The world premiere of Asking For It, the stage adaptation of the best-selling Louise O'Neill novel of the same name, is taking place tonight.

The story centres on the experience of a young woman whose life is changed forever by a horrific act of violence.

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.

The world premiere production of 'Asking for It' by Louise O’Neill will be performed on the stages of Cork's Everyman and Dublin's Abbey next year.

The world stage premiere of the award-winning novel Asking For It will be performed in Cork next year.

Best selling novel Asking for It by Louise O’Neill has been chosen for the University of Limerick’s 2017 One Campus, One Book project, to start a conversation about rape culture in Ireland.

Thought-provoking stuff.

The acclaimed second novel by novelist Louise O’Neill is heading for the small screen after confirmation yesterday that a production company has secured the television rights to Asking For It.

Cork’s rising literary star Louise O’Neill has scooped the Bord Gáis Energy Book of the Year award for her second novel — Asking for It.

AT 18, Emma O’Donahue is beautiful, smart and supremely confident. She’s also controlling and fond of getting her own way. 

Having done my Leaving the year she was born , I hadn’t heard of the writer Louise O’Neill until I was mooching in a bookshop the other day. I randomly picked up Asking For It — largely because of Jeanette Winterson’s recommendation on the cover — and read it almost in one go.

Cork author Louise O’Neill reflects on the teenage years that inspired her sensational new novel.