African authors among this year's nominated titles: ✨ The Creation of Half-Broken People by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu A century of colonial rule refracted through race, mental illness and love. A haunting novel about lives warped by empire and the true cost of conquest. 🧵 1/3

2026 nominated novels, translated from Norwegian, Finnish and Icelandic: ✨ Brightly Shining by Ingvild Rishøi Translated from Norwegian by Caroline Waight Told with humour and tenderness, this is a Christmas tale of sisterhood, hardship and the power of dreams. 🧵 1/4

Spotlight on this year's nominated novels in translation from French: ✨ What I Know About You by Éric Chacour (translated by Pablo Strauss) A heartbreaking tale of a family and an impossible love, torn apart by secrets and traditions in late-twentieth-century Cairo. 🧵 1/4

🎥Episode Five of Dublin, One City, Many Stories is out now! 🎥 One Dublin One Book, this next episode in Dublin, One City, Many Stories features writers whose work has been apart of the One Dublin One Book campaign.

Spotlight on the five Irish authors nominated for the 2026 Dublin Literary Award: ✨ Intermezzo by Sally Rooney Two brothers in Dublin grieve in opposite ways: Peter, medicated and unravelling beneath composure, and Ivan, withdrawn and drawn into an intense new relationship. 🧵 1/5

Looking for your next great read? The 2026 Dublin Literary Award nominations offer plenty to choose from! 📖✨ With 69 novels selected by libraries in 36 countries, this year’s list spans continents, languages and genres. Browse the list here: dublinliteraryaward.ie/the-library/...

Introducing our non-voting chair, Chris Morash. ✨ Chris Morash is the Seamus Heaney Professor of Irish Writing at Trinity College Dublin, is the author of Dublin: A Writer’s City (2023), and was the 2022 Macgeorge Fellow and curator of the Abbey Theatre’s Unseen Plays series.

@dublinlitaward.bsky.social on Spanish TV last night!

Introducing our next judge, Clara Ministral ✨ A translator with over 15 years’ experience, she has brought authors such as Jan Carson, Rebecca Solnit and Louise Kennedy to Spanish readers. She now runs Wheeker Books and divides her time between Madrid and Belfast. #DLA26

69 nominated novels for the Dublin Literary Award from 36 countries, 20 debut authors, 30 translated titles in 17 languages I created a list by country with the nominating library A longlist up to 20 titles, to be announced on 17 Feb @dublinlitaward.bsky.social clairemcalpine.com/2025/11/24/d...

We continue our introduction of the 2026 judging panel with Dan Mulhall, former Irish Ambassador and author of Ulysses: A Reader’s Odyssey and Pilgrim Soul. He has held roles at NYU, Cambridge and Harvard, and is Honorary President of the Yeats Society.

Introducing 2026 Dublin Literary Award judge Dike Chukwumerije. ✨ A performance poet, theatre creator, author and cultural leader, he’s known for Urichindere, his long-running Abuja poetry shows, major spoken word productions and his work with the Simply Poetry Foundation.

Introducing Dublin Literary Award 2026 judge Xiaolu Guo: award winning novelist, filmmaker, author of A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, I Am China and the forthcoming Call Me Ishmaelle. Her films include the Golden Leopard winner She, a Chinese. #DLA26

Introducing Dublin Literary Award 2026 judge Xiaolu Guo: award winning novelist, filmmaker, author of A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, I Am China and the forthcoming Call Me Ishmaelle. Her films include the Golden Leopard winner She, a Chinese. #DLA26

We're so excited to share that two of our books have been nominated for the 2026 Dublin Literary Award! @dublinlitaward.bsky.social

Proud to see TIME OF THE FLIES nominated here!

Another fabulous list of nominees for the @dublinlitaward.bsky.social. Delighted to see Irish literature well represented by Garrett Carr @garrettcarr.bsky.social, Theo Dorgan, Christine Dwyer Hickey, Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin @niamhsquared.bsky.social and Sally Rooney

Five Irish authors among nominees for 2026 Dublin Literary Award www.rte.ie/culture/2025... via @rte

Following yesterday’s 2026 Nominations reveal, it’s time to meet our judges! 📚✨ Disha Bose is the author of two novels: Dirty Laundry and I Will Blossom Anyway. Her debut, Dirty Laundry, became an Irish Times bestseller, was chosen for the Good Morning America Book Club.

And on the same day that @minon.bsky.social begins his quest for world literary domination with his @dublinlitaward.bsky.social nomination, his little *sideline* appears online, out in 2026! #MakeThemSayPoo www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Make-T...

