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Postcards: The Complete Series 1-15

A Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama

by Dave Sheasby, Lavinia Murray, Jonathan Holloway, Ginnie Hole, Bryony Lavery, Helen Kluger, Sue Teddern, Nick Darke, John Peacock, Charlotte Jones ...

Narrated by Tim McInnerny, Rosemary Leach, Lorelei King, Full Cast, Mark Bonnar, Jane Whittenshaw, Charlotte Coleman, Alison Pettitt, Susannah Doyle, Tristan Sturrock ...

Unabridged

17 hours 30 min

Behind every picture-perfect Cornish holiday lies a story waiting to be toldPorthant Bay looks like the perfect Cornish seaside escape: white sands, sparkling blue sea, narrow winding streets and a picturesque harbour. But beneath its postcard-perfect surface lies a town full of hidden stories.This immersive drama collection follows the lives of the visitors and residents who pass through Porthant ... Read more

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Behind every picture-perfect Cornish holiday lies a story waiting to be toldPorthant Bay looks like the perfect Cornish seaside escape: white sands, sparkling blue sea, narrow winding streets and a picturesque harbour. But beneath its postcard-perfect surface lies a town full of hidden stories.This immersive drama collection follows the lives of the visitors and residents who pass through Porthant
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The In Crowd

A BBC Radio 4 Comedy

by Alex Boardman, Carl Cooper, Susan Vale, Lavinia Murray ...

Narrated by Robin Ince, Helen Moon, Kate Ward, Smug Roberts ...

Unabridged

5 hours

The comedy sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store starring Robin Ince, Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate WardMeet Dot and her friend Millie, who only communicates in catchphrases; Wendy Clapper, who thinks TV, credit cards and swimming pools are nothing but trouble; and Jonathan Tudge, who just can't help putting his foot in it. You’ll also encounter the worst therapist in the world, the ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

The comedy sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store starring Robin Ince, Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate WardMeet Dot and her friend Millie, who only communicates in catchphrases; Wendy Clapper, who thinks TV, credit cards and swimming pools are nothing but trouble; and Jonathan Tudge, who just can't help putting his foot in it. You’ll also encounter the worst therapist in the world, the
... Read more
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Hatch, Match and Dispatch

Six Full-Cast Original BBC Radio Dramas

by Gary Brown, Leah Chillery, David Hodgson, Alan Harris, Anna Mary Murphy, Lavinia Murray ...

Narrated by Don Gilet, Matthew Gravelle, Dylan Edwards, William Ash, Kathryn Hunt, Lisa Palfrey, Eiry Thomas, Graeme Hawley, Full cast ...

Unabridged

4 hours 22 min

A series of inter-linked plays exploring birth, marriage and death through the prism of a Welsh Register OfficeIsn't it strange that the registering of life's most important moments happens in a sterile municipal office? Everyone's got a story to tell about how they got there. Listen for the first time to this spectacular collection of six funny, quirky and moving plays that start in a Register ... Read more

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A series of inter-linked plays exploring birth, marriage and death through the prism of a Welsh Register OfficeIsn't it strange that the registering of life's most important moments happens in a sterile municipal office? Everyone's got a story to tell about how they got there. Listen for the first time to this spectacular collection of six funny, quirky and moving plays that start in a Register
... Read more
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On The Edge and other stories

11 BBC Radio Thrillers

by Hannah Silva, Fraser Ayres, Marcy Kahan, Neil McKay, Lavinia Murray, Alex Bulmer0, Simon Wu2, Amy Ng5, Tara Hegarty7 ...

Narrated by Fraser Ayres, Suranne Jones, Lemn Sissay, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, mx Maggie Steed, Fiona Shaw1, Erin Doherty3, Chizzy Akudolu4, Full Cast6 ...

Unabridged

9 hours 43 min

11 gripping thrillers from some of BBC Radio's best contemporary writers, including BAFTA- winner Neil McKayInventive, intriguing and atmospheric, this eclectic selection of crime, mystery and psychological dramas immerses us in a series of diverse worlds where nothing is what it appears to be, and nobody is quite what they seem.Wide in scope and disparate in style, the stories range from a police ... Read more

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11 gripping thrillers from some of BBC Radio's best contemporary writers, including BAFTA- winner Neil McKayInventive, intriguing and atmospheric, this eclectic selection of crime, mystery and psychological dramas immerses us in a series of diverse worlds where nothing is what it appears to be, and nobody is quite what they seem.Wide in scope and disparate in style, the stories range from a police
... Read more
BBC National Short Story Award 2016

by Jenni Murray, Lavinia Greenlaw, Hilary Mantel, Tahmima Anam, Claire-Louise Bennett, K. J. Orr ...

