Monday 2 November 2009

IMPAC

I've just discovered that Little Monsters (still available from all good booksellers) has found its way onto the long list of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. It's a very long list indeed, but it's still a pleasure to have been nominated (by Stockholm Public Library, no less) and my fingers are crossed for the next stage: the short list, announced on 14 April 2010.

3 comments:

Anne said...

Good luck, Charles. What a long time to wait! At least there's a chance the judges might have time to read the entries, which must improve the odds.

Chancelucky said...

Congratulations, Charles!

Charles Lambert said...

Thank you both. Yes, Anne, I often wonder how much time judges actually spend with the raw material. I know that, with the Lichfield Prize years ago, when a novel of mine was among the final five, they read the shortlist and chose from that...