Earlier this week, the International DUBLIN Literary Award announced its 2017 longlist with a total of 147 titles. The longlist for the €100,000 ($143,300 CAN) prize is curated by librarians from 40 countries around the world.
17 Canadian
titles appear on that list, of which I have read 4:
Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2015/11/review-of-fifteen-dogs-by-andre-alexis.html)
The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2015/10/review-of-heart-goes-last-by-margaret.html)
Inside the Black Horse by Ray Berard
If I Fall, If I Die by Michael Christie
The Birthday Lunch by Joan Clark
The Devil You Know by Elisabeth de Mariaffi
Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWitt
The Illegal by Lawrence Hill (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2015/09/review-of-illegal-by-lawrence-hill.html)
The Evening Chorus by Helen Humphreys
Avenue of Mysteries by John Irving
(http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2015/11/review-of-avenue-of-mysteries-by-john.html)
Birdie by Tracey Lindberg
A Measure of Light by Beth Powning
The Mystics of Mile End by Sigal Samuel
Duke by Sara Tilley
The Orange Grove by Larry Tremblay
The Jaguar's Children by John Vaillant
Ledger of the Open Hand by Leslie Vryenhoek
Two
Canadians have won the prize in the past. Alistair MacLeod won in 2001 for No
Great Mischief and Rawi Hage won in 2008 for De Niro's Game.
Of the
non-Canadian nominees, I have read 10:
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/01/review-of-god-in-ruins-by-kate-atkinson.html)
Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/07/review-of-did-you-ever-have-family-by.html)
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2015/07/review-of-little-paris-bookshop-by-nina.html)
Delicious Foods by James Hannaham (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/07/review-of-delicious-foods-by-james.html)
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2015/07/3-more-gone-girl-read-likes-reviews-of.html)
Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2015/07/3-more-gone-girl-read-likes-reviews-of.html)
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/05/review-of-sympathizer-by-viet-thanh.html)
Orhan’s Inheritance by Aline Ohanesian (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2015/08/reviews-archive-orhans-inheritance-by.html)
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2015/08/review-of-spool-of-blue-thread-by-anne.html)
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2015/10/2015-kirkus-prize-for-fiction-winner.html)
For the
complete list, go to http://www.dublinliteraryaward.ie/.
The shortlist will be released on April 11, 2017, and the winner will be announced on June 21, 2017.
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