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‘It’s A Dodl To Care’ Audio Book launches to raise money for charity 0

…Welcome to the magical world of Fingley!

Front cover picture of the newly released It's A Dodl To Care audio book.

Click to buy online!

I was delighted to be asked to narrate the first of a new series of children’s audiobooks, It’s A Doddle To Care, launched last week. As well as narrating the story, the work involved voicing lots of different characters too. I thoroughly enjoyed narrating the book, and particularly as Dodl is a bear with a sparky little personality all of his own!

Written by Daisa Morgan, the aim of the project is to raise money for two  charities – When You Wish upon a Star, and The Odyssey Cancer Centre .

The story centres around two resident bears – Dodl and Orb, who came to The Magical World of Fingley from the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor many moons ago, and have been busy for the past three years (although in Fingley time doesn’t really exist!) collating their paperwork to enable Dodl to write about the many adventures that children and adults have had from their visits to Fingley.

Do take a listen to a short promotional clip of the audiobook itself here:

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‘Hello, it’s me, Dodl!’ Click to visit the Fingley.com site to purchase your very own Dodl!

These are both well deserving registered charities, so please download the book and listen to an amazing inspirational story about Tom and his magical adventure to The Magical World of Fingley.

All the proceeds will be divided equally between the two charities. Plus, there are also a range of lovely products available too, like this Special Limited Edition Dodl bear. Others include hard copy and e-book versions of the It’s A Dodl range of books, snap cards, mouse mats, and even a Dodl’s Magical Crystal! The Fingley.com website is extremely interactive and fun – take a peek and a listen!

Orb the wizard's magic spell!
The enchanting theme music for The Magical World of Fingley audio book and website has been composed by Yorkshire born composer Chris Haigh, with audiobook production by David Smith at Loftus Audio. Visit Fingley.com, to find out more about the Fingley folk, and download the book!

Click here to find out more about my Audiobook Narration work.

Have a book that you’d like produced in audio format? Get in touch to find out more about how we could produce an audiobook like this for you!

 

Posted on: 11-4-2013
Posted in: Audio Books, Featured Projects, News

Through the eyes of a Children’s book writer… 0

Interviewing The Treebobs author, Declan Harney

The Treebobs and the Giant MoleI’ve known author Declan Harney for over a year now, since I was lucky enough to be the chosen voice to narrate the audio versions of the wonderful Treebobs series of children’s books. Declan’s passion for writing is infectious, and I thought it would be a great idea to share his story with you…

Hi Declan! What inspired you to begin writing children’s stories?

“I have always loved writing, probably due to the fact I love reading children’s stories particularly anything magical or fantasy so my love of writing stemmed from this. One night when I was working very late in the office I just put one pen down and picked a writers pen up and went on from there.”

Is this something that you’ve always wanted to do?

“Absolutely since about the age of 8.”

Where did the idea for the Treebobs series come about?

“It actually came to me in a car park. I was stuck in a miserable job at the time and was in the car on my lunch hour making what was a futile call to an employment agency. While I was there the wind blew hundreds of seeds from a sycamore tree and I remember watching as they all whirled through the air and then the idea of the Treebobs just popped into my head. I was writing some traditional fairy tales at the time which included the characters of The Treebobs in a story. The story was rejected but the agent said she loved the idea of The Treebobs and it went on from there. The first story being The Treebobs and the Dizzy Broomsticks with the creation of Rotten Rena and Badlot Barbara the two witches.”

Each story has a moral to it that children can relate to. Can you briefly give us the morality themes of each one?

“Well there are all sorts of what I hope are positive messages in the The Treebobs and the Dizzy Broomsticksbooks. In The Treebobs and the Dizzy Broomsticks there is an environmental theme when the two witches start cutting down the trees. The Runaway Cauldron shows how a common threat can bring everyone together to combat that. In The Treebobs Rescue Rotten Rena the message is about body shape and the dangers of fad diets while the Christmas story is of course all about the magic of Christmas”.

You’ve been having considerable success with the stories, and some great reviews. Can you tell us a bit more about what’s been happening?

“Yes the stories have got some lovely reviews and have been very well received in America where most of the reviews have come from. Hopefully they are soon to be broadcast on US radio as well which would be just wonderful. There is also now requests for paper back copies so the illustrations of the existing books are currently being developed as well as the creation of new stories in the same series”.

Do you have any touching or funny anecdotes, or feedback from the Treebobs Rescue Rotten Renachildren listeners themselves that you can share with us?

