The Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award is an annual award for Irish authors of fiction, established in 1995. It was previously known as the Kerry Ingredients Book of the Year Award (1995–2000),[1] the Kerry Ingredients Irish Fiction Award (2001–2002), and the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award (2003-2011).
The winner of the prize is announced in May/June each year at the opening ceremony of the Listowel Writers' Week in County Kerry.[2]
The prize is sponsored by the food group Kerry Group, and is the largest (currently €20,000)[3] monetary prize for fiction available solely to Irish authors.[4]
Winners and shortlists edit
Blue Ribbon (
) = winner
- 1995 Philip Casey – The Fabulists (The Lilliput Press)[1]
- 1996 Emer Martin – Breakfast in Babylon (Wolfhound Press)[1]
- 1997 Deirdre Madden – One by One in the Darkness (Faber and Faber)[5]
- 1998 John Banville – The Untouchable (Picador)[6]
- 1999 J. M. O'Neill – Bennett & Company (Mount Eagle Publications)[7]
- 2000 Michael Collins – The Keepers of Truth (Orion Books)[8]
- 2001 Anne Barnett – The Largest Baby in Ireland After the Famine (Virago)[9]
- 2002 John McGahern – That They May Face the Rising Sun (Faber and Faber)[10]
- 2003 William Trevor – The Story of Lucy Gault (Viking)[11]
- 2004 Gerard Donovan – Schopenhauer's Telescope (Scribner)[12]
- 2005 Neil Jordan – Shade (John Murray)[12]
- 2006 Sebastian Barry – A Long Long Way (Viking)[12]
- 2007 Roddy Doyle – Paula Spencer (Jonathan Cape)[12]
- 2008 Anne Enright – The Gathering (Jonathan Cape)[12]
- 2009 Joseph O'Neill – Netherland (Harper Perennial)[13]
- 2010 John Banville – The Infinities (Picador)[14]
- 2011 Neil Jordan – Mistaken (John Murray)[4]
- 2012 Shortlist[15]
Christine Dwyer Hickey – The Cold Eye of Heaven (Atlantic Books)[16]- Kevin Barry - City Of Bohane
- Anne Enright - The Forgotten Waltz
- Carlo Gébler - The Dead Eight
- Belinda McKeon - Solace
- 2013 Shortlist[17]
- Gavin Corbett – This Is the Way (4th Estate)[18]
- Lucy Caldwell - All The Beggars Riding
- Claire Kilroy - The Devil I Know
- Kathleen MacMahon - This Is How It Ends
- Thomas O'Malley - This Magnificent Desolation
- 2014 Shortlist[19]
- Eimear McBride – A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing (Galley Beggar Press)[20]
- Deirdre Madden - Time Present & Time Past
- Colum McCann - Transatlantic
- Frank McGuinness - Arimathea
- Donal Ryan - The Thing About December
- 2015 Shortlist[21]
- Eoin McNamee – Blue Is the Night (Faber and Faber)[22]
- David Butler - City Of Dis
- Nuala Ní Chonchúir - The Closet Of Savage Mementos
- Patrick O'Keeffe - The Visitors
- Eibhear Walshe - The Diary Of Mary Travers
- 2016 Shortlist[23]
- Anne Enright – The Green Road (Jonathan Cape)[24]
- John Banville - The Blue Guitar
- Kevin Barry - Beatlebone
- Austin Duffy - This Living And Immortal Thing
- Edna O'Brien - The Little Red Chairs
- 2017 Shortlist[25]
- Kit de Waal – My Name is Leon (Viking)[26]
- Emma Donahue - The Wonder
- Neil Hegarty - Inch Levels
- Mike McCormack - Solar Bones
- Conor O'Callaghan - Nothing On Earth
- 2018 Shortlist[27]
- Paul Lynch – Grace (Oneworld)[28]
- Lisa Harding - Harvesting
- Frank McGuiness - The Woodcutter And His Family
- Bernard McLaverty - Midwinter Break
- Sally Rooney - Conversations With Friends
- 2019 Shortlist[29]
- David Park – Travelling in a Strange Land (Bloomsbury)[30]
- John Boyne - Ladder To The Sky
- Jess Kidd - The Hoarder
- Emer Martin - The Cruelty Men
- Sally Rooney - Normal People
- 2020 Shortlist[31]
- Edna O'Brien – Girl (Faber and Faber)[32]
- Kevin Barry - Nightboat To Tangier
- Mary Costello - The River Capture
- Ronan Hession - Leonard And Hungry Paul
- Joseph O'Connor - Shadowplay
- 2021 Shortlist[33]
- Anakana Schofield – Bina (Fleet)[34]
- Niamh Campbell - This Happy
- Laura McKenna - Words To Shape My Name
- Adrian Duncan - A Sabbatical In Leipzig
- Rob Doyle - Threshold
- 2022 Shortlist[35]
- Claire Keegan – Small Things Like These (Grove Press)[35]
- Jan Carson - The Raptures
- Lisa Harding - Bright Burning Things
- Nuala O'Connor - Nora
- Kevin Power - White City
References edit
