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Ghost Kitchen by Ross Raisin

BBC National Short Story AwardBBC National Short Story Award 2024
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A journey into the the gig economy's dark underbelly in an unnamed city.

Ross Raisin's story won the 19th BBC National Short Story Award in 2024.

Read by Ashley Margolis.

The BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University is one of the most prestigious for a single short story. The stories are broadcast on Radio 4 and published in an anthology.

Ross Raisin is the author of four novels: A Hunger, A Natural, Waterline and God’s Own Country (2008).

He won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year award in 2009, and in 2013 was named on Granta’s once a decade Best of Young British Novelists list. He has written short stories for various publications, including Granta, Prospect, the Sunday Times, Esquire, BBC Radio 3 and 4.

Abridged by Rowan Routh.

Producer: Elizabeth Allard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2024.

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28 minutes

Last on

Sat 13 Sep 202501:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Fri 20 Sep 202415:30
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  • Mon 14 Apr 202523:30
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  • Fri 12 Sep 202506:30
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  • Fri 12 Sep 202511:30
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  • Fri 12 Sep 202517:30
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  • Sat 13 Sep 202501:30
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