Two Irish authors on longlist for €11.5k Desmond Elliott Prize

Cork author Caroline O'Donoghue is also in the running for the €11.5k Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize

A Ghost in the Throat author Doireann Ni Ghriofa. Picture: Bríd O'Donovan

Doireann Ni Ghriofa and Naoise Dolan are among the authors who have been included on the longlist for the £10,000 (€11,500) Desmond Elliott Prize.

Named after the literary agent and publisher Desmond Elliott, the annual prize goes to a first novel written in English and published in the UK.