Anneliese Mackintosh – författare

A collection of three comic tales from BBC Radio 4, ‘The Greengrocer’s Apostrophe’, inspired by those hand-written signs offering ‘Apple''s and Banana''s’ which can be found in every town in Britain. Originally broadcast in the ‘Afternoon Reading’ slots from 28-30 September 2010. ‘Penny''s from Heaven’ by Anneliese Mackintosh: James Anthony Pearson reads a quirky story about the apostrophe that ends a relationship. Produced by Eilidh McCreadie. ‘Alice, Hanging in There’ by Ronald Frame: When Alice''s high-flying career stalls, she finds a novel way to occupy her time. Armed only with a balaclava and a pot of paint, she starts to vent her anger on sloppy punctuation. Read by Tracy Wiles. Produced by Eilidh McCreadie. ‘The Sweet Possessive´ by Diana Hendry: Distracted by an apostrophe obsession, a woman fails to notice that her lover is not all that he seems. Read by Monica Gibb. Produced by Eilidh McCreadie.

'Penny's from Heaven' is the first of three comic tales from BBC Radio 4's 'The Greengrocer's Apostrophe', inspired by those hand-written signs offering 'Apple's and Banana's' which can be found in every town in Britain. Originally broadcast in the 'Afternoon Reading' slot on 28 September 2010. James Anthony Pearson reads a quirky story about the apostrophe that ends a relationship, written by Anneliese Mackintosh. Produced by Eilidh McCreadie.

‘This lovely, quirky novel will appeal to fans of Miranda July and Sheila Heti’ RedOttila McGregor is thirty years old and has decided it’s time to sort her life out. She’s going to quit drinking, stop cheating and finally find true happiness. Easy, right?Getting in the way of this plan are:1. Grace, her best friend, who believes self-improvement is for people in their forties.2. Mina, her sister, who is mentally ill, and it might be Ottila’s fault.3. Thales, the Greek guy who works in the hospital cafeteria – probably the best, most dangerous person Ottila’s ever met.Told through a scrapbook of emails, receipts, therapy transcripts and other ephemera, this is an infectious one-off of a novel that makes you wince and laugh in equal measure.