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The Riots by Dawn Watson

At a newspaper office in Belfast, a sub-editor faces unrest in the city and her own life. Read by Aoibhéann McCann.

Two sub-editors at a Belfast newspaper connect amid personal struggles against a backdrop of summer rioting in the city.

An original short work for the BBC by Northern Irish writer Dawn Watson.

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.

Producer: Michael Shannon

A BBC Northern Ireland production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2021.

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Tue 24 Mar 202605:45
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