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Joey Batey's debut grapples with the complexities of social media and fandom

“I found myself becoming very agoraphobic in my 20s… I started to try and understand what it was that was giving me anxiety, and I noticed it was to do with being perceived”
Joey Batey
Joey Batey
The actor, musician and now novelist explores with the complexities of social media, ego and fandom in an incisive debut.

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