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Actor Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
I was telling a story, and as an actor, as an artist, that’s the central love. Actor and audiobook narrator Kobna Holdbrook-Smith talks about what it was like to voice Rivers of London as his very first audiobook, what he had to unlearn to do voice work, how Frank Sinatra inspired his mic technique, and even his first experience of snow. He also offers a heap of recommendations for your reading list: Books Slough House series by Mick Herron, narrated by Sean Barrett The Architect’s Apprentice by Elif Shafak, narrated by Grant Cartwright The Terrible: A Storyteller’s Memoir, by Yrsa Daley-Ward, narrated by the author and Howard Daley-Ward She Would Be King by Weyétu Moore, narrated by the author The Milkman by Anna Burns, narrated by Bríd Brennan Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo, narrated by James Goode Circe by Madeline Miller, narrated by Perdita Weeks The Rosewater books (The Wormwood Trilogy) by Tade Thompson, narrated by Bayo Gbadamosi Authors Anne Carson, Roxane Gay, Toni Morrison Narrators Imogen Church, Anna Bentinck, Nicole Davis, Raj Ghatak, Tania Rodrigues, Adjoa Andoh, Bayo Gbadamosi Links Jess promised to include! The 2021 Audiobook Listening Challenge Where to leave a review Twitter & Instagram: @ListeningBooks Facebook YouTube www.listening-books.org.uk
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