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British & Irish Audiobooks

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    The Book of Taliesin

    Poems of Warfare and Praise in an Enchanted Britain

    by Rowan Williams, Gwyneth Lewis ...
    Narrated by David Sibley ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 16 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.This Penguin Classic is performed by David Sibley, best known for Henry V, War & Peace and Silent Witness. This definitive recording is translated by, and includes an introduction by Gwyneth Lewis and Rowan William.Taliesin's is one of the most important names in all Welsh literature - and one of its greatest mysteries. He has fascinated and inspired some of our greatest ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Deep Wheel Orcadia

    A Novel

    by Harry Josephine Giles ...
    Narrated by Harry Josephine Giles ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 39 min

    Please note, this audio edition alternates between sections written and performed in the Orkney dialect, and their English translations.Astrid is returning home from art school on Mars, looking for inspiration. Darling is fleeing a life that never fit, searching for somewhere to hide. They meet on Deep Wheel Orcadia, a distant space station struggling for survival as the pace of change threatens ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Beowulf

    by Seamus Heaney ...
    Narrated by Seamus Heaney ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 15 min

    Composed towards the end of the first millennium, the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf is one of the great Northern epics and a classic of European literature. In his new translation, Seamus Heaney has produced a work which is both true, line by line, to the original poem, and an expression, in its language and music, of something fundamental to his own creative gift.The poem is about encountering the ... Read more

    $33.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Seamus Heaney I Collected Poems (published 1966-1975)

    Death of a Naturalist; Door into the Dark; Wintering Out; North

    by Seamus Heaney ...
    Narrated by Seamus Heaney ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 4 min

    Volume One of the definitive collection of Seamus Heaney reading his own work, recorded in 2009 by RTE. Volume One contains four collections published between 1966 and 1975: Death of a Naturalist, Door into the Dark, Wintering Out and North. ... Read more

    $32.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Canterbury Tales

    Penguin Classics

    by Geoffrey Chaucer ...
    Narrated by Daniel Weyman, Derek Jacobi, Jay Bernard, Lesley Manville, Seroca Davis, Michael Balogun ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 44 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.This Penguin Classic is performed by Lesley Manville (winner of the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress and known for Phantom Thread and Mum**), Derek Jacobi (winner of the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and known for** Gladiator and Gosford Park**), Michael Balogun (known for** National Theatre Live: Macbeth**), Jay Bernard (writer o... ... Read more

    $28.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Life, Love and Loss

    Poems for every hurdle on life’s highway

    by Donna Ashworth ...
    Narrated by Donna Ashworth ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 56 min

    Poems for every hurdle on life's highwayAfter the bestselling I Wish I Knew, Donna Ashworth has now produced an extraordinary three-volume collection of poems that will touch and inspire every reader in the ups and downs we all face in love, in life and in loss. These brilliantly accessible poems bring delight, comfort and strength in the height of romance, the darkness of grief and the endlessly ... Read more

    $47.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Rhyme A Dozen ― Christmas Carols, A

    12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic

    by Sara Teasdale, G K Chesterton, Thomas Hardy ...
    Narrated by Ghizela Rowe ...

    Unabridged

    19 min

    ‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.1 - A Rhyme a ... Read more

    $2.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Making of Poetry: Coleridge, the Wordsworths and Their Year of Marvels

    by Adam Nicolson ...
    Narrated by Roger Davis ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 14 min

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2019Wordsworth and Coleridge as you’ve never seen them before in this new book by Adam Nicolson, brimming with poetry, art and nature writing. Proof that poetry can change the world.It is the most famous year in English poetry. Out of it came The Ancient Mariner and ‘Kubla Khan’, as well as Coleridge’s unmatched hymns to friendship and fatherhood, ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Rhyme A Dozen ― The Rain, A

    12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic

    by Frances Ledwidge, Ivor Gurney, Sara Teasdale ...
    Narrated by Richard Mitchley ...

