The
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
is the largest and most international prize of its kind.
It involves
libraries from all corners of the globe, and is open to books written in any language.
The
Award, an initiative of Dublin
City Council, is a partnership between Dublin City Council, the Municipal
Government of Dublin City, and
IMPAC,
a productivity improvement company which operates in over 50 countries. .
Cllr. Emer Costello, Lord Mayor of Dublin and Patron of the Award, and Deirdre Ellis-King, Dublin City Librarian, get to grips with the longlist Photograph by Jason Clarke Photography
Judges of the 2010 award (L-R) Anne Fine, Anatoly Kudryavitsky, Abdourahman Waberi, Zoë Wicomb and Eve Patten outside the Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse Street, Dublin