The shortlist for the 2007 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award has now been released - seems a touch early but there we are.
There appear to be 11 Australian novels on the list (out of 138):
March by Geraldine Brooks
The Garden Book by Brian Castro
Slow Man by J.M. Coetzee
White Thorn by Bryce Courtenay
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
Surrender by Sonya Hartnett
The Ballad of Desmond Kale by Roger McDonald
The Butterfly Man by Heather Rose
The Marsh Birds by Eva Sallis
Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living by Carrie Tiffany
Affection by Ian Townsend
The short list will be announced on April 4th 2007 and the winner on June 14th 2007.
[Update: I've added Heather Rose's novel.]
