# Event Details - **Event Name**: Donal Ryan in Conversation with Sarah Winman - Trafalgar Sq - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 01 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Tue, 01 Sep, 2026 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: Join us for an evening, of beauty, grief, and deep family connections as we welcome, in conversation Donal Ryan and Sarah Winman.About this EventJoin us for an evening, of beauty, grief, and deep family connections as we welcome, in conversation Donal Ryan and Sarah Winman to celebrate the release of Donal's latest novel Where are the Kings. In Where are the Kings, the highly acclaimed author of The Spinning Heart and The Queen of Dirt Island returns with another psychologically acute and affecting novel of family and secrets, as twelve-year-old Jack learns to grow up without the presence of his mother. Come along as these authors explore this stunning coming of age novel in what's sure to be a gorgeous event!Where Are the KingsJack is just twelve years old when he rushes down the hill after his mother's car on his bike, desperate to reach her before she reaches the lake.What happens next cannot be undone. Jack's life changes just at the moment he is entering those dizzying years when he will transition from boy to man; when nothing makes sense at the best of times.Yet Jack is not alone. Enveloped as he is by his extended family - his ferociously loving Nana; Grandad, given to sudden bursts of rage; his earthy uncles Haulie and Theo who want to show him what it means to be a man, and the irascible JJ who resents him deeply. Then there is beautiful aunt Rose, whose mere presence ignites every atom in his changing body.But how can a boy with so many questions, in a family with so many secrets, understand the person he is becoming? Without his mother to ground him on the earth, will he spin off into the stars?Donal Ryan, from Nenagh, County Tipperary, has published seven number one bestselling novels and a short story collection. He has won several awards for his fiction, including the European Union Prize for Literature, the Guardian First Book Award and six Irish Book Awards, and has been shortlisted for several more, including the Costa Book Award and the Dublin International Literary Award. He was nominated for the Booker Prize in 2013 for his debut novel, The Spinning Heart, and again in 2018, for his fourth novel, From A Low and Quiet Sea. The Spinning Heart was voted Irish Book of the Decade in 2016. In 2021 Donal became the first Irish writer to be awarded the Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature. His most recent novel, Heart Be at Peace, won both Novel of the Year and Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards, and was shortlisted for Novel of the Year at the Nero Book Awards. His work has been adapted for stage and screen and translated into over twenty languages.Sarah Winman is author of When God Was a Rabbit, A Year of Marvellous Ways and Tin Man. She lives in London. Her most recent novel, Still Life, was published by 4th Estate to great critical acclaim. Amongst other notable awards, it was selected as the Dymocks Book of the Year 2021, the winner of the 2021 Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Fiction, Good Morning America’s November 2021 Book Club choice, the inaugural Inwords Literary Award, and for the Autumn 2021 series of BBC Book Club with Sara Cox. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/donal-ryan-in-conversation-with-sarah-winman-trafalgar-sq/100001993828303127 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour - Location: Waterstones - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 6, max: 20, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: London - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Waterstones - **lat**: 51.50758500000001 - **long**: -0.126895 - **full address**: Waterstones, Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Donal Ryan in Conversation with Sarah Winman - Trafalgar Sq - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/a2bf8031348ee08a2e1f657c44ba256ec5cf4d8f3a75d32abf0ef5d9fa918981-rimg-w1200-h600-dcf3f3f3-gmir.jpg?v=1784929967 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Donal Ryan in Conversation with Sarah Winman - Trafalgar Sq being held? - **A:** Donal Ryan in Conversation with Sarah Winman - Trafalgar Sq takes place on Tue, 01 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Tue, 01 Sep, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Waterstones, Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Donal Ryan in Conversation with Sarah Winman - Trafalgar Sq? - **A:** Donal Ryan in Conversation with Sarah Winman - Trafalgar Sq is organized by Waterstones. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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