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Radio 4,26 Dec 2025,14 mins

Baltic Christmas by Gerard McKeown

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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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