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Radio 4,15 Aug 2025,14 mins

The Listener by Louise Farr

Short Works

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An original short story specially commissioned by BBC Radio 4 from the writer Louise Farr. Read by Roísín Gallagher (‘The Dry’). The Author Louise Farr is a teacher and writer from Northern Ireland. In 2018, she was won the Benedict Kiely Short Story Competition and The Trisha Ashley Award. In 2019, she won The Ink Tears Short Story Competition and The Dalkey Writing Festival Short Story Competition. In 2020, Louise was shortlisted for the Benedict Kiely Short Story Competition and her story ‘Tinder’ was nominated for the An Post Short Story of the Year Award. Writer: Louise Farr Reader: Roísín Gallagher Producer: Michael Shannon A BBC Audio Northern Ireland Production for BBC Radio 4.

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