Rónán Hession – 31 May

The Society welcomes back Rónán Hession for the London launch of his latest novel. The author will be discussing Ghost Mountain with the author and TLS critic David Collard. There will be an audience Q&A followed by a book signing, a glass of wine is included in the ticket price.

Ghost Mountain is a mountain that appears suddenly, changing the lives of the characters in the surrounding community: the town drunk, the Clerk of Maps (Acting), a retired art teacher and her dog, a young soul and his wife who is an old soul. To them, Ghost Mountain is unmistakably present but never truly fathomable – it is timeless, profound, spiritual even, and yet resists everything projected onto it. Ghost Mountain is a novel that looks at the uncertain sense of self that we project onto the world and the absences that shadow and shape our lives.

God, what a voice Ronan has. It is spectacular and already feels like a cult classic. I was absolutely hookedDonal Ryan on Leonard and Hungry Paul

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David Collard

David Collard

David Collard is a London-based writer, reviewer, researcher, editor and occasional broadcaster, appearing regularly in the Times Literary Supplement, Literary Review and elsewhere, in print and online. Previous titles include About a Girl, a reader’s guide to Eimear McBride’s A Girl is a Half-formed Thing (C B Editions, 2016).Find out more on David’s website.

Rónán Hession

Rónán Hession

Rónán Hession is a writer and musician based in Dublin. His debut novel, Leonard and Hungry Paul, was published by Bluemoose Books in 2019. The book was shortlisted for numerous awards and chosen by the Sunday Times as one of the 50 great Irish novels of the 21st century. Ronán’s second novel Panenka was widely acclaimed.