Booker Prize 2024 shortlist features five female authors

No Irish writers made this year's shortlist, though Mayo author Colin Barrett did make the longlist for his debut novel Wild Houses

Samantha Harvey features on the 2024 Booker Prize shortlist (Ula Soltys)

This year’s Booker Prize shortlist will feature the biggest number of women authors in its 55-year history.

Five women and one man will feature on the shortlist for the prestigious literary prize.