Organised by Women's Prize Trust
Hollywood actor and author Minnie Driver will share the five books by women that have most inspired her incredible life and career
About this event
Hollywood actor and author Minnie Driver will be in conversation with Women's Prize for Fiction Podcast host and BBC Radio 1 DJ Vick Hope, for an unmissable live recording of the chart-topping podcast, sponsored by Baileys.
Minnie will share the five books by women that have most inspired her life and career – plus you'll have a chance to ask her questions of your own.
Minnie will also discuss her brand new book Managing Expectations, a dazzling 'tell-most' memoir: poignant and laugh-out-loud funny scenes from her life, and our partner Waterstones will run a pop-up bookshop where Minnie will be meeting fans and signing books after the recording.
Women’s Prize merchandise will be available from our on-site shop, and our pop-up bar will be serving drinks all day and into the evening, so come and hang out in beautiful Bedford Square Gardens, the home of the Women's Prize.
Speakers:
Minnie Driver is best known for her breakout role in Circle of Friends and the 1997 film Good Will Hunting (which reaped nominations for both the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Screen Actors Guild Award). She has appeared in numerous TV programmes, including The Riches, starring opposite Eddie Izzard, for which she was nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe. She is also a singer, with three studio albums. Driver will next be seen in Searchlight Pictures' biopic Chevalier and 20th Century's Rosaline. She most recently appeared in the latest adaptation of Cinderella on Amazon, in Modern Love, and has appeared as a recurring character in Will and Grace, which was recently rebooted, and in Speechless.
Vick Hope is a broadcast journalist and popular BBC Radio 1 presenter and in addition to her two weekly shows, she has worked with producers to create a ‘Life Hacks Wellbeing Toolkit’ which has advice on career, friendships, money, education and more for younger adults. Vick has written two children’s books with previous co-host Roman Host (Capital Breakfast from 2017- 2020). ‘Shout Out: Use your voice, save the day’ and ‘Listen Up: Rule The Airwaves, Rule The School’. She is also an Amnesty International Ambassador and regularly presents live segments for This Morning and Lorraine.
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