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The owner of the Wicklow children's bookshop Halfway Up the Stairs in Greystones has said it was “quite unbelievable” that her store was named the An Post Bookshop of the Year. But the shop also had other reasons to celebrate as two local authors – one of whom works at the store and the other a regular visitor – also emerged with awards.
Paul Murray claimed the prize for best novel at the An Post Irish Book Awards on Wednesday night, in a major boost for the Dublin author’s Booker Prize hopes this weekend.
Wicklow literature was in clover on Friday as two of the county’s bookshops and two of its writers made the shortlist for the An Post Irish Book Awards 2023.
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Sally Rooney, The Aislings and Donal Skehan are among the authors who have scooped a prize in this year’s An Post Irish Book Awards.