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Oct 2021
18m 16s

Sleep Stories: Daffodilly Dreams by Sale...

NEW WRITING NORTH
About this episode
This podcast features Dr Eric Hoel, a neuroscientist and author of the Revelations, who introduces 'Daffodilly Dreams', an exclusive short story about the power of dreams, written and read by acclaimed author Salena Godden.

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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