Winners of Irish Book Awards 2011 were announced last night, some highlights include:

• Irish Novel of the Year : Mistaken by Neil Jordan (John Murray)
• Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year : All For You by Sheila O’Flanagan (Headline)
• Irish Sports Book of the Year: Inside the Peloton by Nicolas Roche (Transworld Ireland)
• Best Irish Newcomer of the Year: Solace by Belinda McKeon (Picador)
• Best Irish Published Book of the Year: Connemara: A Little Gaelic Kingdom by Tim Robinson (Penguin Ireland)
• Irish Children’s Book of the Year: Junior: The Lonely Beast by Chris Judge (Andersen Press)

                                                                        Senior: The Real Rebecca by Anna Carey (O’Brien)

For more information, visit http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/1118/1224307765902.html