Series Book 11 - BBC National Short Story Award
FEATURING THE WINNER: 'DISAPPEARANCES' by K.J. ORRYoung garment workers in a Bangladesh factory seek a better life, at a price...A girl on a deep, dark moor is drawn into a different kind of darkness after a stranger gives her a bunch of flowers...A retired plastic surgeon, who once served the great and not-so-good of Buenos Aires, finds a new peace when he disguises his identity...An academic ... Read more

$9.20 CAD

FEATURING THE WINNER: 'DISAPPEARANCES' by K.J. ORRYoung garment workers in a Bangladesh factory seek a better life, at a price...A girl on a deep, dark moor is drawn into a different kind of darkness after a stranger gives her a bunch of flowers...A retired plastic surgeon, who once served the great and not-so-good of Buenos Aires, finds a new peace when he disguises his identity...An academic
... Read more

Best British Short Stories 2015

by Rebecca Swirsky, Matthew Sperling, Joanna Walsh, Jenn Ashworth, Tamar Hodes, Bee Lewis, Uschi Gatward, Emma Cleary, Jim Hinks, Jonathan Gibbs, Neil Campbell, Hilary Mantel, Alan McCormick, Alison Moore, Helen Marshall, Julianne Pachico, Helen Simpson, Charles Wilkinson, Nicholas Royle, K. J. Orr, Tracey S. Rosenberg ...

Series series Best British Short Stories
"Hilary Mantel and Helen Simpson feature in the nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its fifth year …"Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief ... Read more

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"Hilary Mantel and Helen Simpson feature in the nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its fifth year …"Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief
... Read more
High Windows

by Philip Larkin ...

When Philip Larkin's High Windows first appeared, Kingsley Amis spoke for a large and loyal readership when he wrote: 'Larkin's admirers need only be told that he is as good as ever here, if not slightly better.'Like Betjeman and Hardy, Larkin is a poet who can move a large audience - without betraying the highest artistic standards.The poems in High Windows illustrate Larkin's unrivalled ability ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

When Philip Larkin's High Windows first appeared, Kingsley Amis spoke for a large and loyal readership when he wrote: 'Larkin's admirers need only be told that he is as good as ever here, if not slightly better.'Like Betjeman and Hardy, Larkin is a poet who can move a large audience - without betraying the highest artistic standards.The poems in High Windows illustrate Larkin's unrivalled ability
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The BBC National Short Story Award 2013

by Sarah Hall, Lucy Wood, Lionel Shriver, Lavinia Greenlaw, Lisa Blower ...

Featuring:Sarah Hall, Lucy Wood, Lisa Blower, Lavinia Greenlaw and Lionel Shriver.Edgar Allan Poe once claimed the greatest literary works were those that could be read ’in one sitting’. ‘Brevity must be in direct ratio of the intensity of the intended effect,’ he argued, once the effect has been established, of course.The stories shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award 2013 all use ... Read more

$7.36 CAD

Featuring:Sarah Hall, Lucy Wood, Lisa Blower, Lavinia Greenlaw and Lionel Shriver.Edgar Allan Poe once claimed the greatest literary works were those that could be read ’in one sitting’. ‘Brevity must be in direct ratio of the intensity of the intended effect,’ he argued, once the effect has been established, of course.The stories shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award 2013 all use
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Three Poems

by Hannah Sullivan ...

Hannah Sullivan's debut collection is a revelation - three poems of startling intensity, ambition and length. Though each poem stands apart, their inventive and looping encounters make for a compelling unity. 'You, Very Young in New York' is a study of romantic possibility and disillusion in a great American city. 'Repeat Until Time' begins with a move to California and unfolds into a ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

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Hannah Sullivan's debut collection is a revelation - three poems of startling intensity, ambition and length. Though each poem stands apart, their inventive and looping encounters make for a compelling unity. 'You, Very Young in New York' is a study of romantic possibility and disillusion in a great American city. 'Repeat Until Time' begins with a move to California and unfolds into a
... Read more

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The Folk Song Singer & Los Deseparacidos - Benjamin Myers

by Benjamin Myers ...

Series Book 0 - Galley Beggar Singles
Two very special stories from Benjamin Myers in one ebook. It's our first Galley Beggar Double-A side! The Folk Singer On a hot stormy night in London a music journalist interviews a reclusive female folk singer still living off the royalties off one hit single in the 1970s. Over too many drinks she begins to drop her guard and as thunder cracks over the city what started out as confrontation soon ... Read more

$3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Two very special stories from Benjamin Myers in one ebook. It's our first Galley Beggar Double-A side! The Folk Singer On a hot stormy night in London a music journalist interviews a reclusive female folk singer still living off the royalties off one hit single in the 1970s. Over too many drinks she begins to drop her guard and as thunder cracks over the city what started out as confrontation soon
... Read more
How to Be 'Normal'

Notes on the eccentricities of modern life

by Daniel Tammet ...

Series Book 5 - Little Ways to Live a Big Life
An eye-opening short book by the international bestselling writer of Born on a Blue Day and Thinking in Numbers.Have you ever wondered how neurotypicals - so called 'normal' people - come across to those who are on the autistic spectrum? What would an instruction manual about being an average human being look like to them? And actually, would it be that different, fundamentally, to a field guide ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

An eye-opening short book by the international bestselling writer of Born on a Blue Day and Thinking in Numbers.Have you ever wondered how neurotypicals - so called 'normal' people - come across to those who are on the autistic spectrum? What would an instruction manual about being an average human being look like to them? And actually, would it be that different, fundamentally, to a field guide
... Read more
The Death of Miss Agatha Feakes (Storycuts)

by Louis de Bernières ...

Agatha Feakes looks back over her life and experiences, blissfully unaware that is her last day living . . .Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection Notwithstanding. ... Read more

$6.99 CAD

Agatha Feakes looks back over her life and experiences, blissfully unaware that is her last day living . . .Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection Notwithstanding.
... Read more

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