Patrick Freyne, Dara McAnulty, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Graham Norton, Keelin Shanley and Marian Keyes shortlisted

Husband and wife Patrick Freyne and Anna Carey have been shortlisted for this years An Post Irish Book Awards, along with a host of well-known writers including Anne Enright, Graham Norton and awardwinning 16-year-old Dara McAnulty, who received a record three nominations.
Freyne, a journalist with The Irish Times, secured two nominations for his essay collection, OK Lets Do Your Stupid Idea, as did Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Caoilinn Hughes and the late Keelin Shanley.
Patrick Freyne and his wife Anna Carey, with each others shortlisted books
Hughess second novel, The Wild Laughter, is shortlisted for the Novel of the Year Award alongside debutant Elaine Feeney for As You Were and four of Irelands most acclaimed writers: Anne Enright for Actress; Donal Ryan for Strange Flowers; Emma Donoghue for The Pull of the Stars; and Maggie OFarrell for Hamnet, which has already won the Womens Prize for Fiction.
Poignantly, two of the nominations are posthumous: the late RTÉ journalist Keelin Shanley for her memoir, A Light that Never Goes Out, and Sam McBratney, who died last month, for Will You Be My Friend?, the sequel to his multi-million selling childrens book, Guess How Much I Love You.
Novel of the YearActress Anne Enright (Jonathan Cape) ReviewThe Wild Laughter Caoilinn Hughes (Oneworld) ReviewStrange Flowers Donal Ryan (Doubleday Ireland)ReviewAs You Were Elaine Feeney (Harvill Secker) ReviewThe Pull of the Stars Emma Donoghue (Picador) ReviewHamnet Maggie OFarrell (Tinder Press) Review
Popular Fiction Book of the YearThe Glorious Guinness Girls Emily Hourican (Hachette Books Ireland)Home Stretch Graham Norton (Coronet) ReviewThe Bird in the Bamboo Cage Hazel Gaynor (HarperFiction) EssayGrown Ups Marian Keyes (Michael Joseph) ReviewBraywatch Ross OCarroll Kelly (Sandycove) ColumnHere Is the Beehive Sarah Crossan (Bloomsbury Circus) Review
Non-Fiction Book of the YearA Ghost in the Throat Doireann Ní Ghríofa (Tramp Press)ReviewBeyond the Tape Marie Cassidy (Hachette Books Ireland) ReviewNotes from an Apocalypse Mark OConnell (Granta Books) ReviewHeres the Story Mary McAleese (Sandycove) ReviewThe Arms Crisis of 1970: The Plot that Never Was Michael Heney (Head of Zeus) ReviewTell Me the Truth About Loss Niamh Fitzpatrick (Gill Books) Interview
Popular Non-Fiction Book of the YearDiary of a Young Naturalist Dara McAnulty (Little Toller) ReviewA Light that Never Goes Out Keelin Shanley (Gill) ReviewNever Mind the Boll***s, Heres the Science Luke ONeill (Gill) ReviewA Guarded Life Majella Moynihan, with Aoife Kelleher (Hachette Books Ireland) PodcastHow Animals Saved My Life Noel Fitzpatrick (Trapeze)Winging it Tommy Tiernan (Sandycove)
John Treacy, chairperson of the awards, said: The publishing industry has faced unprecedented challenges this year which makes it all the more critical for us to support Irish books and Irish authors during 2020.
McAnulty, 16, already this year the youngest ever writer to win the Wainwright Prize for UK nature writing and to be long-listed for the Baillie Gifford Prize for non-fiction, is shortlisted for Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year; Newcomer of the Year; and RTÉ Radio 1 Listeners Choice Award.