Crooked Man, Cat Hogan (Poolbeg Press)
• The Therapy House, Julie Parsons (New Island Books)

Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year

• I Found My Tribe, Ruth Fitzmaurice (Chatto & Windus)
• Conversations with Friends, Sally Rooney (Faber & Faber)
• The Gospel According to Blindboy, Blindboy Boatclub (Gill Books)
• Oh My God What A Complete Aisling The Novel, Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen (Gill Books)
• Montpelier Parade, Karl Geary (Harvill Secker)
• Harvesting, Lisa Harding (New Island Books)

Onside Non-Fiction Book of the Year

• In America: Tales from Trump Country, Caitríona Perry (Gill Books)
• After Ireland, Declan Kiberd (Head of Zeus)
• Alfie, Trevor White (Penguin Ireland)
• Brexit and Ireland, Tony Connelly (Penguin Ireland)
• Wounds: A Memoir of War & Love, Fergal Keane (William Collins)
• I Am, I Am, I Am, Maggie O' Farrell (Headline)

Ireland AM Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year

• The M Word:, Maia Dunphy (Gill Books)
• WikiBeaks, Dustin the Turkey (Transworld Ireland)
• Why Can't Everything Just Stay the Same?, Stefanie Preissner (Hechette Books Ireland )
• Everything, Vogue William (Hachette Books Ireland)
• Owning It: Your Bullsh*t-Free Guide to Living with Anxiety, Caroline Foran (Hachette Books Ireland)
• Motherfoclóir, Darach Ó Séaghdha (Head of Zeus)

EUROSPAR Cookbook of the Year

• Cook Well, Eat Well, Rory O' Connell (Gill Books)
• Neven Maguire's Perfect Irish Christmas, Neven Maguire (Gill Books)
• Fearless Food, Lynda Booth (DCS Publishing)
• Half Hour Hero, Roz Purcell (Penguin Ireland)
• Home Baking, Rachel Allen (HarperCollins Publishers)
• The Cookery School, Donnybrook Fair, Niall Murphy (Mercier Press)

Bord Gáis Energy Sports Book of the Year

• The Choice, Philly McMahon with Niall Kelly (Gill Books)
• The Ascent: Séan Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling's Golden Generation, Barry Ryan (Gill Books)
• Shay: Any Given Saturday, The Autobiography- Shay Given (Trinity Mirror Sport Media )
• The Warrior's Code: My Autobiography, Jackie Tyrell with Christy O' Connor (Trinity Mirror Sport Media)
• Gooch: The Autobiography, Colm Cooper with Vincent Hogan (Transworld Ireland)
• Form: My Autobiography, Kieran Fallon with Oliver Holt (Simon & Schuster UK)

RTÉ Radio One’s The Ryan Tubridy Show Listeners’ Choice Award

• Jackie's Girl: My Life with the Kennedy Family- Kathy McKeon (Simon & Schuster)
• he: A Novel, John Connolly (Hodder & Stoughton)
• Ithaca, Alan McMonagle (Picador)
• The Word is Murder, Anthony Horowitz (Century)
• Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery, Henry Marsh (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
• Francis Brennan's Book of Household Management, Francis Brennan (Gill Books)
• Listowel Writers' Week Irish Poem of the Year
• Points, Amanda Bell (From the Irish Times)
• Seven Sugar Cubes, Clodagh Beresford (From the Irish Times)
• Bride and Moth, Tara Bergin (From the Tragic Death of Eleanor Marx)
• Ledwidge in Manchester, John McAuliffe (From the Irish Times)
• Writing.ie Short Story of the Year
• Back to Bones, Christine Dwyer Hickey (Longlisted for Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award)
• Consolata, Nuala O' Connor (From Joyride to Jupiter, New Island Books)
• Dogs, Helena Mulkerns (From Ferenji and other Stories, Doire Press)
• Hollow, Paul McVeigh (From Numéro Cinq Magazine)
• In the Event of an Emergency, Patricia McAdoo (From Books Ireland Magazine)
• Upcycle: an account of some strange happenings on Botanic Road, June Caldwell (From Room Little Darker, New Island Books)