In a diary entry from May 1967, read by Jessie Buckley at the start of Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story, the subject writes: "Ah, the trees, how tortured they are. If anyone has to ask me about ...

This sentiment, which could almost be poetry or song lyrics, is spoken by Edna O'Brien ... it's O'Brien's own words that do the job most fittingly, whether it's quotes from her 34 books or ...

Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In her eighties, novelist Edna O’Brien — who died last year aged 93 — was awarded the status of “Saoi”, an ...

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For a long time Edna O’Brien, the celebrated Irish-born, London-dwelling writer, has been known as one of the literary world’s great chroniclers of love. Of love and longing and the desperate ...

Edna saw Our Lady stepping out of a picture on the bedroom wall and telling her to “keep good”. She escaped terrible family arguments by looking at the underside of leaves and talking to trees and ...

Film director Sinéad O'Shea on her documentary, Blue Road, which tells the story of the incredible life of novelist Edna O'Brien. Plus Len will be joined by writer and director Fraser Scott and ...

The Irish writer Edna O'Brien died last year at the age of 93. The last person to be granted an interview with her was the documentary maker Sinéad O’Shea. Her new film Blue Road weaves those ...

Acclaimed Irish author, Edna O'Brien, has died at the age of 93. Her literary agent, PFD, and publisher, Faber, said she died peacefully on Saturday after a long illness. They said their thoughts ...