The longlist for the 2009 International Impac Dublin Literary Award has been released. This is the largest and most international prize of its kind. Libraries from all over the world can nominate books written in any language. A longlist is then put together by various committees. The winner will be announced in March/April next year.

We’re very excited to see the following Text and Canongate books on the list:

JM Coetzee / Diary of a Bad Year

Saskia Noort / The Dinner Club

Dan Rhodes / Gold

Ali Smith / Girl Meets Boy

Sally Vickers / Where Three Roads Meet

More details here