Mair Bosworth FRSL is a British radio producer. After leaving the nonprofit industry, she began a career in radio production, where she won a student award for her work while studying at Bournemouth University. She works at BBC Bristol's Arts Unit as a producer for the BBC Radio 4 nightly programme Book at Bedtime.

Biography

Bosworth was educated at the University of Warwick and Bournemouth University, where she studied as a Radio Production student.[1][2] She had originally worked for nonprofits prior to her radio career, at one point working at ActionAid as Research and Information Manager.[1]

Bosworth later decided to switch careers from nonprofits to the radio industry after "years of scribbling down programme ideas on buses".[1] While studying at Bournemouth, her university production on swimmers at the Hampstead Heath Ponds, "Winterswimming", won 2011 Gold Charles Parker Prize.[2]

Bosworth later started working for BBC Bristol, where she began working at their Arts Unit as an assistant producer.[3] She has worked at BBC Radio 4 nightly programme Book at Bedtime, where her work includes reading novels being considered for adaptation to the radio format and commissioning short stories original to the programme.[3][4] In addition to her work at Book at Bedtime, she also collaborates with other writers and poets on other audio content, including radio dramas, radio broadcasts of poetry, and podcasts.[4]

Bosworth was nominated for Best Arts Producer at the 2018 Audio Production Awards.[5] She was appointed Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2020.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bosworth, Mair (1 February 2011). "Mair Bosworth – Profile". BIRSt Archive. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 "BU student wins Gold Charles Parker Prize for BIRSt radio piece". Bournemouth University. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  3. 1 2 Bosworth, Mair (14 February 2017). "Interview: Mair Bosworth" (Interview). Interviewed by Steve Wright. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Bosworth, Mair". Royal Society of Literature. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Martin, Roy (22 November 2018). "Wisebuddah wins Best Production Company award". Radio Today. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Honorary Fellows". Royal Society of Literature. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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