Caitlin Moran Comes To International Literature Festival

Feminist author Caitlin Moran will appear at National Concert Hall in Dublin on September 7, as part of the International Literature Festival.

In an exclusive Off the Page event, Moran will be joined by Roisin Ingle in a conversation surrounding her life and literature.

Moran released her latest novel, How To Be Famous earlier this year - a story which follows the life of a woman navigating through male-dominated world.

Caitlin’s razor-sharp new novel How To Be Famous tracks one young woman’s riotous journey through a world where men hold all the power.

Moran was raised in a council estate in England where she was bullied by boys on her street. Her love for writing when she was 13. By the age of 15, she had become the Observer's Young Reporter of the Year.

Her multi-award-winning bestseller How To Be a Woman was published in 25 countries, appearing on top of the New York Times bestsellers list, and earning the award for Book of the Year by the British Book Awards.

Caitlin Moran's riotous new novel HOW TO BE FAMOUS was published in June.

The blurb for the novel reads:

'I’m Johanna Morrigan, and I live in London in 1995, at the epicentre of Britpop. I might only be nineteen, but I’m wise enough to know that everyone around me is handling fame very, very badly. My unrequited love, John Kite, has scored an unexpected Number One album, then exploded into a Booze And Drugs Hell™ – as rockstars do.

And my new best friend – the maverick feminist Suzanne Banks, of The Branks – has amazing hair, but writer’s block and a rampant pill problem. So I’ve decided I should become a Fame Doctor. I’m going to use my new monthly column for The Face to write about every ridiculous, surreal, amazing aspect of a million people knowing your name."

But when my two-night-stand with edgy comedian Jerry Sharp goes wrong, people start to know my name for all the wrong reasons. ‘He’s a vampire. He destroys bright young girls. Also, he’s a total dick’ Suzanne warned me. But by that point, I’d already had sex with him. Bad sex. Now I’m one of the girls he’s trying to destroy. He needs to be stopped."

Tickets for this event are on sale now at www.ilfdublin.com priced €25