The Audiobook Podcast
The Audiobook Podcast is a program for the makers and listeners of audiobooks. What goes on behind the making of a professional audiobook? We will break all that down for you. Each episode Justine Sloane-Lees and Abbe Holmes (leading professionals in voice acting and audiobooks) talk on a different topic. So whether you are a novelist, or have a professional studio or publishing house, if you are an author, director, engineer, narrator or audiobook lover, this program is for you. The Audiobook Podcast is recorded in the booth at SquareSound Studios, one of Australia's leading audiobook production houses. SquareSound was founded in 2015 and is lead by some of the best in the Industry.
The Audiobook Podcast
A Career In Audiobooks
In Episode 22 Justine Sloane-Lees has a good yarn with Australian-born Audiobook Director and Narrator, Olivia McKenzie-Smith. Starting with her early career as an actor in Australia and America and how she found her neiche in the audiobook industry in America.
Olivia shares her process, Australian Vs American English, how her dual roles compliment one another, what is the go to authoritative pronunciation guide, and what lengths a director will go to, to get a word pronunciation correct!
They also touch on what goes into preparation of series books and how essential having a broader general knowledge is key in this work.
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