    Unabridged

    14 min

    ‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.1 - A Rhyme a ... Read more

    $2.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Treasury of Romantic Poetry (Argo Classics)

    by William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Blake, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats ...
    Narrated by Richard Burton, William Squire, Margaretta Scott, Peter Orr, Peggy Ashcroft, full cast ...
    series Argo Classics

    Unabridged

    2 hours 41 min

    William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.A collection of the greatest poetry from the Romantic period, read by some of the 20th century’s ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Idylls of the King

    by Alfred, Lord Tennyson ...
    Narrated by Bill Homewood ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 27 min

    Lovers of legends know that this is the finest retelling of the story of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table; lovers of literature know that this is the greatest of all 19th- century narrative poems. In Tennyson’s gloriously written tale of swashbuckling feats on and off the jousting field, the honour of maidens, knights, queens and kings is won or lost. Above all, the Quest for the ... Read more

    $45.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Fifty Shades of January

    A Classic Poetry Collection

    by William Shakespeare, Sara Teasdale, Charlotte Bronte ...
    Narrated by Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley, Gideon Wagner ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 29 min

    The year reaches its end with the Twelfth month. The landscape may be bleak, a sculpture of lines, monochrome dominates. The air carries the sounds of winter; wind, storms, silence.Our classic poets flex their lexicons with verse that describes all manner of events, sights and sounds. Among their ranks are Hardy, Shakespeare, Rossetti, Nesbit, Burns and a wealth of others, who, with their thoughts ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Poetry of James Russell Lowell, The

    Harvard graduate Lowell was one of the most prominent poets of the American Romantic movement, he chose to use poetry for both beauty and social causes, mainly abolishing slavery.

    by James Russell Lowell ...
    Narrated by Eric Meyers, Christopher Ragland, Warren Keyes ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 15 min

    James Russell Lowell was born on 22nd February 1819 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Lowell graduated from Harvard in 1838, and thence on to earn a law degree from Harvard Law School.His literary life began in 1841 with his first published collection of poetry. Three years later he married Maria White and they had several children although, sadly, only one was to survive childhood.A consuming issue at ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Canterbury Tales

    by Geoffrey Chaucer ...
    Narrated by Martin Jarvis, a full cast ...

    Unabridged

    20 hours 49 min

    At the Tabard Inn, thirty travelers of widely varying classes and occupations are gathering to make the annual pilgrimage to Becket’s shrine at Canterbury. It is agreed that each traveler will tell four tales to help pass the time and that the host of the inn will judge the tales and reward the best storyteller with a free supper upon their return.Thus we hear, translated into modern English, ... Read more

    $46.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Plum

    by Hollie McNish ...
    Narrated by Hollie McNish ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 24 min

    A wise, rude, sharp poetry collection encompassing a life from childhood to attempted adulthood, from one of the most important poets of the new generation.'She writes with honesty, conviction, humour and love. She points out the absurdities we've grown too used to and lets us see the world with fresh eyes.' – Kae TempestHollie McNish, winner of the Ted Hughes Award for Poetry, has thrilled and ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    John Betjeman A First Class Collection

    by John Betjeman ...
    Narrated by John Betjeman, Andrew Motion, Derek Jacobi, Miriam Margolyes, Samuel West, Stephen Fry, Susan Jameson ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 23 min

    Sir John Betjeman’s unique relationship with the BBC left a lasting legacy of poetry, readings and performances. A First Class Collection features a selection of some of his most memorable and best-loved poetry. Betjeman was one of the best-known and loved Poet Laureates and over a hundred years after his birth he continues to attract acclaim and admiration. Some of his fascinating BBC Archive ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Phoenix and the Turtle / The Passionate Pilgrim

    Performed by Olivier Award Nominee Gerard Logan

    by William Shakespeare ...
    Narrated by Gerard Logan ...
    Audiobook 2 - Shakespeare Classics

    Unabridged

    35 min

    The Passionate Pilgrim, a collection of beautiful verses by Shakespeare and other contemporary poets, is here paired with the Bard's intriguing allegorical work The Phoenix and the Turtle, which focuses on the love and death of two birds a Phoenix and a Turtle Dove. Mysterious and haunting, these rarely recorded works are richly rewarding, performed to perfection by Gerard Logan. Highly praised ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Artificial Horizon

