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 .
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]