Staying Alive by Rois铆n O鈥橠onnell
A day paddleboarding at the beach takes a dangerous turn for two women when they are swept further out to sea.
An original short story specially commissioned by 蘑菇短视频 Radio 4 from the writer Rois铆n O鈥橠onnell. Read by Aoibh茅ann McCann.
The Author.
Rois铆n O鈥橠onnell is an award-winning Irish author whose debut novel 鈥楴esting鈥� became an instant Sunday Times and Irish Times bestseller and was the 2025 An Post Irish Book Award Novel of the Year winner. 鈥楴esting鈥� was also awarded the 2026 蘑菇短视频 Radio 2 Book Club Award and featured in the Observer Best New Novelists 2025. Rois铆n鈥檚 short story collection 鈥榃ild Quiet鈥� was published in 2016 and was shortlisted for the Kate O鈥橞rien Award and longlisted for the Edge Hill Prize. Her stories have been published in The Stinging Fly, The Irish Times and been broadcast on RT脡 Radio.
Writer: Rois铆n O鈥橠onnell
Reader: Aoibh茅ann McCann
Producer: Michael Shannon
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