In Loco Parentis by Jan Carson
4 Extra Debut. On a day out with her two nieces, DD will do anything to live up the title of 'World's Best Aunt'. Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg.
On a day out with her two young nieces, DD will do anything to live up the title of 'World's Best Aunt'.
An original short story commissioned by BBC Radio 4 written by Jan Carson.
Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg.
Jan Carson is a writer and community arts facilitator based in Belfast.
Her debut novel, Malcolm Orange Disappears (2014) won critical acclaim, followed by a short-story collection, Children's Children (2016), and two flash fiction anthologies, Postcard Stories (2017) and Postcard Stories 2 (2020).
Her second novel, The Fire Starters (2019), won the EU Prize for Literature. Her work has appeared in journals and on BBC Radio 3 and 4. She won the Harper's Bazaar short-story competition. Her third novel was The Raptures (2022).
Producer: Michael Shannon
A BBC Northern Ireland production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2023.
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