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Baltic Christmas by Gerard McKeown
At the annual charity swim in Carnlough Bay, one participant’s resolve is shaken when he bumps into his childhood bully.
An original festive short story specially commissioned by BBC Radio 4 from the writer Gerard McKeown. Read by Andrew McCracken.
The Author
Gerard McKeown is a writer from Ballymena, Northern Ireland. His work has been published in a number of journals and anthologies and broadcast by BBC Radio 4. In 2025, he was longlisted for the Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize.
Writer: Gerard McKeown
Reader: Andrew McCracken
Producer: Michael Shannon
A BBC Audio Northern Ireland Production for BBC Radio 4.
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