When Pippa Dunn,adopted as an infant and raised terribly British, discovers that her birth parents are from the American South, she finds that "culture clash" has layers of meaning she'd never imagined. Meet The English American, a fabulously funny, deeply poignant debut novel that sprang from Larkin's autobiographical one-woman show of the same name.In many ways, Pippa Dunn is very English: she eats Marmite on toast, knows how to make a proper cup of tea,...

A joyful, moving, compulsively readable story about true love, loss and the unexpected surprises that life (and the afterlife) can throw our way.Grief... A Comedy is the follow up to Larkin's hit solo show, that critics called "Outstandingly uplifting." SCOTTISH FIELD"Leaves you believing joy really can be found after loss." DAILY MAIL"A story that could truly change your life."

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde grew out of a horrifying nightmare Robert Louis Stevenson had one night in Bournemouth, England in 1886. The Yellow Wallpaper sprang from a catastrophic nervous breakdown Charlotte Perkins Gilman had six years later on the other side of the Atlantic following the birth of her daughter.Now these two haunting, iconic tales are brought together for the first time in this powerful classic audio exploration of madness and the duality of the human soul.R...

Read by AudioFile Earphones award winning narrator Alison Larkin and the star of Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime t.v. series James Warwick,The Man in the Brown Suit - Anne comes to London looking for adventure, but adventure comes looking for her—and immediately finds her when she witnesses a mysterious death.The Mysterious Affair at Styles - When Emily Inglethorpe dies suspiciously after marrying a man 20 years her junior, her nephew, Captain Hastings, recruits his old f...

15 beautiful embroidery projects from the era of Jane Austen.Jane Austen was as skilful with a needle as she was with a pen. This unique book from Jennie Batchelor and Alison Larkin showcases recently discovered 18th century embroidery patterns expertly repurposed into 15 exciting modern stitching projects. The patterns and projects are brought to life with glimpses into the world of Regency women and their domestic lives by lively historical features, quotes from ...

At age twenty-six, Agatha Raisin has already come a long way. She has clawed her way up since leaving the Birmingham slum where she was born. She’s lost her Birmingham accent, run away from her drunken husband, and found a job at a public relations office as a secretary. Then her boss asks Agatha to go to the home of Sir Bryce Teller to tell him that he is soon to be arrested for the murder of his wife and that the agency no longer wants to represent him.Teller, impressed with the ...

"Alison Larkin herself is a comic writer and performer and she approaches Austen as a satirist. She has genuine theatrical skilll...sustained comic creations. The voice reveals all.” — The New YorkerEver since Colin Firth’s Mr Darcy emerged from the lake in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, the novels of Jane Austen have become more popular than ever, delighting millions of fans all over the world. Now, Alison Larkin’s critically acclaimed narrations of Austen’s six comple...

"Alison Larkin's narration will captivate listeners from the first sentence...Austen’s nineteenth-century writing style flows off Larkin’s tongue, making the dense passages easy to understand"" raves AudioFile Magazine, presenting Larkin with an Earphones award.Ever since Colin Firth’s Mr Darcy emerged from the lake in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, the novels of Jane Austen have become more popular than ever, delighting millions of fans all over the world. Now, Alison ...

Jane Austen’s most famous novel, Pride and Prejudice, is brought to sparkling life in this new unabridged recording by AudioFile earphones award winning narrator Alison Larkin. A witty and always original voice, Alison Larkin is the perfect vessel to bring Jane Austen’s classically satirical second novel to a new American audience. This fresh and hugely entertaining reading from the English American joined with Austen’s deft satire, results in pure, boundless FUN. Cover illustration by New...

Over 40 hours of pure joy from 3 narrators at the top of their game!The Murder of Roger Ackroyd read by Simon Jones
The Man in the Brown Suit read by Alison LarkinThe Secret Adversary read by Alison LarkinThe Mysterious Affair at Styles read by James WarwickThe Murder on the Links read by James WarwickThis outstanding collection includes award-winning narrator Alison Larkin’s fascinating, lively interviews with Golden Voice narrator Simon Jones, (star o...

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, The Signalman by Charles Dickens, Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Dracula by Bram StokerRead by: Clive Hayward, Derek Perkins and Alison LarkinOver thirty hours of great classic horror is brought to haunting new life by three A-list narrators whose performances are nothing short of electrifying.“At once terrifying and heartbreaking” raves Au...

Theatre Icon Tina Packer Final, Unfiltered Reflections on Shakespeare, Life and Love "The idea was simple. Tina would choose her favorite Shakespeare sonnets, then talk about how they related to her life and work. She was brilliant and inspiring right up to the end." -Alison Larkin Tina Packer was an internationally renowned expert on Shakespeare and whose influence on actors worldwide reshaped how the Bard's work is performed and understood. Recorded just three weeks before she died, this...