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Radio 4,12 Jun 2026,14 mins

The Silence by Mahsuda Snaith

Short Works

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In this new story from Mahsuda Snaith, a woman struggles to keep a deathbed promises as she comes to terms with the loss of her dad. Read by Anjli Mohindra Mahsuda Snaith is a writer of novels and short stories. An ‘Observer New Face of Fiction’, her novel ‘How to Find Home’ was a Fiction Serial on BBC Radio 4. She is the winner of the SI Leeds Literary Prize and Bristol Short Story Prize. Her short story ‘The Panther’s Tale’ is included in ‘Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold’ and Mahsuda is currently working on her third novel. Anjli Mohindra has starred in dramas Saviour (ITV), Half Man (BBC) and The Lazarus Project (Sky).

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