The official script for the box-office smash movie, featuring every ruddy word (and stage direction) of Alan’s seamless transformation from natural-born broadcaster into fully fledged and occasionally fully dressed hostage negotiator. Contains deleted scenes and an exclusive Foreword by Steve Coogan.With a television career behind him and a much-coveted breakfast slot in his spiritual home, regional digital radio, there was only one place left for Alan Partridge to turn: Hollywood!...

All three series of the BBC Radio spoof boys' magazine - plus Winter and Christmas SpecialsNominated for a British Comedy Award for Best Radio Comedy, The Harpoon is a nostalgic, spiffing spoof of adventure story papers for boys from yesteryear - but on the wireless. In the style of publications such as the Boys' Own Paper - but with its tongue firmly in its cheek - it features a veritable feast of thrilling serials, 'How-Tos', readers' letters an...

Steve Coogan is Alan Partridge, the crass chat show host who has a spectacular fall from grace in these 3 BBC TV episodes. 'Knowing me, Knowing Yule' (29 December 1995) In a special Christmas edition of his television chat show, the irrespressible Alan bids the nation good tidings from 'an exact replica reproduction' of the interior of his house - and counts the BBC's Chief Commissioning Editor amongst his guests. However, his attempts to secure a second series go far from well... in fact ...

This popular series “gets better with every book” (Globe and Mail)Father Brennan Burke’s patience is tested to the limit when a young woman announces to the world that the Virgin Mary has appeared to her in his churchyard, and hordes of pilgrims, souvenir hawkers, and reporters converge on the scene. But, as unwelcome as these guests may be, they pale in comparison to yet another aggravation in Father Burke’s life, a controversial talk show host who clashes with Burke the ...

Twenty-five years ago, serial killer Paul Denyer terrorised the bayside suburb of Frankston.Twenty-five years later, the trauma of his seven-week killing spree still haunts the community.The spate of murders in 1993 touched many more lives than just the three victims.All of Melbourne was gripped with fear, as Frankston and surrounding suburbs were flooded with police hunting the serial killer of three young women.It began on June 11 when Elizabeth Stevens was...

A silver lining in the storm clouds of mental illness and suicide. Mental health issues touch all of us who live in the human community. In Lost Boy Bipolar Dreaming, Jocelyn Price tells the story of her journey with her son (Cameron suffered from bipolar disorder and eventually suicided). She writes of his dreams, his good times and his not so good times. Told through the veil of a mothers compassion, dawning consciousness, receptivity, understanding, acceptance and strength to go on in l...

"Monster Planet, here we come!"One morning at school, Natalie is feeling bored - until a tiny monster waves at her from a plant on the classroom window sill. The monster whizzes her off in his mini flying saurcer for some MONSTER FUN. Now Natalie really has some monster stories to tell.An exciting and funny adventure from the award-winning author of THE DINOSAUR'S PACKED LUNCH.

A “gripping” (Publishers Weekly) thriller featuring page-turning tension, psychological twists and turns, and an unforgettable voice, perfect for fans of Patricia Highsmith and Gillian Flynn.Jonathan Caine is a true master of the universe—a currency arbitrageur earning millions with a trophy wife, a penthouse condo with a view of the Statute of Liberty, and the thirst for more—when his world comes crashing down. In the midst of this downward spiral, Jonath...

GO TO SLEEPHow ignorant of you.You are unaware of my demonic presence in your lifeI will destroy everything you stand forWorthless cowardI am always watching youAnd soon you will come to live with me...Forever...I THINK IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO

It’s a long, drowsy summer at the end of the 1980s, and Alan Dean and three of his friends cross the fields behind their village to look for a rumoured WW2 air raid shelter. Only half believing that it even exists beyond schoolboy gossip, the four boys nevertheless feel an odd tension and unease. And when they do find the shelter, and go down inside it, the strange and horrifying events that follow will test their adolescent friendships to breaking point, and affect the rest of their lives...

When Trey’s father suggests that he undergo a thorough examination before he heads off to college, Trey reluctantly agrees. He is none too eager to admit that he's a virgin. When his father insists that he go to one particular physician who's an expert in men’s health, he laughs. No physician could possibly be an expert in the kind of men that Trey is interested in. When he enters the office of Dr. Goode, he immediately senses something a little “off” about the place.***

A writer in the future travels back in time to write the big best-sellers before the real writers do in this "Twilight Zone"-style tale.A short story by internationally-known author Raymond Benson.