If you have, shall we say, rather more eclectic tastes in the arts and have seen the Ian Dury biopic Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, you may be interested to know that Olivia Williams - who plays Ian Dury’s first wife in the film - can be found reading Jane Austen’s Persuasion exclusively for Silksoundbooks.

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, also starring Andy Serkis and Ray Winstone, deals with the life of 70’s music legend Ian Dury and is a no-holds-barred look at the man, his music and the disability that shaped his character and was the root of his determination.

Olivia, who’s big break came when she was cast by Kevin Costner in The Postman, in fact played Jane Austen in Miss Austen Regrets for the BBC which also starred Silksoundbooks audio book readers Hugh Bonneville and Greta Scacchi.


Olivia's unabridged audiobook Persuasion is available for download from Silksoundbooks.com

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