Afternoon Reading - Pier Shorts
Stories by new writers inspired by Brighton's Palace Pier
Afternoon Reading - Pier Shorts - Don't Turn Around
By Marian Garvey. Encouraged to skive off work and head for a fun weekend in Brighton, Lexy discovers that all is not quite as it seemed. Read by Claire Skinner.
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Afternoon Reading - Pier Shorts - Four Battenburgs
By Michael Odell. All teachers want a bright class, but can a child be too clever by half? Little Tommy Spence turns a school model-making project into a life-or-death situation.
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Afternoon Reading - Pier Shorts - Ghost Train
By Ambreen Hameed. A young Muslim girl has a devastating experience on a school trip to Brighton. Haunted by the past, she is mysteriously drawn back to the pier 20 years later.
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Afternoon Reading - Pier Shorts - Love Lessons from Cephalopods
By Kay Sexton. A marine scientist challenges a Russian gangmaster to a swimming contest. Read by Susannah Harker.
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Afternoon Reading - Pier Shorts - Symbiosis
By Tom Fox. Harold and Mary haved lived together in the same Brighton house for 50 years. Mary can't leave the house - until a wrongly posted women's magazine lands on the doorstep.
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