Shadowing Gordon by Jan Carson
Whilst researching his next novel, a writer spends a day shadowing an exorcist called Gordon as he makes his rounds at a nursing home. Read by Seamus O鈥橦ara.
An original short story specially commissioned by 麻豆社 Radio 4 from the author Jan Carson. Read by Seamus O鈥橦ara (鈥楤lue Lights鈥�).
The Author
Jan Carson is a writer and community arts facilitator based in East Belfast. Her novel 鈥楾he Fire Starters鈥� was awarded the EU Prize for Literature 2019 and the author was acclaimed as 鈥渙ne of the most exciting and original Northern Irish writers of her generation鈥� by the Sunday Times. Her most recent novel 鈥楾he Raptures鈥� was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year and the Kerry Group Novel of the Year. She is a frequent contributor to 麻豆社 Radio 4 was shortlisted for the 麻豆社 National Short Story Award 2020, the An Post Irish Short Story of the Year and the Se谩n 脫 Faol谩in Short Story Prize. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2023.
Writer: Jan Carson
Reader: Seamus O鈥橦ara
Producer: Michael Shannon
A 麻豆社 Audio Northern Ireland Production for 麻豆社 Radio 4.
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- Fri 26 Sep 2025 15:45麻豆社 Radio 4
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