One Irish book makes shortlist for €100,000 Dublin Literary Award
The Dublin Literary Award is the world's most valuable annual prize for a single work of fiction in English.
The Dublin Literary Award, which is sponsored by the capital's city council and managed by Dublin City Libraries, is worth €100,000 and is the world's most valuable annual prize for a single work of fiction published in English. Nominations are made by librarians and readers from a network of libraries around the world.
The international judging panel will select one winner, which will be announced on May 20 as part of the International Literature Festival, Dublin. The shortlist for a prize formerly known as the Impac includes Apeirogon by Irish author Colum McCann, one of four Irish novels which was long-listed — the others on the longlist were When All is Said, by Anne Griffin, Shadowplay by Joseph O’Connor and The Trumpet Shall Sound, by Eibhear Walshe.
