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BBC National Short Story Award 2021 - All the People Were Mean and Bad by Lucy Caldwell

The first shortlisted story in this year's NSSA plus an interview with the writer

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Brand new stories, from today’s best writers written exclusively for Radio 4 – the home of the Short StoryRadio 4 is the world’s leading commissioner of new short stories. Expect excellent writing from the hottest names offering compelling snapshots of the way we live now, produced by the experts behind the BBC National Short Story Award and other in-house readings teams.