The Counting Sheep
Mary was having trouble sleeping until, one morning, she wakes up to some unexpected visitors. Written by Lucy Caldwell.
An original short story specially commissioned by 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4 by the Northern Irish writer Lucy Caldwell. As read by Louise Parker (The Northern Bank Job.)
Lucy Caldwell is the award-winning author of three novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and most recently two collections of short stories: Multitudes (Faber, 2016) and Intimacies (Faber, 2021). She is also the editor of Being Various: New Irish Short Stories (Faber, 2019). Awards include the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, the George Devine Award, the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Imison Award, the Susan Smith Blackburn Award, the Irish Writers鈥� and Screenwriters鈥� Guild Award, the Commonwealth Writers鈥� Award (Canada & Europe), the Edge Hill Short Story Prize Readers鈥� Choice Award, a Fiction Uncovered Award, a K. Blundell Trust Award and a Major Individual Artist Award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
Reader: Louise Parker
Writer: Lucy Caldwell
Producer: Michael Shannon
A 麻豆官网首页入口 Northern Ireland production.
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- Fri 30 Jul 2021 15:45麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4
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