The longlist for this year’s International Dylan Thomas Prize has been announced.

This Prize is run in partnership with Swansea University and is awarded to the best literary work in the English language written by an author aged 39 and under. The winning author will receive £30,000.

The 12 longlisted titles are…

• Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
• Hold by Michael Donkor
• How the Light Gets In by Clare Fisher
• Folk by Zoe Gilbert
• Peach by Emma Glass
• In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne
• Trinity by Louisa Hall
• Melmoth by Sarah Perry
• Normal People by Sally Rooney
• Soho by Richard Scott
• House of Stone by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
• Eye Level by Jenny Xie

The shortlist will be revealed at the start of April, with the winner to be announced at a ceremony on Thursday 16 May. Find out more about the International Dylan Thomas Prize here.