The date is fast approaching when the winner of the 2008 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award will be announced! Eight novels, including Winterwood by Irish author Patrick McCabe, have made the shortlist for the 2008 Award announced in April. The shortlist was selected from a total of 137 novels nominated this year. The Award is worth €100,000 and is the world’s most valuable literary prize for a single work of fiction published in English. It is presented annually with the objective of promoting excellence in world literature. It is open to novels written in any language and by authors of any nationality, provided the work has been published in English or English translation in the specified time period as outlined in the rules and conditions for the year. Nominations are submitted by library systems in major cities throughout the world. The 2008 winner will be announced on the 12th of June so get reading to see if your choice of winner matches the judges!2008 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Shortlist...
The Speed of Light Javier Cercas (Spanish) 
The Sweet and Simple Kind Yasmine Gooneraratne (Sri Lankan)
De Niro’s Game Rawi Hage (Lebanese / Canadian)
Dreams of Speaking Gail Jones (Australian)
Let It Be Morning Sayed Kashua (Israeli) 
The Woman Who Waited Andrei Makine (Russian)
The Attack Yasmina Khandra (French)
Winterwood Patrick McCabe (Irish)The Award was established in 1996 and previous winners have been...
2007 Out Stealing Horses Per Petterson
2006 The Master Colm Tóibín
2005 The Known World Edward P. Jones
2004 This Blinding Absence of Light Tahar Ben Jelloun (French)
2003 My Name is Red Orhan Pamuk (Turkish)
2002 Atomised Michel Houellebecq (French)
2001 No Great Mischief Alister MacLeod (Canadian)
2000 Wide Open Nicola Barker (English)
1999 Ingenious Pain Andrew Miller (English)
1998 The Land of Green Plums Herta Muller (German)
1997 A Heart So White Javier Marias (Spanish)
1996 Remembering Babylon David Malouf (Australian)
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