Seven Irish authors on longlist for Dublin Literary Award 2025

Seven Irish authors have made the longlist of 71 books nominated for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award, the world's most valuable annual prize for a single work of fiction published in English.

Now in its 30th year, the prize is worth €100,000 to the winner. It is sponsored by Dublin City Council.

Nominated by libraries in 34 countries, the Dublin Literary Award longlist includes fiction choices from Africa, Europe, Asia, the US, Canada, South America, Australia, and New Zealand, and includes 16 debut novels.

26 books on the longlist are translated into English and include translations from Korean, Farsi, Icelandic and Slovenian. If the winning book has been translated, the author receives €75,000 and the translator receives €25,000.

Last year's winner of the prize was Romanian novelist Mircea Cărtărescu for Solenoid.

Previous Irish winners include Anna Burns for Milkman, Mike McCormack for Solar Bones and Kevin Barry for City Of Bohane.

Titles by Irish authors longlisted for the 2025 Award are:

Wild Houses by Colin Barrett, published by Jonathan Cape, and nominated by Limerick City and County Libraries

Water by John Boyne, published by Doubleday, and nominated by Waterford City and Council Libraries

Hagstone by Sinéad Gleeson, published by 4th Estate, and nominated by Galway Public Libraries

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch, published by Oneworld Publications, and nominated by Jamaica Library Service

Seaborne by Nuala O'Connor, published by New Island Books, and nominated by Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge (Bruges Public Library)

Christ on a Bike by Orla Owen, published by Bluemoose Books, and nominated by Norfolk Library and Information Service

Long Island by Colm Tóibín, published by Scribner, and nominated by Bibliotheca Alexandrina and Libraries NI (Northern Ireland)

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The Dublin Literary Award shortlist will be announced on 25th March 2025 and the winner will be announced by the Lord Mayor of Dublin Emma Blain on 22nd May 2025, as part of the International Literature Festival Dublin - find out more about the longlist here.