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Bramy Booked Out For The Night... Apparently, all you electronicized (and lubricated) folk, weird as this sounds there are these strange bound paper things in the shops full of printed words on pages and they're called books. Yup. Annnd, by the looks of the Irish Book Awards 2010 last night, every fecker and his sister has written one... Brian O'Driscoll, Amy Huberman It was only choc-a-bloc with famous faces come authors at the Irish Book Awards 2010 in the Mansion House last night. And apart from John Boyne, not many of the folks we snapped were actually true bona fide writers when you think about it... Rather, people who banged out the odd book on the side or tried some other career before deciding to hack a typewriter to death as a living... Harsh? Cecelia Ahern, Ryan Tubridy Okay. So Cecelia Ahern is kind of a 'real' writer but that's probably only because her wee girlband Shimma didn't quite work out back in the day. Right? Granted there's yer wan Amy Huberman, but she only really did a book as she was bored between acting jobs and watching Brian O's rugby matches. Sinead Desmond Then there's Late Late Show presenter Ryan Tubridy and his slightly scary JFK obsession. Perhaps this was an interesting excuse for our Ryano to pour over countless photos of President Kennedy into the wee hours, but sorry folks, all we really needed to know about the tome was in the tell-all title: JFK in Ireland. Nuff said. Cathy Kelly There were other authors we spotted there like Cathy Kelly (former journo and agony aunt) who we suppose have some credibility as writers. But on the main, the awards seemed to be filled with peeps nowhere near the Joycean standard of prose one might read on hallowed pages such as these. Ahem. Dr Martin McAleese, President Mary McAleese Other people and authors at the awards included: Dr Martin McAleese & President Mary McAleese, Paul Howard, Donal Skeehan, Clodagh Feenah, Joe Duffy, and many more... Paul Howard & wife With all these people making mucho moolah knocking out novels all over Ireland - isn't it about time WE got into this authoring malarkey? Hmmmmm, except instead of writing in book form we're gonna publish our own brand of tripe on a free website betwixt badly lit photos of minor celebrities. Yeah, that's what we'll do. That'll show the stuck-up literary establishment who's feckin’ boss!! Attica! Attica! Attica! Donal Skeehan, Clodagh Feenah Donal Skeehan Joe Duffy John Boyne Cecelia Ahern

**Users can ONLY comment via the ShowBiz.ie site** Leave a Comment Irene December 04, 2010 - 22:21 Sinead looks amazing. What a complete babe. Love that lady. fannyf November 29, 2010 - 01:58 the bird in the photo forgot to fake tan her trotters Jame November 28, 2010 - 23:12 @Jock oooh did hit a raw nerve there Jock. I note you only tried to defend Mr. Tubridy and not very well at that. frasierf November 27, 2010 - 23:48 amy h's "book" is a great cure for insomnia. and why is she wearing a lampshade.her fella sure has has too many belts of a rugby ball. Lit Crit – Broadsheet Media November 27, 2010 - 11:46 The best thing about Ryan Tubridy's book is the pictures ddd – bla November 27, 2010 - 02:49 eh thats donal og cusack 8th pic down...not donal skeehan janeymack November 27, 2010 - 01:25 amy h needs a few hot dinners and brian always looks marky in photos. looks like he borrows his clothes from louis walsh. Taking The Pain November 26, 2010 - 20:39 WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. james – dublin November 26, 2010 - 19:29 im guessing bertie is goin to publish a book next. but if he does im sure it will come with its own crayons kate November 26, 2010 - 16:59 I don't see many real writers here. Is this some kind of a joke? Richard H – Ireland November 26, 2010 - 16:42 Ryan Tubridy's book was almost universally slated by the critics. Some of the criticisms were that it was inaccurate and that he omitted key facts. Yet it won an Irish book award. This raises serious questions about the authenticity and value of the awards themselves. This has surely discredited the Irish Book Awards and they should be scrapped. This year's awards amounted to a celebration of celebrity rather than a celebration of Irish books. Joanna November 26, 2010 - 15:00 Why is Amy's lovely picture no longer up? Glenda would never be that precious. Sebastian Longchamps – Hell (formerly known as Dublin) November 26, 2010 - 14:47 Aw, did Amy request her pic to be taken down? Jock November 26, 2010 - 10:09 @James You sum up what's wrong with Ireland: bloody whinging,moaning miserable,begrudger. So what, Tubridy put a book together good on him. What have you done? Miserable Muppet!! Sebastian Longchamps – Hell (formerly known as Dublin) November 26, 2010 - 09:46 Strange that you've edited some of my comments in the past on the ground they might offend some of the 'celebrities' featured on the site, yet you can say what you want about the 'authors' (I really struggled to type that word there).....double standard surely showbiz? Jedda – city centre November 26, 2010 - 09:23 @ james Very good, spot on! gatsby – omnipresent November 26, 2010 - 07:32 The horror of horrors! james November 26, 2010 - 00:51 Ryan Tubridy : possessing such skills as " copy and paste" hardly qualify him as an author. Amy Huberman : chick lit Cecelia Aher: chick lit This crowd sum up all that is wrong with Ireland. The land of "saints and sinners" is dead and has been replaced by the land of " tweedledums and tweedledees". It is not what you know, it is who you know in this wee Isle. Bring in the Germans please. SHOWBIZ.IE – Recommended Links November 25, 2010 - 23:52 Irish Book Awards: www.irishbookawards.ie Leave a Comment * Your name * Your email address (will not be published) Your location Remember me ? ? Powered by TalkBack 1 **COMMENTS REMOVED ON REQUEST**