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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: https://durhambookfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Daffodilly-Dreams-podcast-transcript-1.pdf

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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