Clare Byrne

And I wondered how you felt about that afterwards, the reaction to it.

Were you comfortable?

Were you happy that you had spoken about that?

Because it's deeply personal.

Yeah, but I suppose it's useful to know it because it tells your readers that you understand what you're writing about.

You understand what you're exploring that topic coming from a place of knowledge.

You know what it feels like.

But as you say, you've done so much more.

I've done so much more.

Now, I want to talk to you about audiobooks and how you feel about them, because I have gone from a place where the first audiobook that I listened to, William Trevor, I...

I liked it and I went out and bought the book because I felt I have to own a copy of it.

I now have completely changed my view and I have a book that I'm reading, like a hard copy book like this, and then I have another thing that I'm listening to.

And if I don't have the thing that I'm listening to on the go, I don't feel right about my life.

How do you feel about them?

And does it sound like it should when you listen to it?

Yes.

Because sometimes, and I don't know if you experience this, but I listen to a book and the narrator mightn't suit me.

Yes.

And I have to...

Oh, yes.