The Pomegranates by Brennig Davies
A mother waits at home for her missing daughter, in this modern retelling of the Persephone myth, set in Wales. This short story by Brennig Davies is read by Mali Harries.
A new short story by Brennig Davies, read by Mali Harries.
Angharad waits at home. Becca is missing.
The year gets colder and colder, and still no Becca.
And then, one day, there is a knock on the door...
The Persephone myth is re-imagined to modern-day Wales in this powerful tale of a mother and her daughter.
Brennig Davies won the inaugural ±«Óãtv Young Writers Award in 2015, the Crown at the Urdd Eisteddfod 2019, and was shortlisted for the Rhys Davies Short Story Award 2021. His work has been published in Poetry Wales, Litro USA, The Cardiff Review, and various anthologies, and in 2023 he was chosen as one of the Hay Festival’s Writers at Work.
Reader: Mali Harries
Sound: Nigel Lewis
Producer: Fay Lomas
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- Fri 28 Jun 2024 15:45±«Óãtv Radio 4
- Sun 30 Jun 2024 23:45±«Óãtv Radio 4