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Anne-Marie Duff and Louise O'Neill

Harriett Gilbert is joined by actor Anne-Marie Duff and author Louise O'Neill to discuss favourite books.

Actor Anne-Marie Duff and author Louise O'Neill join Harriett Gilbert for a discussion about favourite books. Anne-Marie Duff has starred in films including On Chesil Beach, Suffragette and Elizabeth I, and on TV in Shameless and From Darkness. Louise O'Neill's prize-winning novels include Only Ever Yours and Asking for It, and her latest book is a feminist take on The Little Mermaid and The Surface Breaks.

Anne-Marie chooses Nights At The Circus, the classic feminist novel by Angela Carter (Vintage), Louise puts forward a memoir about seventeen brushes with death by Irish author Maggie O'Farrell; I Am I Am I Am (Tinder Press), and Harriett recommends Conversations With Friends (Faber), a critically acclaimed debut novel by another Irish author, Sally Rooney.

Producer: Eliza Lomas.

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30 minutes

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Tue 24 Jul 2018 16:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Harriett Gilbert
Interviewed Guest Anne-Marie Duff
Interviewed Guest Louise O'Neill

Broadcast

  • Tue 24 Jul 2018 16:30

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