Who Will Call Me Beloved?

Tania Hershman is single, lives alone and likes it that way. She's the writer-in-residence in one of Europe's largest graveyards, the Southern Cemetery, a multi-faith burial site in Manchester. As she walks between the gravestones, watching the seasons change, she wonders - who will call her 'beloved' when she dies? And would she want someone to? How would she like to be remembered in language, if at all ?

In this programme Tania talks to the living and the dead - about love and memory - and about the resonance of the word ‘beloved' .

Tania Hershman is the author of three short story collections, including 'Some Of Us Glow More Than Others' (Unthank Books). Her debut poetry collection is 'Terms & Conditions' (Nine Arches Press), she's also the curator of short story hub 'ShortStops'. 'Who Will Call Me Beloved' features extracts from Tania's work-in-progress book - inspired partly by spending time in the 'Southern Cemetery'.

Presenter: Tania Hershman

Producer: Faith Lawrence

Mixed by: Sue Stonetreet

Featuring music from 'Choral ReWorks' by Scanner

Photo credit: Huntley Hedworth.

Writer Tania Hershman on the word 'beloved' and commemorating single people when they die.