David works from his home in Holyhead, North Wales, as a writer, editor, lecturer, and broadcaster. Born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland in 1941, he spent his early years in Holyhead. His family moved to Liverpool in 1951, and he received his secondary schooling at St Mary’s College. He read English at University College London (1959-62), specialised in English language studies, did some research there at the Survey of English Usage under Randolph Quirk (1962-3), then joined academic life as a lecturer in linguistics, first at Bangor, then at Reading. Read more
Everyday Shakespeare: Lines for Life (with Ben Crystal)The Encyclopedia CodesLet's Talk: How English Conversation Works The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, 3rd edn Sounds appealing: the passionate story of English pronunciation
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Of the 100+ books listed on this site, many are now out-of-print. I often get emails from people trying to track down a copy. The emergence of e-books as a genre now offers a new opportunity to make out-of-print books available once again in various formats. The project also includes books of ours that fall outside the remit of conventional trade publishing.
Ben and David Crystal Everyday Shakespeare: Lines for Life, was published by Chambers in May, and in the USA in September. An audio book is also now available. Further information about the book can be found at www.everyday-shakespeare.com/ A Date with Language, was published by the Bodleian Press in September 2023. And the 7th edition of the Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, co-edited with Alan Yu, was published in October 2023. As of 2022, HIlary's books are now available in print and e-book formats. See her page for details.
