Tag: writing

Story Published on Selcouth Station

31/05/2018 Matty BannondFiction

My short story, A Better World for Connie, has been published on Selcouth Station. It’s about the impulse to deny yourself what you truly want in life — as well as parenthood, polar bears, zorbing and[…]

Story Recorded for Podcast

04/12/201726/03/2018 Matty BannondFiction

Hear me read one of my short stories in the latest podcast from OPEN PEN magazine! The story is called Some People Just Have a Tiny Problem in Their Heart.

Story Published in Collection

06/10/201729/03/2018 Matty BannondFiction

My short story, At Once in Harmony and Discord, has been published in a book of new fiction. Watch me read a passage from the story here.

Story Published by Obliterati Press

09/08/201729/03/2018 Matty BannondFiction

My short story, Nothing Like a Kiss, has been published by Obliterati Press. Watch me reading a passage from the story here.

Genius in Jazz

17/04/201726/03/2018 Matty BannondComment

“A genius is the one most like himself”: Three jazz moments that resonate with an astonishing unity of person and performance.

Collage, homage, parody

26/02/201731/03/2018 Matty BannondComment

One of the biggest reasons I love jazz music is the culture of the standard: Compositions that are only very loosely attached to their creator, instead belonging to a common pool – melodic resources, free-to-use.