Sincere thanks to all who voted in the 2023 International Flann O'Brien Society Awards. We are delighted to announce the shortlisted candidates below.

Based on the public votes, there are 2 shortlisted nominees for Best Book 2021–22, and 5 shortlisted nominees for Best Article 2021–22. The winners will be chosen from the shortlists by impartial judges appointed from outside the Society. The winners will be announced at Strange Atmospheres: The 7th International Flann O'Brien Society Conference.

Best of luck to all the nominees!

Shortlisted Candidates

Best Book-Length Publication 2021–22

• Brian O’Nolan and the Civil Service, eds. Jonathan Foster and Elliott Mills, special double issue of The Parish Review: Journal of Flann O’Brien Studies 6, no. 1–2 (2022). Read issue 1 and issue 2.
• Flann O’Brien: Acting Out, eds. Paul Fagan and Dieter Fuchs (Cork: Cork University Press, 2022). Info.

Shortlisted Candidates

Best Essay-Length Publication 2021–22

• Joseph Brooker, ‘Dreaming After in the Dark Night: Thirst and the Power of Performance,’ in Flann O’Brien: Acting Out, eds. Paul Fagan and Dieter Fuchs (Cork: Cork University Press, 2022), 139–57.
• Paul Fagan, ‘Brian O’Nolan, Mask and Image,’ in Flann O’Brien: Acting Out, eds. Paul Fagan and Dieter Fuchs (Cork: Cork University  Press, 2022), 3–16.
• Jack Fennell, ‘Thunderous Anger and Cold Showers: Grand Guignol in Myles na gCopaleen’s An Sgian and The Handsome Carvers,’ in Flann O’Brien: Acting Out, eds. Paul Fagan and Dieter Fuchs (Cork: Cork University Press, 2022), 198–210.
• Catherine Flynn, ‘The Full Little Jug: Flann O’Brien and the Irish Public Sphere,’ in Irish Modernisms: Gaps, Conjectures, Possibilities, eds. Paul Fagan, John Greaney, and Tamara Radak (London: Bloomsbury, 2021), 223–36.
• Maebh Long, ‘Plagiarism and the Politics of Friendship: Brian O’Nolan, Niall Sheridan, and Niall Montgomery,’ in Flann O’Brien: Acting Out, eds. Paul Fagan and Dieter Fuchs (Cork: Cork University Press, 2022), 19–37.