British Writers: The Spoken Word

Synopsis: This three-CD compilation forms part of the British Library’s series of documentary recordings by English-language authors and playwrights. 30 British writers are represented, talking about their lives and work. The recordings derive primarily from BBC broadcasts, the earliest of them dating from the 1930s, and include historic recordings of the first generation of writers whose voices survive, through to senior figures of the present day. The majority of the recordings have not been published before. Tracks include the sole remaining recordings of Virginia Woolf and Arthur Conan Doyle, P G Wodehouse talking about ‘Jeeves and Wooster’, Ian Fleming’s ‘Desert Island Discs’ appearance and Harold Pinter in conversation with Kenneth Tynan.

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Series: Spoken Word, The
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2008
Availability: out of distribution
Subjects: English language and literature; Literature
Keywords: archive sound recordings; literature - English; radio broadcasting; writers - English; literature - 20th century

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Price: sample tracks
Delivery: Streamed

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Notes: A range of audio publications related to the collections of the British Library’s Sound Archive. Historical topics, wildlife sounds, world music, art and literature are particularly strongly represented. There are also a few DVDs, videos and CD-ROMs based on holdings in the BL. Some of the titles are available for paid audio download.

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