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Radio 4,31 Dec 2021,14 mins

The Riots

Short Works

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An original short work for BBC Radio 4 by the Northern Irish writer Dawn Watson. As read by Aoibhéann McCann. Dawn Watson published her debut poetry pamphlet 'The Stack of Owls is Getting Higher' in 2019. She has short stories in anthologies including 'Still Worlds Turning' and 'Belfast Stories'. Dawn has taught undergraduate Creative Writing at the Seamus Heaney Centre in Queen’s University since 2018. She is a former national tabloid sub editor and lives in Belfast. Writer: Dawn Watson Reader: Aoibhéann McCann Producer: Michael Shannon A BBC Northern Ireland production.

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