Lisa Harding, BRIGHT BURNING THINGS: A Novel

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 17 December 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Zibby is joined by actress, playwright, and author of Harvesting, Lisa Harding, to talk about her latest novel, Bright Burning Things, which is this month's Read with Jenna pick. Lisa shares what life is like for performers after the end of their creative careers and why so many exhibit addictive behaviors like Lisa's protagonist. The two also discuss Lisa's unique writing style, what she wanted to convey about mental illness and addiction, and what life has been like in Ireland during the pandemic.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
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0:31.3	books. And now back to our daily author interview site and a quick hello from some of my kids.
0:36.9	Hi. Hi. Hello. Enjoy the show.
0:40.9	Lisa Harding is the author of Bright Burning Things, a novel. Lisa is a writer, actress, and
0:45.6	playwright. She received an M. Phil in creative writing from Trinity College Dublin in 2014. Her short
0:51.3	stories have been published in the Dublin Review, The Bath short story anthology,
0:55.2	Headstuff, and Winter Papers.
0:57.7	Harvesting her first novel won the 2018 Kate O'Brien Award and was shortlisted for an
1:01.9	Irish book award and the Carrie Group Irish novel of the Year Award.
1:05.7	She lives in Dublin.
1:06.7	All right, welcome, Lisa.
1:08.3	Thanks so much for coming on Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books to
1:11.0	discuss Bright Burning Things, a novel. It's a pleasure to be here and it's lovely to meet you.
1:16.0	Lovely to meet you too. Could you please tell listeners what this novel is about?
1:21.1	Yeah, so this novel is about Bad Mom. No. She is an actress who is no longer acting. So that kind of, you know,
1:33.5	that creative impulse is taken away from her. I think I heard you say something wonderful earlier,
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