Sally Rooney Longlisted for Dublin Award
Sally Rooney is among authors longlisted for the €100,000 Dublin Literary Award for her novel *Intermezzo*. Fellow Irish writer Niamh Ní Mhaoleoin's debut *Ordinary Saints* is also in contention, highlighting the continuing strength of contemporary Irish literary writing.
- The Dublin Literary Award is one of the world's richest literary prizes for a single novel, with the winner receiving €100,000. Uniquely, the longlist is compiled from nominations submitted by public libraries in 36 countries. - The 69 nominated titles will be narrowed down to a shortlist of six on April 7, 2026, with the winner being announced on May 21, 2026, as part of the International Literature Festival Dublin. - Rooney's nominated novel, *Intermezzo*, marks a shift from her previous female-led stories, focusing instead on two brothers, a lawyer and a chess player, navigating love and family in the wake of their father's death. - Rooney has previously won numerous accolades, including the Costa Novel of the Year for *Normal People* in 2018 and the Dalkey Literary Award in 2022 for *Beautiful World, Where Are You*. - Niamh Ní Mhaoleoin's nominated debut, *Ordinary Saints*, follows a queer Irish woman who returns home to London to find her devout family attempting to have her late brother canonized as a saint. - *Ordinary Saints* has already received critical acclaim, winning the inaugural PFD Queer Fiction Prize and being shortlisted for the Women's Prize Trust Discoveries Prize in 2022.
