Obituary: Barbara Holdridge, the audiobook pioneer American publisher whose early recordings of Dylan Thomas kickstarted a global phenomenon

Obituary: Barbara Holdridge, the audiobook pioneer

American publisher whose early recordings of Dylan Thomas kickstarted a global phenomenon.

💯 this / now out in paperback.

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Every flame tells a story...

Introducing the beautiful new novel from @ruthhoganauthor.bsky.social, The Light a Candle Society.

In bookshops 26th June. Pre-order now from your favourite retailer 🕯️ 💙📚

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Know that they’re out there doing good things #LightACandle

Sitting on a packed Tube and trying to pretend I’m not crying … and it’s all down to you, Ruth Hogan – what a gorgeous and moving read The Light a Candle Society is. Thank you so much @mslisahighton.bsky.social for the chance to read it early. It’s utterly wonderful

Oh Cari, so pleased to read this (crying is a good thing!) thank you. Ruth gets better and better - real echoes of Keeper xx @atlanticbooks.bsky.social

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Always thought this film was creepy

Popeye, Tintin and more will enter the public domain in the new year The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.

The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.

Rewatching Lord of the Rings trilogy with my son is a Christmas ritual (often interrupted by distance, life, etc) but when it happens - sheer joy

Australian Boxing Day - a kookaburra, the pavlova of dreams and some spectacular scenery. Also 33deg. 😎 Chill

Adding that to your bio

Preparing for a very long trip and ‘plane books’ first one in is Dorothy Parker - cute edn

Quite so

I feel your pain.

Meanwhile in Sin City … 🦹‍♂️

Definitely keep it going - hope the pop up goes well!

Gorgeous

Gorgeous Edinburgh pre-Christmas weekend with my girl (Edinburgh’s newest resident) - somehow/luckily we dodged Darragh to enjoy

Title: MY YEAR-END READING STATISTICS Image: Five colourful diagrams. 1. Most considered authors: Joyce. Proust. Tolstoy Considered reading (all ticked) Actually read (none ticked) 2. Non-fiction Titles consumed (19 blocks) Information retained (2 of the 19 shaded) 3. Unread book pile A bar chart. Last year (high) This year (higer still) 17% increase 4. Loans Books lent vs books returned. The difference between the two is labelled "friendships under review" 5.Audiobook listening A pie chart with 4 sections Concentrating: 42% Passively absorbing: 26% Completely distracted: 19% Asleep: 13%

MY YEAR-END READING STATISTICS #wrapped
(originally for @theguardian.com)

St Andrew’s Day in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I’ll Never Forget The Day I Read A Book. A mere 42 seconds of your time could be gloriously spent youtu.be/uLOR8gKwyoo?...

💜 Publication day for Glennis Virgo’s CITY OF SILK today- we celebrated at Hart’s Books in Saffron Walden - everybody was excellent and we sold out of books. 💜

It’s the Henry way

Sod it, started with the Christmas decs - because these are just winter lights in the darkness.

Me too

Looking glam!

Waving