IRISH BOXING SUPERSTAR Kellie Harrington has come on top again, but this time it's not in the ring, it's in the literary department.
The Portland Row native has won Irish Sports Book of the Year at the 2022 An Post Irish Book Awards.
The @easons Sports Book of the Year in association w/ @IrelandAMVMTV winner is…
Kellie Harrington @Kelly64kg for ‘Kellie’ w/ Roddy Doyle!
Congratulations! After another big year for sport, be sure to add this to your #TBR list! 🏉📚
#APIBA #ReadersWanted pic.twitter.com/hpWqZq1rbT— An Post Irish Book Awards (@AnPostIBAS) November 23, 2022
The book titled 'Kellie' written by well-known author Roddy Doyle goes into details about the Dubliners upbringing, her journey to Tokyo to win a gold medal, and her unrivalled recent success in the ring
The 32-year-old scooped the award up at the The Convention Centre in Dublin on Wednesday
Harrington’s book was chosen as the winner ahead of five other nominees on the shortlist. She beat the books like A History of the GAA in 100 Objects – Siobhán Doyle (Merrion Press) and The Rodfather – Roddy Collins, with Paul Howard (Sandycove) to the prize.
There was also a host of awards on the night. A full list can be found here.
Eason Novel of the Year
Trespasses – Louise Kennedy
TheJournal.ie Best Irish-Published Book of the Year
An Irish Folklore Treasury – John Creedon
Odgers Berndtson Non-fiction Book of the Year
My Fourth Time, We Drowned – Sally Hayden
Bookstation Lifestyle Book of the Year
An Irish Atlantic Rainforest: A Personal Journey into the Magic of Rewilding – Eoghan Daltun
Avoca Cookbook of the Year
The Daly Dish: Bold Food Made Good – Gina and Karol Daly
Eason Sports Book of the Year in Association with Ireland AM
Kellie – Kellie Harrington, with Roddy Doyle
Dubray Biography of the Year
Time and Tide – Charlie Bird, with Ray Burke
Specsavers Children’s Book of the Year – Junior
Our Big Day – Bob Johnston, illustrated by Michael Emberley
Specsavers Children’s Book of the Year – Senior
Girls Who Slay Monsters – Ellen Ryan, illustrated by Shona Shirley Macdonald
Bookselling Ireland Teen and Young Adult Book of the Year
Let’s Talk – Richie Sadlier
An Post Irish Bookshop of the Year
Bridge Street Books, Wicklow
Love Leabhar Gaeilge Irish Language Book of the Year
EL – Thaddeus Ó Buachalla
Listowel Writers’ Week Poem of the Year
Wedding Dress – Martina Dalton
Writing.ie Short Story of the Year
This Small Giddy Life – Nuala O’Connor
Irish Independent Crime Fiction Book of the Year
Breaking Point – Edel Coffey
National Book Tokens Popular Fiction Book of the Year
Again, Rachel – Marian Keyes
Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year
There’s Been a Little Incident – Alice Ryan
Library Association of Ireland Author of the Year
John Boyne