- ^ a b c Laurie Mann. "AwardWeb: Kerry Ingredients Book of the Year Award". AwardWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ "Official Opening of the 40th Anniversary Festival". Listowel Writers' Week. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ Doyle, Martin (6 January 2022). "Kate O'Brien Award shortlist revealed; Kerry Group raises Irish novel prize to €20,000". Irish Times. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ a b Cían Nihill (2 June 2011). "Neil Jordan wins major literary award for second time". The Irish Times. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ "Painting with words: Irish author Deirdre Madden can think of no occupation that she would like better". The Sofia Echo. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ John Boland (23 May 1998). "A thumping good read". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ "A late award". The Irish Times. 6 June 1999. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ "Writers' festival opens". The Irish Times. 6 June 2000. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ "Newcomer wins Irish fiction award". The Irish Times. 5 May 2001. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ "McGahern wins Irish Fiction Award". The Irish Times. 5 May 2002. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ "William Trevor wins Listowel fiction award". The Irish Times. 5 May 2003. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award – Literary Competitions – 39th Listowel Writers' Week 2009". Listowel Writers' Week. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ "Joseph O'Neill's Netherland wins Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award 2009". Normans Media Ltd. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ "John Banville Wins Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award 2010 at Listowel Writers' Week". Irish Publishing News. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ "Shortlist announced for Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year". 11 April 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ Ann Lucey (31 May 2012). "President opens Listowel literary week". The Irish Times. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ^ "Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award 2013 – Shortlist Announced". 18 April 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ Ann Lucey (30 May 2013). "Corbett wins Irish Novel of the Year award at Listowel". The Irish Times. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ "We Announce Our Five Shortlisted Titles For The Kerry Group Irish Novel Of The Year Award". 21 March 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ Martin Doyle (28 May 2014). "Eimear McBride wins €15,000 Kerry Group Irish novel of the year award". The Irish Times. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Highlights of Listowel Writers' Week Opening Night 2015". 28 May 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ Martin Doyle (27 May 2015). "Eoin McNamee's Blue is the Night wins €15,000 Kerry Group Irish Novel of Year Award". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Shortlist for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Announced". Dublin City Libraries. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ Martin Doyle (2 June 2016). "Anne Enright's The Green Road wins Kerry Group Novel of the Year Award". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ "Big names and three debuts on Kerry Group Novel of the Year Award shortlist". Irish Times. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ Martin Doyle (1 June 2017). "My Name is Leon wins Irish Novel of the Year Award". The Irish Times. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ "Bernard MacLaverty and Sally Rooney on shortlist for Irish Novel of the Year". Irish Times. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ Martin Doyle (30 May 2018). "'Grace' by Paul Lynch wins Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award". The Irish Times. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ "Novel of the Year shortlist revealed". Irish Times. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ Martin Doyle (29 May 2019). "Travelling in a Strange Land by David Park wins award at Listowel Writers' Week". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ "Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year shortlist revealed". Irish Times. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ Martin Doyle (27 May 2020). "Edna O'Brien wins Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award for Girl". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ Doyle, Martin (8 April 2021). "Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2021: Two first-time novelists on shortlist". Irish Times. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ Doyle, Martin (2 June 2021). "Anakana Schofield wins Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award for Bina". Irish Times. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ a b Doyle, Martin (2 June 2022). "Claire Keegan and Martina Evans win Listowel Writers Week novel and poetry prizes". Irish Times. Retrieved 14 October 2022.