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Episode 2

Episode 2 of 5

Rachelle Atalla's speculative serial continues with Fran's anxieties proving well founded - knotweed has spread from her neighbours' gardens.
Read by Helen McAlpine

Helen McAlpine reads a speculative serial from Rachelle Atalla, set in a near future with uncomfortable parallels to our present.

As global warming simmers in the background, Fran's anxieties prove well-founded as knotweed spreads from her neighbours' gardens.

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

Rachelle Atalla is an award-winning Scottish-Egyptian novelist, short story writer and screenwriter based in Glasgow. Her debut novel The Pharmacist was shortlisted for Best Fiction at the Scottish National Book Awards. In March, she published her climate-focused second novel Thirsty Animals. Her short stories have been published widely and she is the recipient of a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award. In screenwriting, her first feature was developed with 大象传媒 Film and she is developing an adaption of The Pharmacist with Compact Pictures.

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14 minutes

Last on

Sun 27 Aug 2023 19:45

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  • Sun 27 Aug 2023 19:45