Author Lauren Elkin takes to watery Venice thinking about renowned artist Sophie Calle. Read by Julianna Jennings. Show more
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Author Lauren Elkin treads the cobblestones of Paris with the remarkable George Sand. Read by Julianna Jennings. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Author Lauren Elkin considers distinguished women as she strolls in Paris and New York. Read by Julianna Jennings. From 2016. Show more
Lauren Elkin recalls 'Jinx Allen' and Ruth Orkin in Florence. Then it's back to New York. Concluded by Julianna Jennings. Show more
Author Lauren Elkin follows in the distinguished footsteps of Virginia Woolf in London. Read by Julianna Jennings. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Student Tom is fitted by his two aunts for a pinstripe suit, which is the armour that will protect him on various encounters. Read by Sara Kestelman. Show more
American Shorts
Episode 1: 26 Days
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
By Ron Rash. 4 Extra Debut. Life in the American heartlands is overshadowed by the actions of a daughter, far away in a war-torn land. Read by Stuart Milligan. Show more
Tom Fort - Channel Shore
Episode 1
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. Tom Fort’s maritime journey contemplating the International Hydrographic Organisation – and Noel Coward. Read by Jonathan Coy. Show more
Tom Fort - Channel Shore
Episode 2
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Tom Fort’s maritime journey takes in Eastbourne, evoking memories of bladderwrack and prawn hunting. Read by Jonathan Coy. Show more
Tom Fort - Channel Shore
Episode 3
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Tom Fort’s maritime travels take in King George’s bathing machine at Weymouth - and mermaids. Read by Jonathan Coy. Show more
Tom Fort - Channel Shore
Episode 4
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Tom Fort’s maritime travels explore hunting at Slapton Ley, tumultuous sea wrecks and pilchards. Read by Jonathan Coy. Show more
Tom Fort - Channel Shore
Episode 5
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Tom Fort’s maritime travels conclude, charmed by the Cornish Riviera but pondering his view of Lands' End. Read by Jonathan Coy. Show more
Hoodie-wearing, street-roaming Doon finds a bar, resulting in a spikey encounter and skulduggery. Read by Caolan McCarthy. Show more
By Jenn Ashworth. A prison's confident writer-in-residence always succeeds with his workshops, but one new client has a chilling effect on him. Read by Paul Hilton. Show more
As the United Kingdom's attempts to improve its status in the EU intensify, novelist Will Self imagines how Europe might respond to the UK's demands. Show more
From Fact to Fiction
Short story by Chris Dolan
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Short story by Chris Dolan written in response to the news. Show more
From Fact to Fiction
Cold Turkey
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Writer Hugo Rifkind creates a short story in response to a topical news story.
The novelist and film critic Peter Bradshaw takes an imagined look at Thursday's Oscar nominations and the small matter of a simmering 'scandal' across the English Channel. Show more
In a week when various elections will focus on aspects of nationhood, author Will Self imagines a country called Anhedonia, with its new first minister addressing the people. Show more
Short story by Simon Van Booy. Ben is hitching from Devon to Scotland, and as darkness looms, a car stops for him. The driver is a young woman called Diane. Read by Carl Prekopp. Show more