EMILY BEST

PhD Student, English, Birkbeck

Research: Audio | Literature | Literacy

Sound recording

Professional development

Knowledge management

Engagement and marketing

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RADIODOC REVIEW DRAMA TAKEOVER: VAMPIRELLA

A review of Angela Carter's first radio play and how it uses the form to explore the absent and complicated body. Written as part of a special drama issue in partnership with Echo Salon and RadioDoc Review.

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ECHO SALON

A collective of audio practitioners, researchers and enthusiasts who get together online to discuss classic, new and ground-breaking audio drama.

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LITERACY AND AUDIO RESEARCH

Research I've worked on for the National Literacy Trust on how audiobooks and podcasts can support literacy.

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CHOKED OPEN

A collection of sounds, found and stolen, and recorded in an auditory photo album. Some as they come, others mucked about with.

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IMPOSTORS

The first radio play from Spool Productions. Two spies meet to make an exchange, but neither can be certain that the other is genuine.

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RADIO DURING LOCKDOWN

A blog I wrote for Birkbeck's Centre for Contemporary Literature on the role of radio in locked down Britain during the COVID-19 pandemic

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UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: LIMITS OF CINEMA

In September 2019 I was lucky enough to represent Birkbeck at the University of Pittsburgh film department's annual conference. Here's a blog I wrote about the amazing things I heard and saw.

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