Dublin author Arnold Thomas Fanning has been longlisted for this year’s Wellcome Book Prize, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the prestigious award. The £30,000 Wellcome Book Prize celebrates exceptional works of literature that illuminate the many ways that health, medicine and illness touch our lives. This year’s longlist, selected by a judging panel chaired by award-winning author Elif Shafak, features six debut voices including Tara Westover, author of the bestselling memoir Educated. The Irish Times review called it a “painfully intense, courageous and gripping account of [Fanning’s] journey to the underworld of madness and back. Elif Shafak commented on behalf of the judging panel: “Chairing the 2019 Wellcome Book Prize alongside my esteemed fellow judges is a true honour and privilege.

Source: The Irish Times February 05, 2019 12:00 UTC