20 Nov 2025

The New Ships # 5

From The Reading, 7:00 am on 20 November 2025

The New Ships # 5 Peter, worried for his missing son Aaron starts to look for clues. He digs deeper into the boy's activities and the discoveries he makes only add to his growing fears. Here is episode five of Kate Duignan's The New Ships told by Nick Blake IN: MUSIC (0:19) 'My son is twenty-five and occupied with . . . . . . . OUT: . . . . .a heads-up. An informal conversation.' MUSIC ( 0:21) DUR: 12:19 You've been listening to Kate Duignan's 'The New Ships' told by Nick Blake . We'll be back with more from the book at the same time tomorrow. BRIEF TRAIL: Peter Collie is adrift in the wake of his wife's death. His attempts to understand the turn his life has taken lead him back to the past but an unexpected revelation forces Peter to navigate anew his roles as a husband, father and son. MUSIC DETAILS Once Upon A Time Composers: Andrew Michael Britton [PRS], David Stephen Goldsmith [PRS], Publishers: Universal Trailer Series, Catalogue Number: UTS016 INTERACTIVE: "BOOK: The New Ships by Kate Duignan (Published 10 May 2018 by Victoria University Press ) $30:00 [ISBN-978-1776561889]

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