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An original short story specially commissioned by Radio 4 to mark the 30th anniversary of the Provisional IRA’s announcement of a cessation of military operations in Northern Ireland. As read by Andrea Irvine (‘Blue Lights’).

Dawn Watson was born in Belfast and is a poet and writer. She is currently a Lecturer in Creative Writing at Queen’s University, Belfast. Dawn’s debut collection We Play Here was a Guardian Poetry Book of the Year 2023 and was shortlisted for the John Pollard International Poetry Prize for an outstanding debut collection. Dawn’s work has been broadcast on Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4, Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3, and Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Ulster, and has appeared in leading literary journals including The Poetry Review and Granta.

Writer: Dawn Watson
Reader: Andrea Irvine
Producer: Michael Shannon

A Â鶹ԼÅÄ Audio Northern Ireland Production for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4.