“It was fantastic receiving an invitation from a school where the Dizzy Broomsticks had been played to the children to arrive to hear children in the playground being Rotten Rena and the witches. Also on one of the reviews there is a picture of a little girl drawing pictures of the witches from what she had heard on the audio stories which is truly heartening.”

The Treebobs series is available in hard copy with beautiful illustrations, but also as a radio play style audio book, produced by Lee Pritchard, and narrated by yours truly! What prompted your decision to produce the book in audio format?

“I think the reviews say it all. A narrative breathes life into the story and giving it a sense of realism and literally opening up the imagination to the events that are happening. For me your ability to create the characterisations through the use of accent, tone and inflexion is part of that realism and with the sound effects makes an audio story so engaging for all listeners”

What kind of narrator were you looking for once you’d decided to produce the stories as audiobooks too?

“To be honest the production of an audio book was something I was curious about doing and it was hearing samples of voice overs that made my mind up. Once that was done I wanted a narrator that was clear with a good range and one who could do voices…and guess what I was lucky enough to find one!”

So, do you have any plans for any more children’s stories? If so, spill?!

“Yes indeed there are five more Treebob stories due for release this year the first two of these have just been completed. Also there is another series coming out for older children which are ghost stories as well as a spin off novelty book from The Treebobs.”

Thank you, Declan, I’ve had a ball narrating them! Currently there are 5 titles in the Treebobs series. The audio CD’s are yet to be pressed, but all of them are available to download now from Audible:

The Treebobs and the Dizzy Broomsticks
The Treebobs Rescue Rotten Rena
The Treebobs and the Runaway Cauldron
The Treebobs and the Giant Mole
The Treebobs Save Christmas

Published by Tales4All. You can follow Declan Harney on Twitter here.

To visit my Audiobooks voice over page to hear samples, click here.
My other Audiobook-related articles can be found here

If you’d like to find out more about my audio book narrating services, get in touch!

Posted on: 03-12-2013
Posted in: Audio Books, Featured Projects, Voice Over General

Audiobook latest: The Treebobs Rescue Rotten Rena 0

Continuing the Treebobs’series, The Treebobs Rescue Rotten Rena (written by our lovely author, Declan Harney), is in post-production at the moment, and should be out soon. Rena is a hapless witch, and gets up to all sorts of antics, and will feature one of my favourite Rena lines: ‘No-one is turning me into a hippopotamus!’ One of the great things about this series is that I have been given carte blanche to lift the voices off the page and create all of the characters that you will hear. Watch this space as the audio book becomes available. Should be in time for Christmas. I am already in talks to narrate the next book in the series, this time featuring a giant mole!

Posted on: 09-14-2012
Posted in: Audio Books, Featured Projects

The Power of Audio Books 1

The power of the voice over written communication, and the benefits of the audio book. 

The top 5 benefits of audio books:

  1. If you are an Auditory  type.  If you are the kind of person who isn’t into reading, but prefers to l356/365: Audiobooksisten, then perhaps you are auditory, and would gain more benefit by listening to an audio book.
  2. Enhances your car journey. Audio book CD ‘s can enhance you and your family’s journey time whilst driving in the car, either to relieve boredom, or to take your mind off stressful situations such as being stuck on a motorway somewhere!  You can also listen with your iPod as you go jogging as part of your New Year’s resolution and kill two birds with one stone!
  3. Saves time on personal development  activities.  Most of us never have enough time to do all the things we want to do.  Audio book CDs or .mp3’s are a brilliant time-saving method of listening and learning to personal development audios whilst you’re doing something at home, or whilst driving – providing that you’re not spending too much time fiddling with the knobs on your player and causing a prang in front and behind you!
  4. Ability to make characters come to life.  Whilst reading your imagination can be great, but if you have a novel or story book audio CD , actually hearing the voices of the different characters and sound effects can make the story come alive even more.
  5. Beneficial impact of tone of voice  on learning and communication as opposed to reading words. It is generally known that impact of communication is greater from the sound and tone of the spoken voice – 38% , compared to only 7% by the words used.

Here are some examples of what is possible in an audio book, taken from my latest showreel:   

Audio books

If this has given you a warm, fuzzy feeling and you would like to explore more audio books, then you might find some useful items in my shop .

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Posted on: 01-14-2010
Posted in: Audio Books, Industry Articles, Voice Over General
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