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The william hill sports book of the year is an annual british sports literary award sponsored by bookmaker william hill. The companion costa short story award was established in 2012. The awards were established in 1971 and were initially sponsored by the british corporation whitbread plc. How tom beat captain najork and his hired sportsmen.
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Click on the button above to vote for the book you would like to see win in each award category and youll be entered into a draw to win 100 of national book tokens. Anne enrights the green road wins top prize at irish book. The irish book awards are irish literary awards given annually to books and authors in various categories. Ahead of the awards on november 28, people can vote for their favourite read across 15 categories including novel of the year, crime fiction, childrens book and cookbook at irishbookawards. Bord gais energy irish book awards 2015 winners announced. January 2016 november 2015 september 2015 august 2015 july 2015.
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