5 authors who are great at recording their own audiobooks.
The poster for our event: original music inspired by the 2014 Jack Straw Writers Anthology
“Read for you by the author” is a six-word sentence that I dread hearing at the beginning of an audiobook. More times than not I listen to author-read books and am annoyed by their reading style. While they may be good writers, they are not professionally trained voice-actors and it shows. Unfortunately, their lack of skill is often a detriment to the audiobook and sometimes leads me to become disinterested and stop listening. In these cases, reading the book rather than listening to the audio would be beneficial.
There are exceptions to every rule though and some authors are great at reading their own work. Their vocal skills enhance their books so much that I vastly prefer picking up the audio rather than the print version. I was reminded of this when I heard that David Sedaris is coming to town to perform his work at Benaroya Hall. Sedaris is my favorite audiobook performer and I never read his work anymore in favor of the audio.
Me Talk Pretty One Day is a hilarious read, but after listening to the audio, I’ve never looked back. I revisit about once a year. Hearing Sedaris read his story of French lessons makes me cry laugh-tears. When I read it to myself, I only LOL. His dry sense of humor is captured perfectly in his audiobooks and he is good at accents and does an impeccable Billie Holiday impression. Sedaris audiobooks are not to be missed.
Here are five other authors whose audiobooks are superior to reading the print book because of their voice-acting prowess.
For the next Bushwick show on Sunday November 16th we are teaming up with the Jack Straw Cultural Center to bring you original music inspired by the 2014 Jack Straw Writers Anthology. Below is the wonderful event poster, design by Travis Young
design by Travis Young
5 Authors That Are Great Audiobook Performers
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Poster for Our Jack Straw Event
/0 Comments/in Posters /by Mike VotavaThe poster for our event: original music inspired by the 2014 Jack Straw Writers Anthology