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Radio 4,27 Aug 2021,14 mins

Titania's Town by Peter Hollywood

Short Works

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Hank likes to tell his grandchildren that fairies live at the bottom of his garden. So he’s affronted when he finds a rat has invaded his backyard. Peter Hollywood’s original short story read by Stuart Graham. Peter was born in Newry, Northern Ireland. He’s the author of Jane Alley, Lead City and Other Stories, Luggage, Hawks and Other Short Stories and Drowning the Gowns. His stories have appeared in numerous journals and he has had stories featured in anthologies including ‘State of the Art: Short Stories by New Irish Writers’, 'Krino - An Anthology of Modern Irish Writing' and ‘Belfast Stories’. Producer: Michael Shannon A BBC Northern Ireland production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2021.

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