![]() ![]() Libraries are places of kindness, existing for the sole purpose of connecting us to each other and to ourselves. It is very special to me that this is an award in which libraries across the world determine the longlist through their nominations. Libraries are places of kindness, existing for the sole purpose of connecting us to each other and to ourselves I don't know your name, but you have changed my life, and I wish that I could thank you personally. I wish to express my deep gratitude to the Lord Mayor of Dublin, the patron of this award, to Owen Keegan and the Dublin City Council, to Mearead Owens and Dublin City Libraries, to the members of the judging panel, to my editor Becky Hardie, who is here today, to my American editors Kate Medina and Anna Pitoniak back home, to my agent Jin Auh and everyone at Wylie New York and Wylie UK, and to the extremely kind librarian at Openbare Library in Bruges, Belgium, who first nominated my book for this astonishingly generous award. Seeing my name beside theirs when the shortlist was announced – that alone was one of the greatest honours of my career. I am especially honoured because of the admiration that I feel for the other finalists. ![]() I feel overwhelmed with the enormity of my gratitude. It is difficult to know how to respond to the magnitude of this kindness that has been so suddenly bestowed upon me. ![]() I cannot express how grateful I am to be the recipient of this award. ![]()
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