Two Irish authors in the running for IMPAC award

Two Irish authors have been shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin €100,000 Literary Award.

'The Master' by Enniscorthy-born Colm Toibin and 'Havoc in its Third Year' by Belfast-born Ronan Bennett are among the ten books in the running.

The award is the world's largest literary prize for a single work of fiction.

The titles were selected from a list of 132, nominated by 180 libraries from 43 different countries.

The winner will be announced on June 14.