The shortlist has been announced for the 2024 An Post Irish Book Awards and voting begins now.
A Limerick author has been shortlisted for two awards in the 2024 An Post Irish Book awards.
Conor Niland’s ‘The Racket’ is the story of pro tennis’s 99% of the players who roam the globe in hope of climbing the rankings and squeaking into the Grand Slam tournaments.
It brings us into a world where a few dozen super-rich players – travelling with coaches and physios – share a stage with lonely touring pros whose earnings barely cover their expenses. Painting a vivid picture of the social dynamics on tour, the economics of the game, and the shadows cast by gambling and doping.
A witty and revealing underdog’s memoir, the book was nominated for ‘Eason Sports Book of the Year’ and ‘Last Word Listener’s Choice’.
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Speaking on Live95’s Limerick Today show, Conor says: “There was an extract of the book in the Guardian around Wimbledon time. A lot of pros saw that and read that. That was sort of a bite-sized kind of look at the book. I got a lot of reaction off the back of that from some fellow pros saying that they felt like there was a lot of truth told in the book about the reality of pro tennis, the hierarchies and how lonely it can be.“
The shortlist for the 2024 An Post Irish Book Awards is out, featuring an exciting and diverse range of books from both new and well-known authors, across 20 different categories.
Now in its 19th year, the An Post Irish Book Awards celebrate and promote Irish writing to the widest range of readers possible. Each year, the An Post Irish Book Awards bring together a vast community passionate about books – readers, authors, booksellers, publishers and librarians – to recognise the very best of new and established Irish writing talent and 2024 will be no different.
By voting you will not only support your favourite authors but you will also be entered into a prize draw to win one of five €100 National Book Tokens vouchers.
The An Post Irish Book Awards 2024 winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in the Convention Centre, Dublin on Wednesday 27th November.
You can vote for ‘The Racket’ here.
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