Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards



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The Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards are a set of industry-recognition awards set up by a coalition of Irish booksellers in 2007. The awards are owned by Irish Book Awards Ltd, a not-for-profit company presided over by a board comprising representatives from founding members Eason & Son Ltd, Argosy Wholesale Ltd, International Education Services Ltd, Hughes & Hughes and the Booksellers Association of Ireland. The overriding motivation behind the awards is to celebrate the extraordinary quality of Irish writing, to help bring the best books to a wider readership annually, and to promote an industry under severe competitive pressures.<p>Eligibility:The book must have been published within the current awards year.
The author must be Irish by birth, citizenship or long-term residence.
The book must be original, ie neither a reprint nor a translation or adaptation of a previously-published book.


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