Episode 157 - A Chat with AudioBook Narrator Simon Vance

Episode One Hundred Fifty Seven Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine

Emily starts with a reading of the poem “Aubade with a Chance of Rain” by Danusha Lameris from her collection Bonfire Opera: Poems.

If you would like to make a charitable gift in Jenny Colvin’s memory, these two organizations have been suggested by those who knew her well: Greenville Animal Care promoting the compassionate treatment of animals was something that Jenny cared deeply for. Friends of the Furman Libraries is planning to make Jenny’s long-held dream of establishing a “mindfulness space” in the Duke Library a reality. Under comments please write “in memory of Jenny”.

– Currently Reading – [2:50]
Midnight Chicken (& Other Recipes Worth Living For) – Ella Risbridger, Elisa Cunningham (Illustrator) (CW)
Under the Sea-Wind – Rachel Carson (CW)
That Sounds So Good – Carla Lalli Music (EF)
The Historian – Elizabeth Kostova (CW)
Eventide – Kent Haruf (EF)

– Just Read – [11:30]
Plainsong – Kent Haruf (EF)
Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American – Laura Gao (CW)
Hidden Pictures – Jason Rekulak (EF)
Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau – Jennifer Berne, Éric Puybaret (Illustrator) (CW)
On Wings of Words: The Extraordinary Life of Emily Dickinson – Jennifer Berne, Becca Stadtlander (Illustrator)
Calvin Can’t Fly: The Story of a Bookworm Birdie – Jennifer Berne, Keith Bendir (Illustrator) (CW)
Shutter – Ramona Emerson (EF) release date 8/2/2022

– Biblio Adventures – [24:20]
Chris and Emily went on a joint couch biblio adventure via the Mark Twain House with Shelley Puhak, the author of The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World. Watch the video here.

Chris and Emily went to Rhode Island, visited the Cross Mills Library on the way to a bookseller event with Soho Press at Sly Fox Den Too with authors Ramona Emerson, author of Shutter, and Marcie Rendon, author of the Cash Blackbear Series including Murder on the Red River, Girl Gone Missing, and Sinister Graves (release date 10/11/22).

– Upcoming Jaunts – [35:09]
Emily is heading to Colorado and Utah to hunt for bookstores.

Chris is preparing for Austen in August via Roof Beam Reader.

– Upcoming Reads – [36:44]
Mansfield Park – Jane Austen (CW)
Franny, the Queen of Provincetown – John Preston (CW)
Fresh Water for Flowers – Valérie Perrin, Hildegarde Serle (Translator) (EF)
Vacationland – Meg Mitchell Moore (EF) release date 6/14/2022

– Audiobook Narrator Simon Vance – [39:50]
Learn more about Simon here.

– Also Mentioned –
Impossible Fortress – Jason Rekulak
Quirk Books
Arsenal Pulp Press
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson (audiobook narrated by Simon Vance)
Bleak House - Charles Dickens (audiobook narrated by Simon Vance)
Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving – Bram Stoker (audiobook narrated by Simon Vance)
Blackstone Audiobooks
The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Victor Hugo
Death on the Nile – Agatha Christie
Guy Gavriele Kay
Bring Up the Bodies – Hilary Mantel (audiobook narrated by Simon Vance)
Books narrated by Sissy Spacek
The King’s Speech – Peter Conradi & Mark Logue (audiobook narrated by Simon Vance)
The Sandman Book One – Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth (Illustrator)
Shadow & Claw: The First Half of the Book of the New Sun – Gene Wolfe

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