Part of the Original Modern Stories strand of the Manches...

Part of the Original Modern Stories strand of the Manchester Literature Festival, Nicholas Royle's short story 'Gannets' will be read and recorded at the Godlee Observatory on Friday 13 October, in front of a small audience, then broadcast on Radio 4 the following Thursday, 19 October, at 3.30pm. The other writers commissioned to contribute to the Original Modern Stories strand are Jackie Kay, Amanda Dalton, Sophie Hannah and Rajeev Balasubramanyam.