Dubray Presents...An Evening with Donal Ryan

Dubray is proud to present an evening with author Donal Ryan, to celebrate the launch of his breathtaking new novel 'Where are the Kings.'
About this Event

Dubray is proud to present an evening with author Donal Ryan, to celebrate the launch of his breathtaking new novel Where are the Kings.

Join us at The Pepper Canister Church Dublin, to hear Donal discuss the background, themes and inspiration of his long-awaited new book, with literary journalist Alex Clark. Followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.

Where are the Kings is the tender new novel from one of Ireland’s most highly lauded authors. ... Something terrible has happened to Jack but no one seems to want to talk about it. His uncles can tell him about everything from quantum physics to how to hunt, but they can't seem to tell him anything about their own sister or why Jack doesn't feel sad for her in the way he should. But with so many questions, in a family with so many secrets, it is difficult for Jack to understand the person he is becoming. How can a simple boy learn to become a king?

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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. His most recent novel, 'Heart Be at Peace', won the Orwell Prize for Fiction, and both Novel of the Year and Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards, and was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Award and the Nero Book Prize.

His work has been adapted for stage and screen and translated into over twenty languages. Donal has lectured in Creative Writing at the University of Limerick since 2014 and lives in Castletroy with his wife Anne Marie and their two children.

Alex Clark is a critic, journalist and broadcaster. A co-host of Graham Norton’s Book Club, she is also a regular on Radio 4 and writes on a wide range of subjects for the Guardian, the Observer, the Irish Times and the Times Literary Supplement. She is a patron of the Cambridge Literary Festival, and has judged many literary awards, including the Booker prize. She is an experienced chair of live events, and lives in Kilkenny.

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