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Our latest enews - with opportunities for performers, and hard hitting audiobooks - enriching our internal and external lives. https://lnkd.in/gfENPs_w

And yes! Seniors' Stories in now upon Spotify - reserve your audio-version now1 https://lnkd.in/gQEmy4Cm

And its a wrap! Seniors Stories 10th Edition with stories from 100 of our elders throughout NSW; stories of hope and love and hard-earned experience. We in our ABR team and our 16 narrators representing 11 languages received approval today to get this beautiful audiobook out on Spotify, Audible, Google and Apple Books - woohoo. Thank you to Richa Bulchandani who project managed this on the Department of Communities and Justice end. ABR team members, Cristin Kelly, Martin Gallagher, Caroline George and Dylan Butler - great work!

Congrats Caroline L George - to us she is a sublime voice-artist, having narrated beautiful books with us; and currently our Project Manager with our Government Anthology (Dept of Communites and Justice) - managing the In-Language part of the Audiobook . She is working with 9 languages and 11 narrators this year - to produce this audiobook. BUT in the greater performance world she is actor and Assistant Director. Her newest production - Wife - by Samuel Adamson - is due to premiere next week - 3 October.

The State Library is one of my favourite places - and so pleased that Jane Turner-Author Coach and Publisher invited a presentation on the 'how to' of audiobook production at her Saturday event. And what better example to provide than a recent success story - Mark Rosenberg's book, Mastering Hard Conversations. Here - our brilliant audio engineer - Marty Gallagher and I speak with Mark about his experience self-narrating and seeing his audio version reach #1 on the Amazon Hot List for audiobooks, for 3 weeks running! Why did Mark want an audio version of his book? Well, he says, his kids said they would NEVER read it unless it was an audiobook. Thank you Jane and presenter Tim Stackpool - great event.

Breaking news - an audition call-out for our audio-production of the stunning biography - Fiona Foley, Provocatuer, coming soon! Foley is a renowned artist and Badtjala woman - her life and work is delved into and honoured by the exceptional art journo, Louise Martin-Chew.

Narrators and performers - here are all the details for auditioning for our next production - an award winning book based on the life of First Nations artist, Fiona Foley. Winner 2022 Best Book Prize (joint), AWAPA, Art Association of Australia and New Zealand & Shortlisted for Magarey Medal for Biography, 2022. Congrats Louise Martin-Chew - author of this illuminating work. https://lnkd.in/gKr4m_Mv

Thank you so much to the astonishingly talented performers who auditioned for Judy King's upcoming audiobook. It was one of our strongest fields yet! It is a compliment indeed that Judy the author, a decisive, strong forthright woman, took days to decide!Congratulations Nicky Wichelow for winning the role to narrate 'Agnes - a childhood betrayed and reclaimed'. Next step is for Nicky and Judy to meet via Zoom to allow Nicky to get under the skin of the book! Production starts first week of August! 'Agnes' is published by Ginninderra Press, and will be launched in all formats in early October. Triple launch!

A day of recording with SufiraMingara! Yes, it looks serious work - and it is. But the result was joyous. SufiraMingara narrated her own beautiful work - a children's book studded with heart-warming drawings, and messages of such depth and clarity - that we all felt enhanced. We are rushing this one to the distributor ASAP after mastering in didgeridoo, the Kanyini Prayer, Uncle Bob's wisdom and more. Thank you SufiraMingara. And awesome work Marty Gallagher. What an experience for us!

Recording the Kanyini prayer. This beautiful book by SufiraMingara will be recorded very soon - with promos available by 9 August when the author will be presenting at Byron Writers Festival. SufiraMingara - can't wait to meet you in person this Sunday and producing your audio-gift to the world. A story and prayer that aims to develop greater compassion and understanding for all nations - from deep within the wisdom of the First Nations people of Australia.