Kevin Barry and John Boyne receive Impac Dublin nominations

The work of eight Irish authors has been nominated by libraries as far away as Russia, Malaysia and Canada for the €100,000 International Impac Dublin Literary Award.

Kevin Barry, John Boyne, Sebastian Barry, Paul Callan, Dermot Healy, Christine Dwyer Hickey, Margaret Mazzantini and Patrick Warner all received nomination along with books from America (43), Britain (22), Canada (12), and 42 novels translated into english from 19 other languages.

Here's the full list of Irish nominees and details of where their nominations came from:

On Canaan’s Side – Sebastian Barry. Nominated by San Diego Public Library and by Dublin City Public Libraries.

City of Bohane – Kevin Barry. Nominated by Cork City Libraries, Limerick City Library and Dublin City Public Libraries.

The Absolutist – John Boyne. Nominated by Liverpool City Library & Information Services, and Tampere City Library, Finland

The Dulang Washer – Paul Callan. Nominated by The National Library of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpar.

Long Time, No See – Dermot Healy. Nominated by Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek, Norway and The Library for Foreign Literature, Moscow.

The Cold Eye of Heaven – Christine Dwyer Hickey. Nominated by Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek, Norway.

Twice Born – Margaret Mazzantini (Irish/Italian). Nominated by Waterford County Library, and by Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma, Italy.

Double Talk – Patrick Warner. Nominated by The Provincial Resource Library, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.

All the novels nominated for the Impac Dublin Award are available for readers to borrow from Dublin’s public libraries.