Donal Ryan in Conversation

With Paula Shields

‘A life-enhancing talent’ – Sebastian Barry

Following his appearance in our online interview series ‘For Air and Friendly Talk’ during 2021, we are delighted to welcome Donal Ryan back to HomePlace in person!

Donal Ryan’s work has been published in over 20 languages to major critical acclaim. The Spinning Heart won the Guardian First Book Award, the EU Prize for Literature 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 most recent novel, Strange Flowers, was voted Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards, and was a number one bestseller.

He returns with a new novel The Queen of Dirt Island, an uplifting celebration of fierce, loyal family love and the powerful stories that last generations.