Bestselling Irish author Donal Ryan will be at Kennys Bookshop on August 6th, joining Tomás Kenny in conversation about his new book, Where are the Kings.

Tickets for this event are free but are limited, and you can book now.

Donal Ryan is the author of The Spinning Heart, From a Low and Quiet Sea and Heart, be at Peace among others. His 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), Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards, and was voted ‘The Irish Book of the Decade’.

About Where are the Kings:
Jack 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?

The Kennys Exclusive Signed Limited Edition of The Newer World is available for pre-order here. Copies will be available to buy at the event. This hardback edition, with design exclusive to Kennys, is limited to 1,000 copies. It features a short story entitled Sweet Love exclusive to this edition and is signed and numbered by the author.

If you have any questions on this event or would like to be notified of other events at Kennys Bookshop, please email martha@kennys.ie.