The Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards is the most prestigious event in the Irish ‘books calendar’. The 2010 gala dinner, which was hosted by Sinead Desmond and John Murray, saw over 50 Irish authors come together to celebrate the best of Irish literature published in the last year.
Among those in attendance were internationally renowned authors Colum McCann, Cecelia Ahern, Paul Murray, Roddy Doyle, Cathy Kelly and children’s author John Boyne as well as the very best of Irish authors across Irish crime, popular fiction, children’s fiction, sport and non-fiction.