And here is the final chapter of Psmith in the City, by PG Wodehouse. Thanks to Miette for rounding up the show with that velvet voice. Check out her latest over at Bedtime Stories, here.
Psmith in the City – Chapter 30
mp3 audio file: Psmith in the City, Chapter 30
Written by: P. G. Wodehouse
Read by: Miette
Bit [...]

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Here’s Miette with Chapter 29 of Psmith:
Psmith in the City – Chapter 29
mp3 audio file: Psmith in the City, Chapter 29
Written by: P. G. Wodehouse
Read by: Miette
Bit rate: 64 kbps
Psmith in the City LibriVox catalog page (for Ogg, 128kbps & a zip of the entire book)
Next up (Friday): Chapters 30, the final chapter of Psmith, [...]

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One of the best audiolit podcasts out there, for my money, is Miette’s Bedtime Stories. Selection, delivery, atmosphere, (and the accent doesn’t hurt either). Miette reads the way reading should be read. Here she is with Chapter 28 of Psmith.
Psmith in the City – Chapter 28
mp3 audio file: Psmith in the City, Chapter 28
Written [...]

If you want to know why LibriVox runs as smoothly as it does, the answer is über-volunteers like Kara. In fact — though there are some other contenders — I would call Kara, arguably, THE über-volunteer supreme. She’s also a great reader, and here she is doing her Wodehouse:
Psmith in the City – Chapters [...]

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Chris Goringe, the man who makes things tick around here, reads more Wodehouse:
Psmith in the City – Chapters 22-24
mp3 audio file: Psmith in the City, Chapter 22-24
Written by: P. G. Wodehouse
Read by: Chris Goringe
Bit rate: 64 kbps
Psmith in the City LibriVox catalog page (for Ogg, 128kbps & a zip of the entire book)
Next [...]

Sonnet 23, by William Shakespeare
Another installment of our Weekly Poetry Project: every week someone chooses a public domain poem (not too long) and posts it on the forum under Readers Wanted/Weekly Poetry. Everyone is encouraged to record a version of it.
This past week we chose:
Sonnet 23, by William Shakespeare
XXIII
As an unperfect actor on the stage,
Who [...]

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