Anne Enright“That funny thing happens when people outlive their parents, it’s very odd, an almost biological feeling for a while that they shouldn’t be there.”

As heard on Today with Sean O'Rourke

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At the start of his conversation with Anne Enright, Seán O’Rourke brings up the surprise he got reading her new novel, Actress, when he realised that the very studio they were talking in features in the book: “Yeah, it’s studio 7, isn’t it? Yeah I did my research, you know? She comes in late for – the star of the …

Anne Enright ‘Let’s talk about that mad thing that happens when women can drop out of the picture completely and no one says anything.’

As heard on Today with Sean O'Rourke

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It has been almost three years since then-Taoiseach Enda Kenny announced Anne Enright as the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction.  With her tenure coming to a close, she joined Sean O’Rourke to discuss some of the work she did during that time.  “I thought I was going to do one thing and I ended up doing something else!” Anne said, …