The latest news and reviews of author Hanya Yanagihara
August 2023
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April 2023
‘They are the crucial buyers’: theatres tap into the power of female readers
The Time Traveler’s Wife and Hamnet are among novels written, and largely read, by women coming to the British stage
The week in theatre: A Little Life; Sea Creatures – review
James Norton elevates Ivo van Hove’s knotty adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara’s bestseller. And to the sea as Cordelia Lynn’s breezy new play sets a family adrift
A Little Life review – James Norton’s sexually abused lawyer is spared no misery
Some called it torture porn, others a masterpiece. Ivo van Hove brings Hanya Yanagihara’s novel to the West End, complete with spurting blood, relentless sadism and not a little nudity
March 2023
The Guardian view on literary adaptations: an old wheeze that works
Editorial: Eyes might roll at yet another Dickens miniseries, but plays based on two more recent novels, Hamnet and A Little Life, have hit the jackpot
A Little Life starring James Norton – in pictures
Ivo van Hove’s stage production of Hanya Yanagihara’s bestselling novel opens in the West End this month – take a first look at the show
‘Torture porn or serious literature?’: the love-hate phenomenon of cult novel A Little Life
One million copies sold, sobbing superfans on TikTok and a new stage adaptation starring James Norton – yet Hanya Yanagihara’s 2015 book continues to divides readers
November 2022
James Norton to star in West End version of bestselling novel A Little Life
Australian arts in focus
A Little Life: four-hour adaptation of divisive queer novel heading to Adelaide festival
August 2022
A Little Life review – Hanya Yanagihara drama is not for the faint-hearted
Ivo van Hove directs a mesmerising four-hour adaptation of a divisive novel that unpicks privilege, abuse and psychological damage
May 2022
Controversies, epiphanies and the case against Canva: highlights from Sydney writers’ festival
Coinciding with the federal election, this year’s festival buzzed with big ideas about politics, hope and writing. Here are 10 things we learned
March 2022
How could anybody dream of turning the brilliant A Little Life into another Sex and the City?
Zoe Williams
Hanya Yanagihara has written a screen adaptation of her acclaimed novel and the studios are not interested. But done right, it could be the ultimate box set, writes Zoe Williams
February 2022
The best TV series never made? Script for A Little Life has been ‘rejected by everyone’
Hanya Yanagihara says executives wanted her harrowing bestseller about abuse and suicide given a ‘Sex and the City’ makeover
January 2022
Down the rabbit hole
What links To Paradise author Hanya Yanagihara to the CIA and a baby-name book?
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara – a masterpiece for our times
Hanya Yanagihara: ‘I have the right to write about whatever I want’
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Love beyond sex, money and property: a case for friendship
Reading novels about groups of friends can be an emotional lifeline in times of isolation – from pandemic lockdown to the aftermath of divorce
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