The KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards are the most prestigious awards for children’s books in Ireland and celebrate Irish writing and illustration for children and young people.

This year's shortlist, suitable for a range of ages, will compete for the KPMG Children's Books Ireland Book of the Year and five other awards, including honours for fiction, illustration and a Junior Juries' Award which will be decided by young readers from across the country. A total prize fund of €16,000 will be awarded to this year's winners.

The winners will be announced at International Literature Festival Dublin by book-loving broadcaster Rick O’Shea and will also be broadcast live!

The KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards is supported by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland National Lottery Funding.

Presented in partnership with Children’s Books Ireland.

KPMG Children's Book Ireland Awards