71: Exciting Times, with Naoise Dolan The Brit Lit Podcast

Today, we hear from Naoise Dolan, who’s an Irish author and the writer of the Women’s Prize longlisted novel Exciting Times. She and I talked about cultural and literary differences between the UK, the US, and Ireland, what we both think about the idea of “likeable” characters, some great Irish authors, and more.
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
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Exciting Times, by Naoise Dolan
Grown Ups, by Marian Keyes
Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling, by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen
A Room Called Earth, by Madeline Ryan
Aftershocks, by Nadia Owusu
A Lonely Girl Is a Dangerous Thing, by Jessie Yu
The Road Trip, by Beth O'Leary
I Belong Here, by Anita Sethi
The Adventure of Miss Barbara Pym, by Paul Byrne
Last Night, by Mhairi McFarlane
A Trip of One's Own, by Kate Wills
The End of Men, by Christina Sweeney-Baird
The Wife Who Got a Life, by Tracy Bloom
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
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