Being Black ‘N Chicken & Chips (a coming of age story) Matt Okine in conversation with Sunil Badami

Byron Writers Festival Secondary Schools Program
Writer, comedian and broadcaster Matt Okine talks with Sunil Badami about the writing of his novel Being Black and Chicken and Chips, a work of fiction inspired by true events in Matt’s early life, including the loss of his mother to cancer. He discusses the difficult task of merging fact and fiction, of writing about your friends and family, and the role of humour in working through trauma.