The 2008 IMAC Dublin Literary Award shortlisted works have been announced as follows:
The Speed of Light by Javier Cercas
The Sweet & Simple Kind by Yasmine Gooneratne
De Niro's Game by Rawi Hage
Dreams of Speaking by Gail Jones
Let it be Morning by Sayed Kashua
The Attack by Yasmina Khadra Winterwood by Patrick McCabe
The Woman Who Waited by Andrei Makine
The eight novels listed here were whittled down from the original list of 137. The winner will be announced in Dublin on 12th June 2008.