John Boyne Books

Books of the year 2025: Authors and critics pick their favourites Roisín O’Donnell’s Nesting, Helen Garner’s How to End a Story and Liadan Ní Chuinn’s Every One Still Here are among the year’s top choices

John contributed some choices to the @irishtimes.com Books of the Year 2025. - DK
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

29.11.2025 08:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I went to the theatre tonight, and this photo will be particularly relevant on 24th September 2026...
I'll leave it at that. 😉 -JB

11.11.2025 22:24 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

John Boyne wins second top French prize Books newsletter: Prix Femina; Storylines Europe, Write-Time and Yarn festivals; Prix de Traduction; Goldsmith & Baillie Gifford Prizes

From @irishtimes.com : www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

07.11.2025 11:19 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

After a long day, John arrived at the offices of his French publisher, JC Lattès, for a champagne reception to celebrate him winning the Prix Femina Étranger for LES ÉLÉMENTS. -DK

03.11.2025 19:39 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In Paris today, John won the Prix Femina Étranger for LES ÉLÉMENTS (JC Lattès), his second major literary award of the Autumn in France, following the Prix du Roman FNAC.

The Prix Femina was established in 1904 and is awarded by an exclusively female jury. -DK

03.11.2025 12:56 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

John Boyne, lauréat du Prix du roman Fnac 2025, en rencontres-dédicaces à la Fnac Bercy et Bordeaux - L'Éclaireur Fnac La Fnac Bercy Village et la Fnac Bordeaux ont le plaisir de vous inviter à rencontrer l'écrivain John Boyne, lauréat du Prix du roman Fnac 2025 pour son livre « Les éléments », paru aux éditions JC La...

🇫🇷French readers:

John will be signing copies of LES ÉLÉMENTS in FNAC Bercy (Paris) & Bordeaux on Mon 3rd & Tue 4th November.

LES ÉLÉMENTS recently won the Prix du Roman FNAC & is currently shortlisted for the Prix Femina Étranger.

Details here -DK.
leclaireur.fnac.com/evenement/cp...

29.10.2025 14:20 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Home - Irish Book Awards Exclusively Irish, inclusive in every other sense, the An Post Irish Book Awards brings together the entire literary community – readers, authors, booksellers, publishers and librarians – like no othe...

John has been shortlisted for Author of the Year at this year's Irish Book Awards @irishbookawards.bsky.social.

You can vote for John, or any of the shortlisted authors and books, here: www.irishbookawards.ie.

Winners will be announced at a ceremony in Dublin on Nov 27th -DK

23.10.2025 08:23 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

La 2e sélection du prix du meilleur livre étranger 2025 - Livres Hebdo Six titres composent la deuxième sélection dans la catégorie fiction du prix du meilleur livre étranger 2025, tandis que la catégorie non-fiction ne compte plus que deux ouvrages.

John's novel LES ÉLÉMENTS (JC Lattès) has beeen shortlisted for Le Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in France.
The winner will be announced in late November -DK.
www.livreshebdo.fr/article/la-2...

15.10.2025 12:50 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

SCRIBENDI, Steve Pyke's book of photographs of the best Irish writers of the last 40 years, has just been published by Lilliput Press and features a portrait of John and some quotes.
It can be ordered here: www.lilliputpress.ie/products/scr...

10.10.2025 14:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0