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Radio 4,02 Feb 2024,14 mins

Minor Disturbances by Cherise Saywell

Short Works

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Cherise Saywell is an award winning novelist and short story writer, and in this specially commissioned story there is a misunderstanding at an out of town play centre. Katie Leung is the reader. Cherise Saywell won the V.S. Pritchett memorial prize in 2003, and was a runner-up in the Asham award in 2009 and the Salt prize for a short story in 2012. In 2023 she was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University. Cherise’s short stories have appeared in the London Magazine and New Writing Scotland, as well as in anthologies including Waving at the Gardener and Salt New Writing. Katie Leung is the acclaimed actor of stage and screen best known for her roles in the Harry Potter films, TV's Chimerica, The Peripheral, and more recently Annika. Produced by Justine Willett and Elizabeth Allard.

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