Irish author Sally Rooney has scored a hat-trick of literary prize nominations in less than a week for her debut novel Conversations with Friends, following her shortlisting for the Rathbones Folio prize on Tuesday. On Monday, she was nominated for the Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize prize is worth £30,000 (€34,356) and is open to authors aged 39 or under writing in English. Also nominated are Mohsin Hamid’s novel Exit West, a story of love and hope set against the refugee crisis. “We read a fantastic array of fiction and non-fiction, poetry and prose, and all 80 titles nominated by the academy were genuine contenders. Philip Howell, chief executive of Rathbones, said: “The 2018 shortlist for the Rathbones Folio Prize comprises a splendid array of fiction and non-fiction.

Source: The Irish Times March 27, 2018 21:33 UTC