The shortlist for the Rathbones Folio Prize has been announced. It includes three Irish titles: As You Were, by Elaine Feeney (Harvill Secker); A Ghost In the Throat, by Doireann Ní Ghríofa (Tramp); and handiwork by Sara Baume (Tramp). Judged by editor, broadcaster and writer Sinéad Gleeson, novelist and short-story writer Jon McGregor, and poet Roger Robinson, the £30,000 prize will be announced on Wednesday 24 March.

The 2021 Rathbones Folio Prize shortlist

handiwork – Sara Baume (Tramp Press) 

Indelicacy – Amina Cain (Daunt Books) 

As You Were – Elaine Feeney (Harvill Secker) 

Poor – Caleb Femi (Penguin) 

My Darling from the Lions – Rachel Long (Picador) 

In the Dream House: A Memoir – Carmen Maria Machado (Serpent’s Tail) 

A Ghost in the Throat – Doireann Ní Ghríofa (Tramp Press)

The Mermaid of Black Conch – Monique Roffey (Peepal Tree Press)