Thursday 17 April, 6:20pm, Bertha DocHouse. Free for RSL Members and Fellows. Not a Member? Join now! Public tickets can be purchased from Bertha DocHouse here.
Edna O’Brien was a great Irish icon who became a literary sensation after releasing her sexually frank 1960 debut novel, The Country Girls.Her success enraged many in her home country, including her husband, but she continued a lifetime of writing, making a home in London and living a famously colourful life.
Blue Road is an archive-rich portrait that captures the life and spirit of Edna O’Brien. She provides a final testimony, aged 93, along with perspectives from writers like Gabriel Byrne, Walter Mosley and Andrew O’Hagan, and extracts from her personal journals read by Jessie Buckley.
The screening on Thursday 17 April will be followed by a Q&A with director Sinead O’Shea and RSL Fellow, Martina Evans.
Presented in partnership with Bertha DocHouse.
