Thank you for listening to the Writing Worlds Podcast with Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory. 

In this episode we feature author Tim Hardie and voice actor and audio book reader RJ Bayley.  Tim and RJ talk about the creation of the audio book version of Tim’s novel Hall of Bones and we discuss the reasons why an author might consider producing an audio book and the economics and practicalities of doing so.  RJ provides insight into the ways in which a voice actor can help to bring worlds to life through voices and intonation.

We’ll be sharing more from this conversation including an insight into running a kickstarter to fund an audio book project on our Patreon. Join to have all episodes of Writing Worlds delivered two days early and ad-free.  We have exclusive bonus content from most of our Writing Worlds episodes coming up for our patrons. Click the link to find out more. ⁠https://www.patreon.com/AltStories⁠

To find out more about Tim Hardie and his work and to order copies of his books  please visit his website here  https://www.timhardieauthor.co.uk/

To find out more about RJ Bayley and his work and to book him for your audio book project please visit his website here  https://rjbayley.com/

Tim Hardie has partnered with Audiobook Empire to make his audiobooks available at a discounted price. AE Audio Outlet don’t take a cut, so the authors they feature get the full list price when you buy through them. You can think of this as buying direct from the author, whilst AE Audio Outlet handles the hassle of managing the storefront.  You can check out their growing list of titles online at https://shop.audiobookempire.com/

Writing Worlds is created and presented by Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory of the audio production company Alternative Stories 

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