David Newby

David Newby was professor of linguistics at Graz University, Austria, and Bergen University, Norway. He is the author of academic publications, school textbooks and several works of drama. His play The Language of Love was a finalist in the BBC World Service playwriting competition. The ­Family Album was performed by Vienna’s English Theatre. His most recent play is Love Conquers All. Teaching Birds to Talk, the first story in Worlds Apart, was broadcast on the BBC World Service.