The shortlist for the 2005 International Impac Dublin Literary Award has been announced with 10 books nominated. It looks like a pretty well spread list, geographically-speaking, with books from the US, Canada, South Africa, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Australia being represented.
The Australian novel is The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard. This novel previously won the 2004 Miles Franklin Award and the 2003 US National Book Award.
The winner will be announced in Dublin on June 16th.
