A one-hour special presented by Oliver Callan exploring the six shortlisted books — and this year's overall winner revealed.

A one-hour television special on RTÉ One at 10.35pm on Wednesday, 8th December will showcase the six nominees and crown the overall winner of the An Post Irish Book of the Year 2021.

Oliver Callan presents the television special from the historic library at Tullynally Castle, County Westmeath. Books by Maureen Gaffney, David King, Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen, Séamas O’Reilly, Fintan O’Toole and Sally Rooney have been nominated for the title of An Post Irish Book of the Year 2021. The six titles competing for the accolade were category winners from the recent An Post Irish Book Awards and, given the sheer volume of votes each book has so far received from the public vote and the Academy, they are now finalists for the overall An Post Irish Book of the Year 2021.

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Tune into RTÉ One at 10:35pm on Wednesday 8th December to find out who wins the An Post Irish Book of the Year 2021, and catch up afterwards via RTÉ Player.