Entries Tagged as 'BBC'

Beowulf translated and read by the late Seamus Heaney

April 11th, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized

When I first read Beowulf in college I was immediately captivated. As an English major, and a huge fan of fantasy literature, I was familiar with the story, but until then had never actually read the verse. I had an amazing Medieval Literature professor who set me on a path to which I began devouring […]

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Nicola Barber Returns to Narrate Call the Midwife Audiobooks

October 9th, 2013 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News

Nicola Barber is returning to read the remaining two titles in the Call the Midwife trilogy: Shadows of the Workhouse and Farewell to the East End. Nicola Barber is an Award-Winning British voice actor originally from London. She has more than 12 years of voice acting experience. As one reviewer wrote of her reading of […]

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Calling All Midwives

October 3rd, 2013 · No Comments · Acquisition News

I’m pleased to announce . . . I’m thrilled to announce . . . I couldn’t be happier to announce . . . Isn’t there any other way to say this? How about: I’m ‘eaven and ‘ell chuffed ter tell what HighBridge has picked up the bloody rights to produce audiobook editions of the remaining […]

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