August, 2017

LibriVox 12th Anniversary Podcast No. 145

Posted on August 17, 2017 by | Posted in Blog, For Volunteers, Librivox Community Podcast, News, Podcast | Comments: 1 Comment on LibriVox 12th Anniversary Podcast No. 145

Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #145 – A LibriVox Dozen, celebrating LibriVox’s 12th annniverary. Hosted by Amelia Chesley (plaidsicle).

Duration: 19:43

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With contributions from Maria Kaspar (commonsparrow3) and Mary (mhhbook).
Featuring excerpts read by Availle, Larry Wilson, Tony Addison, Holly Jensen, BettyB, AlgyPug, Lynne Thompson, Barbara Ann Scott, Maria Kaspar, Craig Franklin, and Victor Villarazza.

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00:00 Introduction: Celebrating 12 years of LV + an overview – Amelia (plaidsicle)
01:31 a few memories from August 2005 – Amelia (plaidsicle)
01:54 a Librivox Dozen – a selection of excerpts from 1 year of awesome projects:

10:05 A thank you + memories from Maria (commonsparrow3)
12:50 12 Book Suggestions – Mary (mhhbook)
16:26 The 12th Anniversary song – LibriVox singers Sue, Devorah, Mary, Anna, Twinkle, Amelia, Jennifer, and Kathrine
18:54 Plug for the 12th Anniversary Collection + conclusion – plaidsicle

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We are interested in whatever feedback – positive or constructively critical – anyone has about our podcasts. Add a comment below or pop over to this forum thread. Any member of the community who has contributed readings to the LibriVox catalog can host a podcast and is most welcome to do so. Visit this thread on the forum to express an interest and float your ideas.

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Recent past LibriVox Community Podcast files can be found at our spot on: Archive.org and archived shows for previous years can be found at: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013-2017.

Archived shownotes for the Community Podcast can be found at: http://librivox.org/category/librivox-community-podcast/ And the rss feed for those shownotes is: http://librivox.org/category/librivox-community-podcast/feed

 

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In Memoriam

Posted on August 1, 2017 by | Posted in about LibriVox, Blog, For Volunteers, Monthly Picks, News | Comments: 10 Comments on In Memoriam

LibriVox is twelve! In those years, we have seen many readers come and go – and some of them, unfortunately, are gone forever. Here, we honor them with the gems they produced for our catalog.

One of our oldest readers ever was Dorothy Lieder. She was already 92 when she read one story of The Burgess Bird Book For Children, together with her son.

Australian Lucy Burgoyne also loved children’s books. Even though she had part of her jawbone removed due to cancer, she read seven books by Arthur Scott Bailey, among them The Tale of Grandfather Mole.

A beloved grandfather was Lars Rolander from Sweden. He was on a mission to bring the books of Selma Lagerlöf to life and to a wider audience. A bit out there is her short ghost story Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness.

Israel Radvinski did exactly that. The one single book he read for Librivox was the Bible – Genesis – in Hebrew.

Sadly, we also know very little of bryfee, but he did take part in our second version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Chris icyjumbo died way too young from an aggressive form of oesophageal cancer. His legacy contains The Love Letters of Abelard and Heloise, read as a duet.

Another early LibriVox member and admin was Alan Davis Drake, who specialised on poetry. He read a number of poetry books solo, among them are Selected Early Poems of William Carlos Williams.

John E. Farell also had a love for poetry. Although he didn’t do a solo recording, he read five poems in The Flowers of Evil by Baudelaire.

Good and evil are never far apart in the books by Charles Dickens. Cynthia Lyons should know since she took the time to read two, and one of them is the epic Bleak House.

Probably more fun in reading had Gregg Margarite. The SciFi buff read many pulp magazine stories from the 60s. A rather unusual one is The Runaway Skyscraper by Murray Leinster.

One of our earliest readers, Denny Sayers, must have been a fan of Daniel Defoe, after all, he read six books of this author. Among them is the swashbuckler The Life, Adventures & Piracies of Captain Singleton.

A very dry form of humour and wit was the style of Andy Minter, who died early this year. His rendition of Stevenson’s The Wrong Box perfectly shows his personality.

Enjoy – and remember!

 

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