About this Event
Dubray is proud to present an evening with award-winning author John Boyne, to celebrate the launch of his spectacular new novel The Weight of Angels.
Join us at 1 Windmill Lane to discuss Boyne’s most ambitious and emotionally powerful novel yet, in a live interview with Madeleine Keane. Followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.
The Weight of Angels
Can one rash decision prove the difference between a life well lived and a life destroyed? When the Marquis of Queensbury left his calling card at the Albemarle Club in February 1895, it bore: 'For Oscar Wilde, posing Somdomite'. The famous playwright sued for libel, leading to his arrest, criminal prosecution and imprisonment. From then on, his gilded existence spiraled into public disgrace and an early death. But what if he had simply ignored the insult? Rather than dying impoverished in Paris at forty-six, what if he had lived to bear witness to the momentous events and cataclysmic changes at the start of the twentieth century, and even influence some of them?
Like Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet and Percival Everett's James, John Boyne explores one of the great what-if stories of modern literature, giving the great Anglo-Irish playwright an opportunity to take an entirely different path.
John Boyne is the author of sixteen novels for adults, six for younger readers, a picture book and a collection of short stories. His 2006 novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and has been adapted for cinema, theatre, ballet and opera. His many international bestsellers include The Heart's Invisible Furies and A Ladder to the Sky. He has won four Irish Book Awards, including Author of the Year in 2022, along with a host of other international literary prizes, including most recently both the 2025 Prix Femina Étranger and the Prix du Roman FNAC in France for The Elements. His novels are published in sixty languages.
Madeleine Keane is Literary Editor of the Sunday Independent. She has written and broadcast on books, publishing and travel, regularly judges literary awards, and presents at arts festivals and events. She is Chair of Children's Books Ireland.
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Event venue & nearby stays
1 Windmill Ln, 1 Windmill Lane, Dublin, Ireland
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