Category Archives: Literature

#38-Thanksgiving & Christmas Blessings

A Christmas Carol CoverHoliday Give-Away 2015It’s the day before Thanksgiving.  Time for fun and food with family and friends.  I pray you have a great holiday this year.

But, it’s also time to think about those Christmas gifts.  Take a listen to a new production of A Christmas Carol, the iconic tale of Scrooge and Ghosts and Scrooge’s restoration to society.  You’ll hear samples that are sure to whet your appetite for more.

What about Christmas giving?  Narration by George is doing giving on a whole new level for the year.

  • Everyone gets to download a copy of a great short story.
  • Everyone will also get a copy of a true story a day in my Story-A-Day GiveAway.
  • And Everyone was register to win an audio book from my regular collection.  I’m giving away 31 books from that collection this year.

Listen for all the details and all the fun!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Narration by George Holiday Giveaway

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Miracle

Miracles: 32 True Stories

#19-41 Audiobooks in 41 Days

Get Caught ListeningThis week we are celebrating the privilege that I’ve had to voice 41 audiobooks in the last couple of years. If you’ve followed my Facebook or Twitter feeds, you’ll have seen a title: 41 Audiobooks in 41 Days. Each day of the week, I’m featuring a different audiobook – presented largely in alphabetical order. (There are variations for books that are part of a series or a holiday happening. )

In this podcast, I play excerpts from the books which have been featured in the past few days. This is something we’ll do until the 41 Audiobooks in 41 Days ends sometime in August.  I hope you find something that will tickle your ears!!! Enjoy!

#16-Hear Now Festival, Impressions and Samples

Barbara-Rosenblat & George Taylor at the Hear Now Festival of 2015

Barbara-Rosenblat & George Taylor at the Hear Now Festival of 2015

We’ve just returned from a week away attending the Hear Now Festival in Kansas City, MO.  HEAR Now is the audio equivalent of a film festival for contemporary audio story-telling in all its forms: live and scripted solo performances, multi-voiced performance, classic radio drama, experimental narrative, and much more.  In this podcast, I share my impressions on the festival and share some samples from the participants in this festival.  (No, these samples don’t come from this festival, but from other sources.)

I mention several web-sites in this podcast.  For your convenience, here are the links you may want to peruse:

Hear Now Festival

Meta Book

ZBS

Right Between the Ears

Marideth Sisco

Other sites you may wish to book at:

Firesign Theater (Legendary audio theater group)

Shots in the Night (Kansas City based radio theater)

 

#15-The Hear Now Festival, Kansas City, MO

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Kelley Hazen

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Rozanne Devine

Hear-Now-Fest-Mark-Twain-we Next week, I will be participating in the audio equivalent of a film festival.  Hear Now: The Audio Fiction and Arts Festival is the only festival of its kind in the U.S.  It features contemporary audio fiction including: live and scripted solo performances, audio theater, audiobooks, audio art, classic radio drama, sound design, and much more.  Kansas City, MO hosts this festival this year from June 11-14.  The festival is featuring a celebration of the works of Mark Twain.  Actresses Kelley Hazen and Rozanne Devine and I will be appearing on Thursday evening to read excerpts from three works of Mark Twain.  I will read from Huckleberry Finn; Kelley will read from Tom Sawyer; and Rozanne Devine will read from The Diaries of Adam and Eve.  In this podcast, I feature an interview with actress Rosie Devine, information about Kelley Hazen and readings from all of us.