Caroline O'Donoghue: My friend was John Lennon, and I was Ringo Starr

"But the thing about being Ringo Starr is this: you’re still in the f**king Beatles"

Caroline O'Donoghue: from bookshop talks to the Palladium

Four years ago, when I published my first book, I was convinced that something would happen to me overnight. Something extraordinary. 

I had been writing professionally since the age of 20, starting out as a gig reviewer for the now-defunct The Cork News in exchange for free tickets, and I saw my book coming out as a natural end point to the ‘struggling writer’ period of my life.