Diana Reid on the new Sense and Sensibility adaptation and why Jane Austen is the opposite of cosy fiction

Podcast: Bookshelfie: Women’s Prize Podcast · Women’s Prize Podcast/ Bird Lime Media

Opublikowano: 2026-09-15

Diana Reid, the writer behind the new Sense and Sensibility adaption, explains to Vick how re-reading Austen taught her something unexpected and why she still cringes at the thought of herself as a writer. Diana is a screenwriter and the bestselling author of the novels Love & Virtue, Seeing Other People, and Signs of Damage. Her debut Love & Virtue won several prizes including the ABIA Book of the Year Award. She was also named Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian Novelist in 2022. Most recently, she’s written a new film adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility for Worki...