We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Encore Award 2020, in its 30th year, for best second novel:
- David Keenan – For the Good Times (Faber & Faber)
- Patrick McGuinness – Throw Me to the Wolves (Jonathan Cape)
- Billy O’Callaghan – My Coney Island Baby (Jonathan Cape)
- Shiromi Pinto – Plastic Emotions (Influx Press)
- Luiza Sauma – Everything You Ever Wanted (Viking)
The 2020 judges are RSL Fellows Edmund Gordon, Nikita Lalwani and Eley Williams.
The winner will be announced on Thursday 25 June 2020.