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Rónán next novel is called Richard Heart Julianne and will be published by Bluemoose Books in summer 2027. Details here

Ghost Mountain will be published in French by Les Grands Verts in January 2026, translated by Charles Roux.

Leonard en Hungry Paul is coming out in Dutch in January 2026, translated by Eefje Bosch and Manik Sarkar. Published by Van Oorschot.

The six-part BBC adaptation of Leonard and Hungary Paul is currently available on BBC iPlayer. It will be on RTE in 2026.

Rónán’s final fiction in translation column for the Irish Times was published in January 2026. After five years of reviewing, Rónán is taking a break from reviewing to focus on his writing.

Julia Roberts has been announced as the narrator of the BBC TV adaptation of Leonard and Hungry Paul.

Leonard and Hungry Paul has been added to the Irish secondary School curriculum. It will be one of the novels studied for the Junior Certificate exams in 2028, 2029 and 2030.

Leonard and Hungry Paul has been included in the100 best Irish fiction books of the 21st century, at No. 38.

Leonard and Hungry Paul was published in Spanish translation in January 2025. The publisher is Alpha Decay and the book has been translated by Clara Ministral.

Ghost Mountain was selected as a Book of the Year by WJ Davies in Review 31.

Ghost Mountain was selected as a Book of the Year by Rick O’Shea in The Irish Independent.