Wednesday, October 26, 2011

The Eastern Regional Library Show 26th October 2011

Library staff members Lyn Baines, Jessica Bonner and Pia Butcher run a radio show each Wednesday 12:05pm-12:45pm on Eastern FM 98.1 called The Eastern Regional Library Show. Tune in next week for a great show.

On today's show 
In recent years publishers have rediscovered great authors of the past & brought their books back into print. The success of Philippa Gregory's novels of the Tudors has led to novels by Jean Plaidy, Margaret Campbell Barnes & M M Kaye returning to the shelves in beautiful new covers. Georgette Heyer has never been out of print but her novels have recently been reissued again & a new biography by Jennifer Kloester has just been published. Winifred Holtby's South Riding has been made into a TV series (coming to your library soon) & more of her novels have been reprinted. Winifred's great friend, Vera Brittain, wrote a moving memoir of WWI, Testament of Youth, & the 1980 TV series based on the book has just been released on DVD. 
Lyn also promoted forthcoming talks by Maggie Millar on Elizabeth Jolley & Jessica Rudd about her new book.


---- Lyn

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