Damian Barr is an award-winning and bestselling writer, broadcaster and journalist. His memoir, Maggie & Me, won Stonewall Writer of the Year and was named Sunday Times Memoir of the Year. His debut novel, You Will Be Safe Here, was shortlisted for six major awards and named a Book of the Year in The Observer, The Irish Times and The Times. He has written columns for The Times, The Sunday Times and The Big Issue and hosted Front Row on BBC Radio 4.
In 2019, Damian brought books back to television with the Big Scottish Book Club on BBC Scotland and BBC iPlayer, an instant hit that was immediately recommissioned. He also hosts Shelf Isolation on the BBC, which was shortlisted for an Edinburgh Television Festival Award. In 2020 Damian gained his PhD in Creative Writing and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He created the Salon in 2008. He keeps chickens and lives in Brighton.
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