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Dolly Alderton
Dolly Alderton

Dolly Alderton

  • Writer, journalist and author

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Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction 2024 shortlist revealed

Andrew Hunter Murray, Ferdia Lennon, Dolly Alderton, Chris & Jen Sugden, Kaliane Bradley, Caroline O'Donoghue and David Nicholls are nominated for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2024.

British Comedy Guide, 24th October 2024

Dolly Alderton wants to write the next great rom-com

In a wide-ranging interview with Variety, Alderton spoke about bringing her beloved book to screen, why she won't be writing about her personal life again anytime soon, and exactly how she's going to write the next great romantic comedy.

Manori Ravindran, Variety, 7th June 2022

Dolly Alderton interview

"I didn't expect to sell so many copies - I wouldn't have been so revealing."

Emma Cox, Radio Times, 7th June 2022

What's it like to see your life story on TV?

Telling your story in a book is hard enough. But what if it ends up on screen? Adam Kay, writer of This Is Going To Hurt, and Dolly Alderton, who penned Everything I Know About Love, relive the shocks.

Duncan Barrett, The Guardian, 29th December 2021

Comedy Women in Print prize shortlist revealed

The Comedy Women in Print Prize (CWIP) has revealed its shortlists for this year's funniest novels by women.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st September 2021

Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction 2021 shortlist revealed

The books by Dolly Alderton, Naji Bakhti, Diksha Basu, Guy Kennaway, Hilary Leichter and Lauren Oyler have been shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2021.

British Comedy Guide, 30th May 2021

Daisy May Cooper to star in BBC comedy drama Cash Carraway

Daisy May Cooper will star as a young working class single mum in new BBC comedy drama Cash Carraway. The network is also making Everything I Know About Love, a comedy drama based on journalist Dolly Alderton's memoir.

British Comedy Guide, 19th May 2021

Is political correctness changing comedy?

On the eve of the Edinburgh Fringe we ask: can you be funny and woke?

Dolly Alderton, The Times, 22nd July 2018

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