    Volume Two of Poems From the Book of My Enemy

    by Clive James ...
    Narrated by Clive James ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour

    Following the publication of his 1986 collection, Other Passports, Clive James emerged as one of the most prominent poets of his generation, going on to publish new works in such mainstream outlets as the TLS, the London Review of Books, the Spectator, the New Yorker and the Australian Book Review, and culminating in this updated collection, The Artificial Horizon, the second volume of Poems From ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Shadow Play

    by James Norcliffe ...
    Narrated by James Norcliffe, Bernadette Hall, Gillian Bickley ...
    Audiobook 14 - Proverse Publication Prize

    Abridged

    57 min

    Norcliffe professes not to be a confessional poet; nevertheless he freely acknowledges that places and people served as prompts for the poems. New Zealand based, Norcliffe is well-travelled and his poems have international resonance. Placing Shadow Play with one other poetry collection as a finalist for the annual international Proverse Prize in 2011, the judging panel (reviewing entries with no ... Read more

    $5.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Nyårsklockan

    Klassiska Dikter

    by Alfred Tennyson ...
    Narrated by Klassiska Dikter ...

    Unabridged

    3 min

    NYÅRSKLOCKAN | ALFRED TENNYSONNyårsklockan (engelska: Ring Out, Wild Bells) är en dikt av den engelske poeten Alfred Tennyson från 1850. Den svenska översättningen, som innehåller versraden "Ring, klocka, ring" är skriven av Edvard Fredin och publicerades i flera dagstidningar i januari 1889, samma år som Fredin avled bara 32 år gammal. I bokform gavs den ut 1890.Sedan mitten av 1890-talet är det ... Read more

    $3.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Lone Wolf

    by Felix Dennis ...
    Narrated by Felix Dennis ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 31 min

    The second collection of original verse by the maverick multimillionaire publisher Felix Dennis.Praise for Felix Dennis's first volume of poetry, A Glass Half Full:'The unpredictable Felix Dennis bursts forth as a 21st-century Kipling' Tom Wolfe'If Waugh were still alive, he would fall on Dennis's verse with a glad cry of recognition and approval' John Walsh, Independent'At least one of these ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Poetry of Damon Runyon, The

    We have an exciting poetry anthology here, from the celebrated author Runyon, whose stories were the source material for the musical Guys & Dolls.

    by Damon Runyon ...
    Narrated by Eric Meyers, Christopher Ragland, Samya De Meo ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 6 min

    Alfred Damon Runyan was born on 4th October 1880, in Manhattan, Kansas.When Runyon was two his father was forced to sell his newspaper and the family moved eventually settling in Pueblo, Colorado where Runyon spent his youth.By most accounts, he attended school only through the fourth grade and then worked for his father in the newspaper trade.In 1898 Runyon enlisted in the U.S. Army to fight in ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Poetry of Richard Le Gallienne, The

    by Richard le Gallienne ...
    Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley, Ghizela Rowe ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 6 min

    Richard Thomas Gallienne was born in Liverpool on 20th January, 1866.His first job was in an accountant's office, but this was quickly abandoned to pursue his first love as a professional writer. His first work, My Ladies’ Sonnets, was published in 1887.In 1889 he became, for a brief time, literary secretary to Wilson Barrett the manager, actor, and playwright. Barrett enjoyed immense success with ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Poetry of Weddings, The

    by W B Yeats, Khalil Gibran, Christina Georgina Rossetti ...
    Narrated by Alex Jennings, Ghizela Rowe, Stella Gonet ...

    Unabridged

    47 min

    Whilst those of us old enough to remember the sixties might have thought weddings would become obsolete for all but the faithful, they still seem for the majority of us to be the benchmark, the gold standard of a relationship.This symbol of love, commitment and sacrifice between two people, albeit for most, no longer mirroring the union between God and His Church, endures. Others have found other ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial