‘The first thing was that I didn’t want ‘British Empire’ as part of my name,’ said the author

The author on adapting her novel 'Hamnet' into an award-winning film, dressing for the red carpet, and her new book inspired by her Irish ancestors

After the ‘bonkers’ Oscars, the Co Derry-born author of Hamnet is poised to publish Land, a novel inspired by her own family history in post-Famine Ireland

‘The first thing was that I didn’t want ‘British Empire’ as part of my name,’ said the author