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Forbidden Planet by Dawn Watson

On a day that finally offers hope for peace in Northern Ireland, a teenager working at a Belfast cinema finds that not everyone is so optimistic about an end to the violence.

An original short story specially commissioned by Radio 4 to mark the 30th anniversary of the Provisional IRA’s announcement of a cessation of military operations in Northern Ireland. As read by Andrea Irvine (‘Blue Lights’).

Dawn Watson was born in Belfast and is a poet and writer. She is currently a Lecturer in Creative Writing at Queen’s University, Belfast. Dawn’s debut collection We Play Here was a Guardian Poetry Book of the Year 2023 and was shortlisted for the John Pollard International Poetry Prize for an outstanding debut collection. Dawn’s work has been broadcast on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4, Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 3, and Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio Ulster, and has appeared in leading literary journals including The Poetry Review and Granta.

Writer: Dawn Watson
Reader: Andrea Irvine
Producer: Michael Shannon

A Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Audio Northern Ireland Production for Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4.

14 minutes

Last on

Sun 1 Sep 2024 23:45

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  • Fri 30 Aug 2024 15:45
  • Sun 1 Sep 2024 23:45