'Feminist powerhouse and Cork native' Louise O’Neill is looking to the future

With two new novels published back to back, 2018 has already been quite the year for Louise O’Neill. But perhaps the biggest highlight will be watching the stage adaptation of her novel, ‘Asking For It’ make its debut in her home town, writes Marjorie Brennan.

There aren’t many authors who would be so understanding when you tell them you found their book tough going. But Louise O’Neill sits across from me in a busy Cork café, nodding encouragingly as I tell her that as a mother of two young girls, I found reading Asking For It almost unbearable at times.