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The Cottage

Labouring for your dad in the summer holidays is grim enough without factoring in a ruined cottage where normal rules don't apply. Read by Scott Miller.

A new short work from award-winning writer Callum McSorley.

Labouring for your dad in the summer holidays is grim enough without factoring in a ruined cottage where normal rules don't apply.
Read by Scott Miller
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie

Callum McSorley is a writer based in Glasgow.
His short stories have appeared in Gutter Magazine, New Writing Scotland, Typehouse Literary Magazine, The Glasgow Review of Books, Monstrous Regiment, and many more. His debut novel, SQUEAKY CLEAN, featuring DCI Alison McCoist, won The McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2023. Its sequel, PAPERBOY, was published this year and is shortlisted for the same award.

"The Cottage" is a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scotland Audio Production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4.

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14 minutes

Last on

Sun 19 Oct 2025 23:45

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  • Fri 17 Oct 2025 15:45
  • Sun 19 Oct 2025 23:45

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