Interview with Julia Whelan
07/29/22 • 0 min
On today's episode we chat with author and narrator Julia Whelan. She is an Audie award winning narrator who has narrated over 500 books and also authored multiple books of her own. We discuss a wide range of topics including her new book Thank You For Listening (on sale 8/2/22), the audiobook industry, how narration works, what AI means to the industry and more!
About this month's guest: Whelan is one of the top narrators recording today. She was named Audible’s Narrator of the Year in 2014 and is a Grammy-nominated audiobook director. She has acquired multiple Audies and Society of Voice Arts Awards, including for the performance of her own novel, My Oxford Year. She has won dozens of Earphone Awards, The Audie Award for Best Female Narrator of 2019, and was presented with Audiofile Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Golden Voice Award in 2020.
Photo by Kei Moreno via/ HarperCollins Publishers
She can be found on Instagram @JustJuliaWhelan, Twitter @JustJuliaWhelan, and TikTok @JustJuliaWhelan.
Julia's books:
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Audiobooks mentioned in this episode:
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
- Book Lovers by Emily Henry
- Educated by Tara Westover
- Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
On today's episode we chat with author and narrator Julia Whelan. She is an Audie award winning narrator who has narrated over 500 books and also authored multiple books of her own. We discuss a wide range of topics including her new book Thank You For Listening (on sale 8/2/22), the audiobook industry, how narration works, what AI means to the industry and more!
About this month's guest: Whelan is one of the top narrators recording today. She was named Audible’s Narrator of the Year in 2014 and is a Grammy-nominated audiobook director. She has acquired multiple Audies and Society of Voice Arts Awards, including for the performance of her own novel, My Oxford Year. She has won dozens of Earphone Awards, The Audie Award for Best Female Narrator of 2019, and was presented with Audiofile Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Golden Voice Award in 2020.
Photo by Kei Moreno via/ HarperCollins Publishers
She can be found on Instagram @JustJuliaWhelan, Twitter @JustJuliaWhelan, and TikTok @JustJuliaWhelan.
Julia's books:
Use promo code: LIBROPODCAST when signing up for a Libro.fm memberhsip to get an extra free credit to use on any audiobook.
Audiobooks mentioned in this episode:
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
- Book Lovers by Emily Henry
- Educated by Tara Westover
- Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
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Interview with Kendra Winchester
On this month's episode we chat with Kendra Winchester of Book Riot and Read Appalachia. We talk about audiobooks and why they DO count as reading, Disability Pride Month, Appalachian writing and literature, podcasting, and more.
About this month's guest: Kendra Winchester is a Contributing Editor for Book Riot where she writes about audiobooks and disability literature. She is also the Founder of Read Appalachia, which celebrates Appalachian literature and writing. Previously, Kendra co-founded and served as Executive Director for Reading Women, a podcast that gained an international following over its six-season run. In her off hours, you can find her writing on her Substack, Winchester Ave, and posting photos of her Corgis on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester.
Photo via/ BookRiot.com
Use promo code: LIBROPODCAST when signing up for a Libro.fm membership to get an extra free credit to use on any audiobook.
Audiobooks mentioned in this episode:
- Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau
- Disability Visibility by Alice Wong
- True Biz by Sara Novic
- Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
- Just by Looking at Him by Ryan O'Connell
- Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days by Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins
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Interview with Clint Smith
On today's episode we chat with Clint Smith a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of the narrative nonfiction book, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America, and the poetry collection Counting Descent.
About this month's guest: Clint has received fellowships from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New America, the Emerson Collective, the Art For Justice Fund, Cave Canem, and the National Science Foundation. His essays, poems, and scholarly writing have been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, Poetry Magazine, The Paris Review, the Harvard Educational Review, and elsewhere. He is a former National Poetry Slam champion and a recipient of the Jerome J. Shestack Prize from the American Poetry Review.
Photo credit: Carletta Girma via/ author website
Clint's books:
Use promo code: LIBROPODCAST when signing up for a Libro.fm membership to get an extra free credit to use on any audiobook.
Audiobooks mentioned in this episode:
- The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
- The Movement Made Us by David J. Dennis Jr. & David J. Dennis Sr.
- An Immense World by Ed Yong
- Lost & Found: A Memoir by Kathryn Schulz
- The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.
- Dirty Work by Eyal Press
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