Tatty shortlisted for Book of the Decade

Christine Dwyer Hickey's Tatty, published by New Island in 2004, has been shortlisted recently for the Bord Gáis Energy / IBA's Book of the Decade. Members of the public are asked to vote for their favourite book from the shortlist of fifty, on the competition's website, http://www.irishbookawards.ie/PublicVote.aspx. Voting closes May 27th, and the winner will be announced on May 28th.

'A bare, lyrical story of a Dublin childhood that will rank among the very best of Irish books this year. It's not easy to make writing seem this simple. Like all good stories, it never judges itself, and so it remains open, charming, dignified, even when the subject matter drifts towards the harrowing. A really fine book, evocative of a not-so-distant past' Colum McCann