Roddy Doyle
Changes with Annie Macmanus 
About this episode
<p><br></p><p>Roddy Doyle is a cultural beacon of Ireland and an absolute joy to listen to. In this episode the renowned novelist speaks to Annie about art, identity, growing older and a changing Ireland. Roddy won the Booker Prize in 1993 for his seminal novel <em>Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha</em>, and is the author of eleven acclaimed novels including <em>The Commitments</em>, <em>The Snapper</em>,<em>The Van </em>and<em> Smile</em>. Roddy grew up in Dublin in the 60s and talks in this episode about his really uncomfortable experience of attending a Christian Brothers School in Ireland and how that shaped him, how he started out as a writer, bad reviews, his use of the Dublin dialect, and how becoming a Father didn’t just change when he wrote but how he wrote. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Content warning:</strong> references to sexual abuse of children and corporal punishment. </p><br><p>You can find more about Roddy’s work and buy his books here:</p><p><a href="http://www.roddydoyle.ie/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.roddydoyle.ie/index.html</a></p><br><p>BIG NEWS! Changes is going Live tomorrow on 24th May at the Podcast Show in London with drag queen Ella Vaday! Find out more and buy your tickets here:</p><p><a href="https://www.thepodcastshowlondon.com/home" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.thepodcastshowlondon.com/home</a></p><p><a href="https://thepodcastshowlondon.seetickets.com/event/changes-with-annie-macmanus/business-design-centre/2338017" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thepodcastshowlondon.seetickets.com/event/changes-with-annie-macmanus/business-design-centre/2338017</a></p><p>Changes is now a deaf friendly podcast and you can access transcripts here, spread the word!<a href="https://www.anniemacmanus.com/changes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://www.anniemacmanus.com/changes</a></p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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