SIX IRISH SPORTS BOOKS HAVE NOMINATED for the best Irish sports book category at the 2022 An Post Irish Book Awards.
The likes of Olympic Champion Kellie Harrington, Munster and Ireland rugby player Keith Earls, former League of Ireland boss Roddy Collins have all been included in the final shortlist.
The winner Eason Sports Book of the Year award will be announced on 23 November at The Convention Centre in Dublin.
RTÉ One will also broadcast the event on 7 December.
Next up, @easons Sports Book of the Year in association w/ @IrelandAMVMTV 😍
@TadhgCoakley @thekickart @pughp2p @patcashhealy @ZakmoradiGAA @niallkelly Roddy Collins, @AkaPaulHoward @Kelly64kg @doyle_roddy
#APIBAS #ReadersWanted pic.twitter.com/W2GJElvNl6— An Post Irish Book Awards (@AnPostIBAS) October 20, 2022
The public can cast their votes online for the best books of the year on the An Post Irish Book Awards website. All voters will be entered into a prize draw to win one of five €100 National Book Token vouchers. Votes can be cast from 9am on 21 October until 10 November.
Eason Sports Book of the Year in Association with Ireland AM
- The Game – Tadhg Coakley (Merrion Press)
- A History of the GAA in 100 Objects – Siobhán Doyle (Merrion Press)
- Point to Point – The Heart of Irish Horse Racing – Healy Racing, with words by Richard Pugh and photographs by Pat ‘Cash’ Healy (The O’Brien Press)
- Life Begins in Leitrim – Zak Moradi, with Niall Kelly (Gill Books)
- The Rodfather – Roddy Collins, with Paul Howard (Sandycove)
- Kellie – Kellie Harrington, with Roddy Doyle (Sandycove)