Irish author Djamel White has been longlisted for the 2026 Booker Prize for his novel All Them Dogs. The idea emerged from a short story, Blue Opel, which White wrote during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. All Them Dogs is the debut novel from Djamel White. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Djamel (@djamelwhitewriter)The Booker Prize 2026 judges described White’s novel as “a ballsy, unsentimental portrait of West Dublin gangland, set well off the beaten track of the city’s usual literary landmarks”. The Booker Prize is the literary world’s most prestigious award, recognising long-form fiction written in English by authors of any nationality, published in the UK or Ireland.