Eight Days a Week: Developing as a Writer with Donal Ryan & Rónán Hession

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Donal Ryan and Rónán Hession in conversation about writing.

RDS Library and One Dublin One Book present an interview by award-winning writer Donal Ryan with Rónán Hession, about becoming a writer, allowing time for creativity in a busy life and the inspiration behind Leonard and Hungry Paul, this year's One Dublin One Book choice.This event is part of the RDS Library Speakers Series in association with One Dublin One Book.Rónán Hession is an Irish writer based in Dublin. His debut novel Leonard and Hungry Paul has been nominated for a number of prizes, including the Irish Novel of the Year and the British Book Award for Best Debut. Rónán has also been longlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards for Short Story of the Year. Rónán’s second novel, Panenka, will be published in May 2021. As Mumblin’ Deaf Ro, he has released three albums of storytelling songs. His third album Dictionary Crimes was nominated for the Choice Music Prize for Irish album of the year. Donal Ryan, from Nenagh, Co Tipperary, is the author of five number one-bestselling novels and a short story collection. He has won several awards for his fiction, including four Irish Book Awards, the Guardian First Book Award, and the European Union Prize for Literature, and he has twice been nominated for the Booker Prize. His work has been adapted for stage and screen and is published in over twenty languages. He teaches Creative Writing at the University of Limerick.

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