NOW IN ITS nineteenth year, the An Post Book Awards are due to be announced next Wednesday, 27 November.
The awards’ aim is to ‘celebrate and promote Irish writing to the widest range of readers possible’, and voting for these awards is down to the public. You can view those shortlisted for the twenty categories here.
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So today we’re quizzing you: How much do you know about these Irish books?
In 2023, the Irish-authored novel Prophet Song won the prestigious Booker Prize. What was the name of the author?
Frank McCourt
Colm Tóibín
John McManus
Paul Lynch
Irish author Edna O’Brien’s novel The Country Girls was initially banned by the Irish Censorship Board and later acclaimed. What year was it published?
Which of James Joyce’s books led to the creation of Bloomsday, a day celebrated on 16 June?
Finnegans Wake
In which of Roddy Doyle’s novels do a group of friends form a soul band in Dublin?
Oh, Play That Thing
The Snapper
A Star Called Henry
The Commitments
When Sally Rooney’s latest novel hit the shelves earlier this year, queues of massive proportions formed outside book shops across the country. What is it called?
Intermezzo
What is the name of the main character in Johnathon Swift’s novel, Gulliver’s Travels?
Lemuel Gulliver
Leopold Gulliver
Leonard Gulliver
Leon Gulliver
Which of these quotes is NOT in Anne Enright’s Booker Prize winning novel, The Gathering?
“Her past is behind her, her future is of little concern. She moves towards the grave, at her own speed.”
“Because a mother’s love is God’s greatest joke.”
“It’s not that I think about him constantly, he is my way of thinking. His mind is my compass, his eyes my only mirror.”
“I do not think we remember our family in any real sense. We live in them instead.”
In which piece of work by Oscar Wilde does the quote, “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars,” appear?
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Star-Child
The Selfish Giant
Lady Windermere’s Fan
Author Tana French is known for her crime-thriller series of novels, the Dublin Murder Squad. There are six books in the series. Which is the first?
The Likeness
In The Woods
The Secret Place
The Trespasser
Claire Keegan’s novel, Small Things Like These, was recently adapted into a film starring Cillian Murphy. What is Murphy’s character’s job in the book?
A coal miner
A cattle farmer
A coal and timber merchant
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