Irish writer Anne Enright on Booker list

Irish writer Anne Enright is on the longlist for this year's prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction.

The Dublin-born author was longlisted for her fourth novel, 'The Gathering'.

She is in competition with 12 other authors, including well-known writers Ian McEwan and AN Wilson.

The list is dominated by newcomers, with Booker winner McEwan the only author who has been previously shortlisted, and four first time novelists - Tan Twan Eng, Peter Ho Davies, Catherine O'Flynn and Nikita Lalwani.

McEwan is nominated for 'On Chesil Beach' and Wilson for 'Winnie and Wolf', a fictional depiction of Hitler.

The other nominated authors are Nicola Barker, Lloyd Jones, Edward Docx, Michael Redhill, Indra Sinha and Mohsin Hamid.

The longlist - called the Man Booker Dozen - was chosen from 110 entries from across the UK, Ireland and the Commonwealth.

Chair of judges, Howard Davies, said: "This year's longlist is very diverse, with four first-time novelists as well as some more familiar names. All the books chosen are well-crafted and will appeal to a wide readership."

Also on the judging panel for the 2007 prize are: poet Wendy Cope; journalist and author Giles Foden; biographer and critic Ruth Scurr; and the actor and writer Imogen Stubbs.

A shortlist of six will be unveiled on 6 September, and the winner will be announced at the Guildhall in London on 16 October.

Kiran Desai won last year with 'The Inheritance of Loss'.

Man Booker Prize for Fiction Longlist 2007 
'Darkmans' by Nicola Barker (4th Estate)
'Self Help' by Edward Docx (Picador)
'The Gift Of Rain' by Tan Twan Eng (Myrmidon)
'The Gathering' by Anne Enright (Jonathan Cape)
'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' by Mohsin Hamid (Hamish Hamilton)
'The Welsh Girl' by Peter Ho Davies (Sceptre)
'Mister Pip' by Lloyd Jones (John Murray)
'Gifted' by Nikita Lalwani (Viking)
'On Chesil Beach' by Ian McEwan (Jonathan Cape)
'What Was Lost' by Catherine O'Flynn (Tindal Street)
'Consolation' by Michael Redhill (William Heinemann)
'Animal's People' by Indra Sinha (Simon & Schuster)
'Winnie & Wolf' by AN Wilson (Hutchinson)