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Ryan O’Connor
Ryan O’Connor received the Scottish Book Trust Next Chapter Award in…
DiscoverRyan O’Connor at Lighthouse Books
Michael and Ryan are joining Lighthouse Books as part of this year’s Book Fringe: ALT Edition in partnership with two other Edinburgh indie bookshops – Argonaut and Typewronger.
Michael’s Grimmish is a novel about real-life boxer Joe Grim, who distinguished himself in the early 20th century boxing world for his resilience and ability to withstand physical punishment. Ryan O’Connor’s The Voids is a story about modern-day Britain, set in around a high-rise in Glasgow, we follow an unnamed narrator through multiple situations of chaos.
These works tell unique stories of masculinities, asking questions and provoking conversations. This conversation opens this year’s Book Fringe at Lighthouse as Micheal and Ryan discuss masculinity in their respective fictions.
For more information and to book your ticket, visit the event website here.
The Voids
A BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2022 FOR BBC, i-D MAGAZINE, AND FOYLES
‘After a couple of weeks, I found myself standing outside the voids in the middle of the night listening for human activity, for any sign of life at all. Voids are flats that have been vacated, that will never be lived in again. But there never were any signs of life. Only the wind whistling through vacant interiors.’
In a condemned tower block in Glasgow, residents slowly trickle away until a young man is left alone with only the angels and devils in his mind for company. Stumbling from one surreal situation to the next, he encounters…
The Voids
A BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2022 FOR BBC, i-D MAGAZINE, AND FOYLES
An unsparing story of modern-day Britain, told with brilliant flashes of humour and humanity.
In a condemned tower block in Glasgow, the final occupant, a young man uplifted by angels and plagued by demons, searches for life in the voids: vacant flats that will never be lived in again. Out in the world, he stumbles into the city, moving from one surreal situation to the next, encountering others on the margins of society, embracing friendship and camaraderie wherever it is offered, grappling with who he is and what shape his future might take.
