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1 month ago | 
audible.com | Sally Rooney |Tana French |Donal Ryan |Dónal Ryan |Emma Donoghue
Ireland, despite its modest geographical size and population, is an unmatched literary engine of the world. Yes, storytelling may be a common trait among Irish people, but that is not the only factor contributing to the wealth of Irish literature. A landscape rich with libraries, literary magazines, bookshops, and festivals ensures reading and writing are parts of everyday life in Ireland.
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Dec 21, 2024 | 
irishtimes.com | Donal Ryan |Dónal Ryan
My mother swore my father was the ghost of a man from the 19th century. He haunted the building she used to live in before I was born and they struck up a closeness. One night he took corporeal form and put the seed of me into her. A man who couldn’t live nor couldn’t die: what more could a boy want from a father? My mother smoked a lot of cigarettes and one day she coughed so much she bloodied the tissue she’d been holding to her mouth.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
rte.ie | Sally Rooney |Donal Ryan |Dónal Ryan |Graham Norton win
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
rte.ie | Sally Rooney |Donal Ryan |Dónal Ryan |Graham Norton win
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
rte.ie | Sally Rooney |Donal Ryan |Dónal Ryan |Graham Norton win
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
rte.ie | Sally Rooney |Donal Ryan |Dónal Ryan |Graham Norton win
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
rte.ie | Tara Povey |Sally Rooney |Donal Ryan |Dónal Ryan |Graham Norton win
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
bookbrowse.com | Donal Ryan |Dónal Ryan
This is a short but powerful novel—so powerful that I had to occasionally stop reading and just breathe. It's a story about real life in rural Ireland around 2010 when the economy collapsed in a severe recession. Jobs were hard to come by, making money tight and lives compromised. As the novel progresses, it gets darker and more disturbing, reflecting the way people feel when they lose control of their lives.
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Aug 11, 2024 | 
irishtimes.com | Donal Ryan |Dónal Ryan
I sat down at my desk in May of 2023 to write a novel. I like to write first drafts quickly. I have, in the past, made way too much of a dragged-out tortuous drama of writing a draft of a novel. Three to four months seems like a load of time, if you can work at it for a good part of every day, and don’t spend too much time changing your mind about things and second-guessing yourself.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
theadvertiser.ie | Donal Ryan |Dónal Ryan
By Donal RyanThe brand new book from the multi-award-winning, bestselling author of The Queen of Dirt IslandLate one summer, the town of Monta Clare is shattered by the abduction of teenager Joseph ‘Patch’ Macauley. Some things can send a heart spinning; others will crack it in two…In a small town in rural Ireland, the local people have weathered the storms of economic collapse and are looking towards the future.
