Debut author and actor Bryan Moriaty. Bryan’s novel SOUNDS LIKE FUN, a charming gay rom-com, is published by Hodder Books and was the winner of the Irish Writer's Centre Novel Fair.
Bryan chats about:
- writing acting monologues being the gateway drug that bought him to writing fiction
- how NaNoWriMo helped him draft his debut
- being selected by the Irish Writers’ Centre Novel Fair
- using Grindr as a means of advancing plot
- his love of writing in public libraries
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A book for fan’s of Bryan's work: Look Here by Ana Kinsela
A book Bryan has always loved: Piranesi by Susannah Clarke, The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susannah Clarke
A book that’s been published recently or is coming soon: Diary of a Film by Niven Govinda
Other books discussed in this episode: Species of Spaces and Other Pieces by Georges Perec, Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, The Flat Share by Beth O'Leary, Heartburn by Nora Ephron, The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro
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