Mary Webb’s award-winning novel adapted for radio with a full cast, plus a dramatised biography of the celebrated authorNovelist and poet Mary Webb is as closely associated with Shropshire as Thomas Hardy with Dorset and the Brontës with Yorkshire. She wrote six books set against the timeless landscape of the county she knew and loved so well, but only achieved literary success after her death when the then Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin praised her work, describin...

F****ive tales of time-travel, vampires, Snow White and Odysseus from the legendary Tanith LeeTanith Lee was one of the 20th century’s most influential writers of fantasy, horror and science fiction. She wrote over 90 novels and 300 short stories, as well as children’s books, poems and several episodes of Blake’s 7. Her many accolades include several World Fantasy Awards (including the Lifetime Achievement Award) and she was the first woman to win the Brit...

Dramatised readings from the award-winning Jan Carson, plus bonus interview with the author herselfNorthern Irish writer Jan Carson won the EU Prize for Literature 2019 for her novel The Fire Starters, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2023. Her work has been translated into over 15 languages and appeared in numerous journals and on BBC Radio 3 and 4. Contained within this collection are a sele...

It's 1699 in the coastal settlement of Fount Royal in the Carolinas when Rachel Howarth is sentenced to be hanged as a witch. She's been accused of murder, deviltry, and blasphemous sexual congress, and the beleaguered, God-fearing colonial village wants her dead. But Matthew Corbett, young clerk to the traveling magistrate summoned to Fount Royal to weigh the accusations, soon finds himself persuaded in favor of the beguiling young widow.Struck first by her beauty, Matthew believe...

"Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College – Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders’ capacity for pain beyond endurance. It’s the new vice commandant, who’s...

Based on the bestselling novel Drama Queen by Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Drama Queen: The Audio Drama is an audio adaptation of the stage play inspired by the novel, first performed in September 2016.Featuring a stellar cast of some of India’s finest actors, including Sujata Kumar, Arif Zakaria, Suchitra Pillai and Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, with guest appearances by Karan Johar, Ram Gopal Varma and some other delicious Bollywood folk.With original music written and composed by...

Mattimeo should have been named "trouble." Always getting into mischief and quick to lose his temper, the young mouse seems an unlikely candidate to take up the great sword once wielded by the legendary Martin to defend Redwall Abbey's peaceful way of life. But when Mattimeo and his friends are kidnapped by the fierce fox Slagar the Cruel, the bold little mouse learns that there is far more to becoming a true warrior than simply brandishing a sword. Brian Jacques' Redwall books have sold m...

Full-cast production with realistic digital voices.A dead man, a book of spells, and a seagull with opinions.Dr Cass Winters came to Kilmaraig to disappear.A marine biologist with a wrecked career and an inherited cottage she fully intends to sell, she wants nothing from the little Scottish fishing village but quiet, peaty water from the tap, and somewhere to lick her wounds. What she gets is a dead man on the beach — a developer washed up on the mo...

An immersive collection of radio plays from the ‘Godmother of black British playwrights’Multiple award-winning playwright Winsome Pinnock was the first Black woman to have a play performed at the National Theatre in 1994 (Leave Taking), where she later became a writer in residence. This stunning collection, featuring performances from Adjoa Andoh (Bridgerton), Lennie James (The Walking Dead, Line of Duty) and Ayesha Antoine (...

Don't listen to the whispers of the woods.Don't trust the man cloaked in shadow.Don't earn the wrath of the scattered spirits.Don't go out after dark.The Great Hunt begins once every fifty years and only the Champions willing to face death to shatter the curse dare to enter.The Champions…and me.I'm no warrior, no swordsmith, and certainly no Fae, but the forest is my only hope. ...

Brian Jacques' stories of Redwall have sparked the imaginations of innumerable readers and won the New York Times best-selling author countless fans. In The Long Patrol, Jacques delivers a wonderfully crafted tale set in his fantastical realm. The vicious Rapscallion army is threatening to batter down the walls of Redwall Abbey. But standing in their way are the brave hares of the Long Patrol and a stout-hearted contingent of forest creatures. And no defender of Redwall is more courageous ...

With millions of copies sold, Brian Jacques’ New York Times bestselling Redwall series has captivated people around the world. A riveting story of unparalleled bravery in the face of terrible danger, The Bellmaker tells of one father’s determination to protect his beloved daughter.Four seasons ago, Mariel the warrior-mouse left Redwall Abbey to fight evil in Mossflower. Nothing has been heard of her since. When Mariel’s father, Joseph the Bellmaker, is visited in a dream by the leg...