Fiction: DONAL RYAN in conversation with Jan Carson
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Donal Ryan is an award-winning author whose work has been published in over twenty languages to major critical acclaim. The Spinning Heart won the Guardian First Book Award, the EU Prize for Literature (Ireland), and Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards; it was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Desmond Elliott Prize, and was voted 'Irish Book of the Decade'.
His fourth novel, From a Low and Quiet Sea, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2018, and won the Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature.
His novel, Strange Flowers, was voted Novel of the Year at the 2020 Irish Book Awards, and was a number one bestseller. His most recent novel, Heart Be at Peace, was shortlisted for the 2024 Nero Book Awards (Fiction).
‘A force of nature ... a life-enhancing talent’ - Sebastian Barry
'The most consistently brilliant Irish writer of his generation’ - Joseph O’Connor
Jan Carson’s most recently published books are the best-selling novels, The Fire Starters and The Raptures, and her 2024 short story collection, While They Still Have Horses.
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His fourth novel, From a Low and Quiet Sea, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2018, and won the Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature.
His novel, Strange Flowers, was voted Novel of the Year at the 2020 Irish Book Awards, and was a number one bestseller. His most recent novel, Heart Be at Peace, was shortlisted for the 2024 Nero Book Awards (Fiction).
‘A force of nature ... a life-enhancing talent’ - Sebastian Barry
'The most consistently brilliant Irish writer of his generation’ - Joseph O’Connor
Jan Carson’s most recently published books are the best-selling novels, The Fire Starters and The Raptures, and her 2024 short story collection, While They Still Have Horses.
Get Tickets
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