We are delighted to announce the Short lists for The CAP Awards 2025. Congratulations to all who have been successful and to those who participated, as the standard continues to rise each year.
The winners will be announced at The Carousel Awards for Irish Independent Authors in Chapters Book Shop on the 10th of October 2025.
FICTION
Oasis By Millie Blackwood
Leaf Light Moon By Monica Corish
Barren By Byddi Lee
Love Lost By Mary Minnock
Pool of Darkness By Tom Sigafoos
A Thread of Secrets By Tatiana Tierney
NON-FICTION
The Breath of Consolation By Josephine Brady
Becoming Invisible By Emilie Delahunt
A Special Sibling By Jane Feighery
The Life and Times of Bernard Dillon By Stephen Fernane
One Last Bend By Vincent Henry
Things Went T*ts Up By Dearbhaile O’Hare
ANTHOLOGIES
Snappin Twine By Ursula Kane Cafferty
Leave Taking By Paddy Donoghue
In Bed I Cut Words By Corina Duyn
Middleton Golden Miscellany By Middleton Writers’ Group
I’m a Big Boy Now By Eamon O’ Leary
Shine On By Mary Sheehy
CHILDREN JUNIOR
Noah’s Galway Adventure By Nadine Hughes Cambell, Illustrated by Polina Pluslem
Sally Sunshine and the Terrible Tantrum By Elayne Heaney, Illustrated by Paula Reel
Ruairí’s Dancing Rainbows By Ruth Mc Donnell, Illustrated by Paul Nugent
Cá Bhfuil Samhain, Puicín agus Boo? By Eithne Nic Dhonnchadha
Ollen the Oak Tree By Anne Printer, Illustrated by Lucy Burlingham
Mrs Books Saves the Library By Martina Smith, Illustrated by Declan Considine
Children Senior
Shadow By Carina Dunne, Illustrated by Dave McCleery.
Dream Beasts By Louise Flanagan, Illustrated by Jonathan Ouisse
An Incredibly Daring Heist By James Hannon, Illustrated by Fiona Moran
Pimlicat and the Midnight Explorers By Ann Marie O’ Sullivan
The Animal in Amy and Jamie By Joe Richardson, Illustrated by Roisin Bradley
