Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism’s Forgotten Radicals by Maurice J. Casey is shortlisted for History Book of the Year at the 2024 An Post Irish Book Awards

The shortlist for the An Post Irish Book Awards 2024 features a diverse and exciting mix of exceptional writing from new and established writers across 20 categories.

Now in its 19^th 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.

This year, the An Post Irish Book Awards has introduced the ‘Hodges Figgis History Book of the Year’ category to celebrate Ireland’s history writers and acknowledge the importance of historical writing and its contribution to the Irish literary landscape.

Hodges Figgis History Book of the Year

• Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism’s Forgotten Radicals – Maurice J. Casey (Footnote Press)

• Revolutionary Times – Ireland 1913-23: The Forging of a Nation – Mike Cronin and Mark Duncan (Merrion Press)

• Land Is All That Matters: The Struggle That Shaped Irish History – Myles Dungan (Apollo, Head of Zeus)

• The Revelation of Ireland: 1995-2020 – Diarmaid Ferriter (Profile Books)

• A History of Ireland in Ten Body Parts – Dr Ian Miller (Gill Books)

• Atlas of the Irish Civil War: New Perspectives - Hélène O’Keeffe, John Crowley, Donal Ó Drisceoil, John Borgonovo and Mike Murphy (Cork University Press)

 

We wish Maurice good luck as the only debut author in his category.

Vote here for your favourite books of the year here and win €100 of National Book Tokens

• Winners will be announced at awards ceremony in the Convention Centre, Dublin on Wednesday 27^th November
• TV programme announcing the overall ‘An Post Irish Book of the Year’ winner will be broadcast on RTÉ ONE on Thursday 19^th December