Many Irish bookshops are set to reopen on June 8th. The winner of this award will join David Park, Anne Enright and Christine Dwyer Hickey to name but a few.” This year’s shortlist includes a wonderful combination of celebrated Irish writers along with a debut novelist. They are all five terrific novels which deserve to be widely read and admired.”Ĭatherine Moylan, chairperson of Listowel Writers’ Week, said: “Whilst it has been a difficult year for ourselves and all literary festivals, it has given us hope and excitement to be able to continue with the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year.
Very hard to choose only five, but the shortlist we came up with reflects very well the wide range of theme and subject matter, and the rich variety of styles that we encountered.
McGuire said: “It has been another great year for Irish fiction, and it was a tremendous pleasure to read so many fine, inventive and risk-taking novels. The winner will be announced on May 27th. More than 40 novels were submitted for this year’s award, adjudicated by authors Carol Drinkwater and Ian McGuire on behalf of Listowel Writers’ Week. The five contenders for the €15,000 prize are The River Capture by Mary Costello (Canongate) Leonard & Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession (Bluemoose Books) Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry (Canongate) Shadowplay by Joseph O’Connor (Harvill Secker Random House) and Girl by Edna O’Brien (Faber). One of the strongest ever shortlists for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year award has been announced today.
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