In Loco Parentis by Jan Carson

On a day out with her two young nieces, DD will do anything to live up the title of 'World's Best Aunt'.

An original short story commissioned by BBC Radio 4 written by Jan Carson.

Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg.

Jan Carson is a writer and community arts facilitator based in Belfast.

Her debut novel, Malcolm Orange Disappears (2014) won critical acclaim, followed by a short-story collection, Children's Children (2016), and two flash fiction anthologies, Postcard Stories (2017) and Postcard Stories 2 (2020).

Her second novel, The Fire Starters (2019), won the EU Prize for Literature. Her work has appeared in journals and on BBC Radio 3 and 4. She won the Harper's Bazaar short-story competition. Her third novel was The Raptures (2022).

Producer: Michael Shannon

A BBC Northern Ireland production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2023.