Michael Crummey nominated for IMPAC Dublin award

Galore, by Canadian writer Michael Crummey is a finalist for the IMPAC Dublin Literary award. According to the author himself it is a "multi-generational family epic that incorporates elements of magic-realism, mythology and folklore, historical fiction, social commentary, bawdy humour". The much praised novel won'the Canadian Author's Association Literary Award and the Commonwealth Writers Regional Prize for the Caribbean and Canada. It was also nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award.

The IMPAC Dublin Award is one of the world's most lucrative literary prizes. Administered by Dublin City Public Libraries, titles are nominated by public libraries around the world.

2011 IMPAC Dublin Shortlist

After the Fire, a Still, Small Voice by Evie Wyld

Brooklyn by Colm Toíbín

Galore by Michael Crummey

Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey

The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates

Love and Summer by William Trevor

Ransom by David Malouf

The Vagrants by Yiyun Li

The winner will be announced on June 15.