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The Gleaning by Alison MacLeod

Past and present are intimately linked under Brighton's summer skies by painter, John Constable. Read by Tristan Sturrock.

Past and present are intimately linked under Brighton's summer skies by the English painter, John Constable.

Tristan Sturrock reads Alison MacLeod's specially commissioned short story.

Alison is a novelist and short story writer.

Her recent collection is All the Beloved Ghosts. Her novel, Unexploded was long-listed for the 2013 Man-Booker Prize for Fiction. Her short fiction has been awarded The Society of Authors' Olive Cook Award and shortlisted for The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Short Story Award and The Sunday Times EFG International Short Story Award. MacLeod is Professor of Contemporary Fiction at the University of Chichester, UK.

Producer: Elizabeth Allard

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in June 2018.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 14 Sep 2022 03:45
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Credits

Reader Tristan Sturrock
Writer Alison MacLeod
Producer Elizabeth Allard

Broadcasts

  • Fri 29 Jun 2018 15:45
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Sun 1 Jul 2018 00:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Tue 13 Sep 2022 10:45
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 13 Sep 2022 15:45
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 14 Sep 2022 03:45
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra