Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book of the Decade competition

 A novel for younger readers has won the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book of the Decade. In an online poll Derek Landy's Skulduggery Pleasant came out top of a shortlist of 50 books, beating an eclectic but heavyweight selection of writers that included John Banville, Colum McCann and Colm Tóibín. Aimed at young adults, the four books in the Skulduggery Pleasant series have sold about one million copies in Ireland and the UK since the first was published in 2007. They have also been translated into 33 languages.