So heartily deserved: @minon.bsky.social one of the OZ nominees for the @dublinlitaward.bsky.social with his debut novel, First Name Second Name! dublinliteraryaward.ie/features/new...

The nominations for the 2026 Dublin Literary Award have been revealed! 📚🎉 The 69 nominated novels were selected by 80 libraries across 36 countries, showcasing an exceptional range of contemporary fiction. Explore the full list of nominations here: dublinliteraryaward.ie/the-library/...

I haven't read enough of these books to say anything worthwhile, but I thought 'Napalm in the Heart' by Pol Guasch, translated by Mara Faye Lethem was very impressive.

17 languages - love the breadth of this prize and the spotlight it shines on the incredibly enriching work of translators

30 translated works in 17 languages ✨ Fantastic to see so many translated voices included in this year's line up! #DublinLitAward #DLA2026 #xl8 #LiteratureInTranslation

Sooty is now helping me to pick which of the other @dublinlitaward.bsky.social nominees I should try… I love that he’s become a literary cat! 🐈‍⬛ 📚💙 #BookSky

This has been the one award in my publishing career that's recognised more of the authors I've worked with than any other, and it's wonderful to see Damien Wilkins and Tina Makereti on the list this year. I had nothing to do with their current books, but proud to have published them in the past.

The nominations for the 2026 Dublin Literary Award have been revealed! 📚🎉 The 69 nominated novels were selected by 80 libraries across 36 countries, showcasing an exceptional range of contemporary fiction. Explore the full list of nominations here: dublinliteraryaward.ie/the-library/...

It’s here! The 2026 Dublin Literary Award Nominated Titles are out! ✨📚 69 novels nominated by 80 libraries from 36 countries, including 5 Irish authors & 30 translated works in 17 languages. Explore the full list here: dublinliteraryaward.ie/features/new... #DublinLitAward #DLA2026

Thrilled to be on this list for The Weather Diviner.

Old Street Publishing is delighted that David Safier's MURDER AT THE CASTLE: A MISS MERKEL MYSTERY has been nominated for the Dublin Literary Award. What does Angela Merkel do to occupy herself in retirement? She becomes a brilliant super sleuth, of course. Out now in paperback.

Thrilled to be on this list for my novel The Weather Diviner!

It’s here! The 2026 Dublin Literary Award Nominated Titles are out! ✨📚 69 novels nominated by 80 libraries from 36 countries, including 5 Irish authors & 30 translated works in 17 languages. Explore the full list here: dublinliteraryaward.ie/features/new... #DublinLitAward #DLA2026

🎥 Join Eric Karl Anderson (The Lonesome Reader) on his video blog as he travelled to Ireland for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award, capturing the events, authors, and atmosphere along the way. 📚✨ youtu.be/PqAIxdtICTQ

The Adversary was so good! Happy to see it as the winner

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A look back at the remarkable 2025 Dublin Literary Award, where Michael Crummey claimed the top honour on the award’s 20th anniversary. 🏆✨

🎉 Fantastic news for #CanLit! I have read Michael Crummey's brilliant novels and am very excited to start The Adversary. 👏🏼📚❤️ #BookSky

Thrilling news. "The Adversary" is astonishing! 100,000 pound award. Michael Crummey so deserves it! #books #literature #Crummey Go, Newfoundland!!!!!

Congratulations! Wonderful news.

It was exciting to be in Merrion Square today when The Adversary by Michael Crummey was announced as the @dublinlitaward.bsky.social winner. More exciting still the @dublincityuni.bsky.social team met the author - such a great initiative by @dublincitycouncil.bsky.social #DublinLitAward

Hurrah for this masterpiece of a novel! Congratulations #MichaelCrummey!

Fantastic news!

Congratulations to #MichaelCrummey on receiving the 2025 @dublinlitaward.bsky.social! Crummey received the RBC #BronwenWallace Award for Emerging Writers in 1994, and the #WritersTrust Engel Findley Award in 2007. 👏🏆

Finally! 6 novels, countless anthologies, poetry collections, non-fiction works, & finally Michael Crummey receives the recognition he has so rightfully earned. Shortlisted so many times, this is his first big award. Thrilled! A Newfoundland boy who's writing goes right to your heart.

Read the adversary and his other books (e.g., the Innocents). He is a genius!

The best writer, the best human being. Love and congrats Michael Crummey!!

The Adversary wins!!! 🤩 Terrific book… woohoo! #MichaelCrummey #CanLit #DublinLitAward #Booksky 📚💙