IMPAC SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED 12TH April

Three Irish authors have been shortlisted for this year’s International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

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The three are: Colum McCann for ‘Let the Great World Spin’;

Colm Tóibín for ‘Brooklyn’ and

William Trevor for ‘Love and Summer’.

Completing the 10-author shortlist are: Michael Crummey (‘Galore’), Barbara Kingsolver (‘The Lacuna’), Yiyun Li (‘The Vagrants’), David Malouf (‘Ransom’), Joyce Carol Oates (‘Little Bird of Heaven’), Craig Silvey (‘Jasper Jones’) and Evie Wyld (‘After the Fire, a Still Small Voice’).

The winner of the award, which is worth €100,000, will be announced on 15 June.