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Radio 4,14 Sep 2023,28 mins

SeriesBBC National Short Story Award 2023

The Storm by Nick Mulgrew

BBC National Short Story Award

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Dirk and Clement are pulled into an elaborate show of machismo courtesy of a divorcee dad with something to prove. Something unsettling brews in this tragi-comic story of toxic masculinity, not just the ominous weather. Reader: Cokey Falkow is an actor, writer and comedian originally from Durban, South Africa. Recent credits include War Of The Worlds, Jurassic World Dominion, Suspicion, The English, Inside Man and Lenny Henry's 3 Little Birds (forthcoming) Writer: Nick Mulgrew grew up in South Africa and New Zealand. He is the founder and publisher of the poetry press uHlanga, and is the author of two collections of poetry, two volumes of short stories and two novels. Previously shortlisted for The White Review Prize, Nick also received the Nadine Gordimer Award for his collection, The First Law of Sadness. Nick lives in Edinburgh. Produced and abridged by Ciaran Bermingham

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