Sleep Stories: The Night Watch by Jenn Ashworth

16 ott 2021 · 18 min. 15 sec.

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This podcast features Dr Diletta De Cristofaro, a literary and cultural studies scholar and investigator on the 'Writing the Sleep Crisis' research project. Dr Cristofaro introduces 'The Night Watch', an exclusive short story which engages with lack of sleep in our 21st century society, written and read by acclaimed author Jenn Ashworth.

Sleep Stories is a three-part podcast series, inspired by sleep and the contemporary sleep crisis. It is co-commissioned by Durham Book Festival, Northumbria University and Politecnico di Milano (Italy).

A transcript is available here.

Durham Book Festival is a Durham County Council event, produced by New Writing North with support from Durham University and Arts Council England.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement 892459. The Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information the 'Sleep Stories' commission contains.

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