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Booker Prize opened up to Irish publishers

Lisa Coen and Sarah Davis-Goff’s Tramp Press could benefit from the change
Lisa Coen and Sarah Davis-Goff’s Tramp Press could benefit from the change

Books from Irish publishers will be accepted by one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards for the first time.

The Man Booker Prize for Fiction has announced that Irish authors will no longer have to have their work published in the UK to be considered for the prize. The award’s organiser said the rules were changed to recognise the “special relationship” between the British and Irish markets, where most Irish publishers release books simultaneously in both jurisdictions.

Last year there was controversy when Solar Bones by Mike McCormack was initially ineligible because it had been published by Tramp Press, an independent Dublin publisher. The novel was longlisted after it was picked up by Canongate, which is based in Edinburgh.

Sarah Davis-Goff and Lisa Coen,…

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