'A tour de force of oral poetry' Guardian'I could get drunk just on the sound of the words' Sylvia PlathA definitive new edition of Dylan Thomas's beloved radio playIt is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black, the cobblestreets silent.
A "e;granular history"e; (Wall Street Journal) of the greatest hoax in radio history and the panic that followed, which Publishers Weekly calls "e;a rollicking portrait of a director on the cusp of greatness"e; and Booklist, in a starred review, says, "e;Hazelgrove's feverishly focused retelling of the broadcast as well as the fallout makes for a propulsive read as a study of both a cultural moment of mass hysteria and the singular voice at its root.
A "e;granular history"e; (Wall Street Journal) of the greatest hoax in radio history and the panic that followed, which Publishers Weekly calls "e;a rollicking portrait of a director on the cusp of greatness"e; and Booklist, in a starred review, says, "e;Hazelgrove's feverishly focused retelling of the broadcast as well as the fallout makes for a propulsive read as a study of both a cultural moment of mass hysteria and the singular voice at its root.
»Doch doch (…) Ich glaube wir kommen voran«›Auckland‹ versammelt sämtliche Hörspiele Ilse Aichingers und macht ihre beeindruckende Entwicklung von der scharfen, aber auch noch relativ geschlossenen Dialogtechnik in ›Knöpfe‹ (1953) über das schwebende Spiel der Stimmen in ›Besuch im Pfarrhaus‹ (1961) bis zur Offenheit von ›Auckland‹ (1969) und zur zärtlichen Radikalität von ›Gare maritime‹ (1976) nachvollziehbar.
The Vintage Collected Edition of Angela Carter's works continues with THE CURIOUS ROOM, which contains her dramatic writings, including several previously unpublished plays and screenplays.
Flotsam & Jetsam is the ultimate trivia book for fans of the popular BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs, and a fascinating introduction for all those who have yet to discover its delights.
Twenty-five years after the original radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy exploded into the public consciousness, the further exploits of its bewildered hero Arthur Dent were finally adapted for radio by Dirk Maggs, in part using drafts written by Douglas Adams before his death.
From the fierce and funny Clive James, this is Britain in the twenty-first century - from wheelie bins to plastic surgery, and from Britain's Got Talent to contemporary art.
The I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue team of Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor, in the company of their esteemed chairman Humphrey Lyttelton, have been recording their BBC radio show around the UK for longer than any of them can remember .
A defining collection from Alistair Cooke's legendary BBC Radio broadcasts, guiding us through nearly sixty years of changing life in the United States'No one else succeeded in explaining to the English-speaking world .
