AUSTRALIAN, NEW ZEALAND AUTHORS ON IMPAC LONGLIST

Several Australian and New Zealand authors are among those whose works have been longlisted for the 2010 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

Longlisted titles include: People of the Book (Geraldine Brooks, HarperPerennial); The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga, Atlantic) His Illegal Self (Peter Carey, Vintage) The Rehearsal (Eleanor Catton, A&U) God of Speed (Luke Davies, A&U); The 10pm Question (Kate de Goldi, A&U); Wanting (Richard Flanagan, Vintage); The Spare Room (Helen Garner, Text); The Forgotten Garden (Kate Morton, A&U); Sonata for Miriam (Linda Olsson, Penguin); Novel About My Wife (Emily Perkins, A&U); A Fraction of the Whole (Steve Toltz, Penguin); The Slap (Christos Tsiokas, A&U); Breath (Tim Winton, Penguin); and Sea of Many Returns (Arnold Zable, Text).

A shortlist of up to 10 titles in the running for the €100,000 (A$194,000) prize is due to be announced in the first quarter of 2010. For more information click here.

source: http://www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au/articles/2009/11/13856/

This article from Thorpe Bowker’s Weekly Book Newsletter and Media Extra is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2009, Thorpe-Bowker.

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