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Louise O'Neill: 'Would I say that I believe in Cancel Culture? No'

Louise O'Neill: 'Would I say that I believe in Cancel Culture? No'

When all of the sympathy is reserved for those being ‘cancelled’, how much is left over for the vulnerable people hurt by their actions?

Sat, 17 Oct, 2020

Louise O'Neill: why I feel so on edge this week

Louise O'Neill: why I feel so on edge this week

"Maybe that’s why I feel so on edge this week: because there doesn’t seem to be one clear-cut answer, one definitive path to safety. And the stakes are too high to countenance any errors."

Sat, 10 Oct, 2020

Louise O'Neill: 'What’s the best way to learn Irish as an adult?'

Louise O'Neill: 'What’s the best way to learn Irish as an adult?'

I can’t just ask to use the toilet, over and over again. That’s the sort of behaviour that freaks people out.

Sun, 04 Oct, 2020

Louise O'Neill: 'It’s hard to challenge the part of me that wants to lock myself away from the outside world'

Louise O'Neill: 'The perception of Ireland has shifted'

I was scrolling through Instagram when I saw the photo. Black and white, two young Irish actors with sunglasses on, a cigarette in one hand, a takeaway coffee cup in the other.

Sat, 26 Sep, 2020

Louise O'Neill: I’m certainly not what you might expect from reading my books

Louise O'Neill: I’m certainly not what you might expect from reading my books

When I decided to become an author, these aren’t the books I thought I would be writing

Sat, 19 Sep, 2020

Louise O'Neill: 'It’s hard to challenge the part of me that wants to lock myself away from the outside world'

Louise O'Neill: 'It’s hard to challenge the part of me that wants to lock myself away from the outside world'

My new novel came out this week, I’m not sure if you heard? (After the Silence, available now!) I was led by the publicist – another Cork woman, naturally – to bookshops and TV studios and radio stations, where she pretended like she wasn’t bored of ...

Sat, 12 Sep, 2020

Sunset Alights Perfectly Between NYC Buildings During Manhattanhenge

Louise O'Neill: 'At 25, I was more concerned with what I thought looked ‘cool’, than what felt authentic to me'

I looked at my diary this morning and I realised that it is exactly ten years since I left for New York and it feels both impossible and inevitable that a decade could have passed. It wasn’t my idea to go.

Sat, 05 Sep, 2020

Louise O'Neill: Why this need to document every detail?

Louise O'Neill: Why this need to document every detail?

Why the urge to post a photo of yourself lying by the pool abroad when you know it’s going to cause seething resentment in everyone back home

Tue, 18 Aug, 2020

Louise O'Neill: 'I couldn’t have imagined what the world would look like by the time my book would be ready for publication'

Louise O'Neill: 'I couldn’t have imagined what the world would look like by the time my book would be ready for publication'

Life goes on, but in usual times, where you get caught up in the 'What Have you Learned During Lockdown' conversations?

Sat, 15 Aug, 2020

Woman Wearing Pajamas Suffering With Period Pain Lying In Bed With Hot Water Bottle

Louise O'Neill: 'I was thinking about all of this at 4am, when I was curled up in a ball of agony due to period cramps'

In 2019, Caroline Criado Perez, a feminist activist and writer, published an excellent book called Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men.

Sat, 08 Aug, 2020