Donoghue, who is a strikingly cheerful, good-humoured interviewee, agrees that Stir-Fry feels as if it is set in another world. I grew up very normal and approved of, and yet I had this secret side that I thought everyone would consider foul. “Writing books set in the past is often sneered at as escape into convention, but actually, no, it’s the broader picture, historically and politically, bigger subjects. Emma Donoghue accepting the Best First Screenplay award for Room at the 2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards, in California. “With novels, people can take their own time.”This interview is extracted from A Hosting: Interviews with Irish Writers 1991-2025, which will be published by Lilliput Press on Thursday, April 16th

Source: The Irish Times April 11, 2026 05:43 UTC