Three books from Ikaros Publications are shortlisted for The Athens Prize for Literature.

The shortlists for The Athens Prize for Literature, organised by the magazine (de)kata – now in its tenth year – have been announced, and we were delighted to see our authors included among the nominees: Dimitris Nollas, Dimitris Oikonomou and Colm Tóibín. In the Greek Novel category, the shortlisted works are Dimitris Nollas’s *Marbles in the Middle* (the second part of the author’s trilogy entitled *Difficult Times*), and Dimitris Oikonomou’s The Trapped, a deeply human story set against the backdrop of a devastated Athens.In the Foreign Fiction category, we find the book *Nora Webster* by the Irish author Colm Tóibín, a unique story of awakening and transformation of the eponymous heroine. The translation is by Athina Dimitriadou.The announcement of the winners and the award ceremony will take place simultaneously on Thursday 24 November 2016, at 7.00 pm, in the Ceremonial Hall of the City Hall in Ethnikis Antistaseos Square (formerly Kotzia Square). The awards will be presented by the Mayor of Athens, Giorgos Kaminis. Brief presentations on the twenty books nominated for the awards will be given by the committee coordinators, authors Theodoros Grigoriadis and Chrysa Spyropoulou. The event will be presented by Dinos Siotis, with musical accompaniment provided by the String Quartet of the Athens Municipality Organisation for Culture, Sport and Youth.For the year 2015, the authors and judges for the foreign novels were Theodoros Grigoriadis, Nikos Davetas, Lily Exarchopoulou, Sofia Nikolaidou and Kosmas Harpantidis.In 2014, the Athens Prize for Literature was awarded to Anthony Marra’s debut novel *Constellation of Vital Phenomena*, translated by Achilleas Kyriakidis. Below are this year’s nominations by category:Foreign Novel 2015Laurent Binet, HhhH, trans. Giorgos Xenarios, KedrosJavier Therkas, The Laws of the Border, trans. Georgia Zakopoulou, PatakisKazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant, trans. Argyro Mantoglou, PsychogiosIan McEwan, The Children Act, trans. Katerina Schina, PatakisChigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, trans. Ioanna Iliadi, Metaixmio; Michel Houellebecq, Submission, trans. Lina Sipitanou, Estia; Garth Risk Hallberg, City on Fire, trans. Giorgos Kyriazis, KedrosSantiago Roncagliolo, The Ultimate Punishment, trans. Kostas Athanasiou, KastaniotisColm Toibin, Nora Webster, trans. Athina Dimitriadi, IkarosRichard Flanagan, The Path to the Depths of the North, trans. Giorgos Blanas, Psychogios  The Greek Novel 2015 Rea Galanaki, The Utmost Humiliation, KastaniotisTheodoros Grigoriadis, Life on the Edge, PatakisTakis Theodoropoulos, Veronal, MetaixmioIoanna Karistiani, The Gorge, KastaniotisIlias Maglinis, Morning Tranquillity, MetaixmioAndreas Mitsou, Alexandra, KastaniotisDimitris Nollas, Marbles in the Middle, IkarosDimitris Oikonomou, The Trapped, IkarosKonstantia Sotiriou, Aise Goes on Holiday, PatakisErsi Sotiropoulou, What Remains of the Night, Patakis