
Graham Norton
Bafta Award-winning broadcaster and novelist Graham Norton discusses his fifth novel, Frankie, and the three books that inspired its creation.
BAFTA Award-winning broadcaster and novelist Graham Norton discusses Frankie, his fifth novel, which centres on the life of an apparently unremarkable Irish woman in her eighties as she recounts her story to a young carer.
Graham Norton shares the three key literary influences that helped shape the novel: Elizabeth Bowen’s The Last September (1929), Armistead Maupin’s Significant Others (1987), and Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (2022).
Joining the discussion is acclaimed Irish author, poet, and LGBT+ activist Mary Dorcey.
Producer: Rachael O’Neill
Editor: Esme Kennedy
This was a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Audio Scotland production.
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- Sunday 16:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Sun 28 Sep 2025 00:15ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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