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Fifty Pence for the Meter by Jamie Guiney

4 Extra Debut. Maurice often attends wakes. Even if he never met the deceased. So long as there are sandwiches and tea. Read by Carol Moore.

Maurice often attends wakes. Even if he never met the deceased. So long as there are sandwiches and a drop of tea.

An original short work for radio by Jamie Guiney.

Read by Carol Moore.

Jamie Guiney is a literary fiction writer from County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

His debut short story collection 'The Wooden Hill' was shortlisted under Best Short Story Collection in the 2019 Saboteur Awards. Jamie's short stories have been published internationally and he has been nominated twice for the 'The Pushcart Prize.' He is a graduate of the Faber & Faber Writing Academy and has twice been a judge for short story competition 'The New Rose Prize.'

His work has been backed by the Northern Ireland Arts Council through several Individual Artist Awards and he has also been chosen by Lagan Online as one of their New Original Writers.

Producer: Michael Shannon.

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in January 2020.

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14 minutes

Last on

Fri 6 Oct 2023 00:45

Broadcasts

  • Fri 24 Jan 2020 15:45
  • Sun 26 Jan 2020 00:30
  • Thu 5 Oct 2023 05:45
  • Thu 5 Oct 2023 10:45
  • Thu 5 Oct 2023 15:45
  • Fri 6 Oct 2023 00:45