Never Told
One Night in Rome
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Written and performed by Caleb Azumah Nelson.
Caleb tells the story of a young man who is forced to spend the night wandering the streets of Rome, where he encounters strangers and dangers, and must confront his own fears in a search for connection.
Caleb Azumah Nelson is a British-Ghanaian writer and photographer living in South East London. His first novel, OPEN WATER, won the Costa First Novel Award and Debut of the Year at the British Book Awards, and was a No.1 Times bestseller.
His short story PRAY was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Awards in 2020, and has recently been made into a short film that Caleb wrote and directed.
His second novel, SMALL WORLDS, was published in May 2023 to great acclaim and will be adapted for television by Brock Media, with Caleb writing the scripts.
This is the final episode of our brand new anthology podcast. You can now listen to all eight stories, wherever you get podcasts.
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SHOW NOTES
- Follow Caleb on Instagram.
- Follow Caleb on Twitter.
- Follow Brock Media on Instagram or Twitter.
- Buy Caleb’s novels ‘Open Water’ and ‘Small Worlds.’
- Listen to Caleb’s short story ‘Pray’ on BBC Sounds.
- Watch the trailer for the short film ‘Pray’.
- Read an interview with Caleb in The Guardian.
Producer: Nicole Davis (she/her)
Executive Producer: Sarah Brocklehurst (she/her)
Production Assistant & Assistant Story Editor: Amy Yeo (she/her)
Sound Design and Mixing: Tom Whalley (he/him)
Artwork: Bett Norris (she/her).
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