<p>Written and performed by Caleb Azumah Nelson.&nbsp;</p><br><p>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.&nbsp;</p><br><p>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.</p><br><p>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.&nbsp;</p><br><p>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.</p><br><p>This is the final episode of our brand new anthology podcast. You can now listen to all eight stories, wherever you get podcasts.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Subscribe, rate and review on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/never-told/id1687651052" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2AX7vfotES6rh6Emb0LObs?si=5f93e84a3d544764" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a>.&nbsp;</p><br><p><br></p><p><strong>SHOW NOTES</strong></p><ul><li>Follow Caleb on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/caleb_anelson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.</li><li>Follow Caleb on <a href="https://twitter.com/CalebANelson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Follow Brock Media on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wearebrockmedia/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/WeAreBrockMedia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.</li><li>Buy Caleb’s novels ‘<a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/open-water-winner-of-the-costa-first-novel-award-2021-caleb-azumah-nelson/1231842?ean=9780241448786" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Open Water</a>’ and ‘<a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/small-worlds-from-the-bestselling-author-of-open-water-caleb-azumah-nelson/7120278?ean=9780241574348" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Small Worlds</a>.’</li><li><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000mkhv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen to Caleb’s short story ‘Pray’ </a>on BBC Sounds.&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CuCzCAvAnf3/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Watch the trailer</a> for the short film ‘Pray’.&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/30/novelist-caleb-azumah-nelson-small-worlds-open-water-ghana-interview" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read an interview with Caleb</a> in The Guardian.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><br><p>Producer: Nicole Davis (she/her)</p><p>Executive Producer: Sarah Brocklehurst (she/her)</p><p>Production Assistant &amp; Assistant Story Editor: Amy Yeo (she/her)</p><p>Sound Design and Mixing: Tom Whalley (he/him)</p><p>Artwork: Bett Norris (she/her).</p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>