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.
Episodes
37 episodes
Digital Book Culture
In this episode we are opening a conversation with Dr Millicent Weber about her research into how people engage with books and literary culture: everything from prizes and book reviews, to audience experience at literary festivals, to social me...
Authors Republic
Welcome back to another episode of The Audiobook Podcast.In this episode we are speaking with Lindsay Senior who is the Head of Marketing at Author’s Republic. She is a seasoned audiobook marketing and distribution expert with a p...
Diction Friction
Welcome back to another episode of The Audiobook Podcast.We’ve touched loosely on the subject of diction in earlier conversations, but werealise that what we said was fairly general. We’d mentioned casting people towork within th...
Grammar Factory
In this episode, Justine is in conversation with Scott MacMillan, Chief Strategist and Executive Publisher of Grammar Factory Publishing Company.Scott is a Toronto-based best selling author, publisher, entrepreneur, and strategy advisor ...
Artist Management
In this episode we are joined by Tania Patti, Agent and Publicity manager of CP Artist Management. Tania currently manages publicity commitments and opportunities for CP clients. She has experience in film, music, comedy festi...
A.Nonymous
In this episode, Justine is joined by Australian actor Grant Cartwright all the way from New York City. Together they will be diving into the use of pseudonyms in the audiobook industry. That is, a fictitious name, or alias, used by narrators i...
Andrew Griffiths
In our latest episode, Justine speaks with bestselling author, entrepreneur and global presenter Andrew Griffiths. Square Sound produced Andrew’s latest audio release ‘Someone Has To Be The Most Expensive, Why Not Make it You’. (Rel...
Kate Hood
“Help is not access, help is help. And access is something that equals independence.” Kate Hood.In our latest episode, Justine delves into a poignant discussion surrounding the experiences of artists with disabilities, speaking with Kate...
Tamala Shelton
Welcome back to the Audiobook Podcast! .Tamala Shelton, proud Bundjalung and Lamalama actor, joins Justine in studio for this month’s episode. .Tamala shares her journey to audiobooks; her experience and in...
Pozotron
Welcome back to The Audiobook Podcast!This month’s episode delves into an online audio proofing software that has been innovating the audiobook industry - Pozotron. Adam Fritz, CEO of Pozotron, joins Justine to b...
Booth Fright
The latest episode of the Audiobook Podcast, Justine and Abbe discuss a slightly more serious topic on performance anxiety. In the audiobook industry, “Booth Fright” (as opposed to Stage Fright) is experienced by many actors despite the l...
Les Horovitz
Welcome back to another episode of the Audiobook Podcast! Today, Justine and Abbe are joined in conversation with Les Horovitz, voice actor and audiobook narrator.It’s never too late to follow your passions. Les Horovitz worked in accoun...
Proof Editing
Episode 25 explores the vital role of audiobook’s unsung heroes - the Proof Editors, also known as Quality Control (QC). After the audiobook recording phase is complete, and before it reaches your ears, the proof editors step in to begin the pr...
Vision Australia
“Talking books”, since their inception, have always had accessibility in mind. But just how much of this carries on in today’s world of audiobook production?Andrew Furlong and Robert De Graauw from Vision Australia sit down with Justine ...
Non-Fiction
In this episode, join Justine Sloane-Lees and Abbe Holmes, as they deep dive into the genre of non-fiction and discuss the boost in production of non-fiction titles in audio, examples of the different types of non-fiction and the unique circums...
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 ind...
Bab Sharkey
In conversation with Andrew Hansen And Jessica Roberts, creators of Bab Sharkey and Director, Yen Nguyen.This husband and wife duo have penned the hilarious middle-grade series for readers aged 8+ who love humorous texts with songs...
Who's Who?
Who’s Who in the Studio? We'd like to clear some things up around the job roles that go into making a successful audiobook. Job titles can be tossed around often without a clear sense of what exactly each person does. Un...
David Tredinnick
In Episode 19 , Justine Sloane-Lees has an open conversation with David Tredinnick, an awarded narrator of audiobooks, having narrated more than 150 titles. David is a pro when it comes to undersatnding period voices, so we touch on this, as we...
The Author's Experience _Part 2
There are so many authors out there not sure about what path to take when it comes to audiobooks! Now in part two we continue to assist authors making informed choices by hearing a shared experience with a published author.Donna McGeorg...
The Author's Experience_Part 1
There are so many authors out there not sure about what path to take when it comes to audiobooks! In the next two podcasts we are aiming to assist authors making informed choices by hearing shared experiences from two authors, one indepen...
The Listener's Experience
In Episode 16 we chat with an audiobook enthusiast about his listening experience. Whilst Stacy Gougoulis also has a natural flair for narration as well, it is obvious that his keen interest as a listener of books has given him a lot of the kno...
A Little History
In Episode 15 we have a little history discussion with Dr. Jennifer Bowen, (radio producer and academic) in studio with Justine Sloane-Lees. Talking books, known more widely now as Audiobooks came about in the early 1920's, recorded o...
