Emma Donoghue

playwright, literary historian and novelist

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Irish-born playwright, literary historian and novelist now living in Canada

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The structure of Emma Donoghue’s  Akin  leads the reader through one surprise after another.

Emma Donoghue: Akin

The structure of Emma Donoghue’s  Akin  leads the reader through one surprise after another.

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Room , the new movie based on Emma Donoghue's novel of the same name, tells the story of a mother, played by Brie Larson, and her son Jack, played by Jacob Tremblay.

Lenny Abrahamson and Emma Donoghue: Room

Room , the new movie based on Emma Donoghue's novel of the same name, tells the story of a mother, played by Brie Larson, and her son Jack, played by Jacob Tremblay.

from The Business

Room , the new movie based on Emma Donoghue's novel of the same name, tells the story of a mother, played by Brie Larson, and her son Jack, played by Jacob Tremblay.

Lenny Abrahamson & Emma Donoghue on 'Room'

Room , the new movie based on Emma Donoghue's novel of the same name, tells the story of a mother, played by Brie Larson, and her son Jack, played by Jacob Tremblay.

from The Business

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