Donal Ryan had just been longlisted for the Booker Prize for his debut novel The Spinning Heart. So: he couldn’t help himself ...

Tipperary writer says win ‘very unexpected’ for novel that explores the 21st century problems of a small, tight-knit ...

Donal Ryan has said he is “overjoyed” to have won the prestigious Orwell Prize for political fiction.The Tipperary native was ...

Donal Ryan’s new novel tells the story of a small town where contemporary problems threaten, but don’t break, everyone’s spirit. Donal Ryan has set his novels chiefly in and around his ...

Donal Ryan took home the Orwell Prize for Fiction for Heart, Be at Peace, his depiction of an Irish community in twenty-one ...

Ukrainian novelist and war crimes investigator Victoria Amelina has posthumously won the Orwell Prize for Political Writing ...

In 2014 Donal Ryan published a novel in the U.S. called “The Spinning Heart” about a rural Irish town after the 2008 financial collapse. It was narrated by a chorus of voices, one per chapter ...

IRISH AUTHOR DONAL Ryan has been awarded the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction for his novel Heart, Be at Peace. Ryan’s ...

Irish writer Donal Ryan has been announced in London as the winner of the prestigious Orwell Prize for Political Fiction for ...

In 2014 Donal Ryan published a novel in the U.S. called “The Spinning Heart” about a rural Irish town after the 2008 financial collapse. It was narrated by a chorus of voices, one per chapter ...