LibrivoxThis is my presentation at the BookNetCanada Tech Forum in March, titled: LibriVox: Time, Love & Books. Sorry, there is 1 slide only, for you Powerpoint buffs.
I talk about audiobooks, time acquisition, LibriVox, Google, the link, and the digital archaeology of love. And Hinton, Alberta.
Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #103 hosted by Epistomolus, with contributions from GreggMargarite and RuthieG.
[audio:http://www.archive.org/download/librivox_community_2009/librivox_community_podcast_103.mp3]
Duration 19:22
Epistomolus makes some suggestions for those recording here at LibriVox … Gregg talks to recording folk also, about inhibitions and the benefits of easing out of them … and Ruth answers the generally very sensible question (to a non-LibriVoxer, anyway) “Why are you doing it?”
LibriVox Community Podcast – Serving the Librivox community since 2006
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Shows 68 – 94 (released in 2008) can be found at http://www.archive.org/details/librivox_community
Shows 95 onwards (released in 2009) will be found at http://www.archive.org/details/librivox_community_2009
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One of the reasons I started LibriVox, I think, was so that I could make an audio recording of “The Dead,” by James Joyce, from his collection Dubliners.
It is a story of such grace and skill; the build up slow and good-humoured and banal, but when that last section finally comes, it contains so much nostalgia, so much melancholy, so much revelation. All of us have had those moments, when what we thought we knew got thrown on its head, our own tiny place in the world gently exposed, and the wide, huge and lonely universe – of which we still remain a part – becomes clear and cold and expansive for just that brief moment.
Almost four years after LibriVox was born, I finally got the courage to record the Dead. I don’t think it’s catalogued quite yet, but here are the mp3s for those who want to listen to an audio version of one of the most beautiful-sad short stories ever written.
Happy Bloomsday.
[Thanks to Kayray for the editing, and to Gesine for making sure I finished on time].
Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #102 hosted by Lars Rolander.
[audio:http://www.archive.org/download/librivox_community_2009/librivox_community_podcast_102.mp3]
Duration 29:53
Welcome to a cup of tea.
Reflections on making voices or characters in reading. Voice-memories from school- and radio-days.
An Idea for a Pod discussion.
Oh no ! . . . Oscar !!!
My first Librivox reading with short examples from Edith Nesbit:
“New Treasure seekers” (http://librivox.org/new-treasure-seekers-by-edith-nesbit/), here read by leore_joanne
“Five children and It” (http://librivox.org/five-children-and-it-by-e-nesbit/), here read by Peter Yearsley
“The enchanted Castle” (http://librivox.org/the-enchanted-castle-by-e-nesbit/), here read by Peter Eastman.
Further exploits in reading with a short example:
The Alaskan by James Oliver Curwood, (http://librivox.org/the-alaskan/), here read by Lars Rolander
My first Librivox trial-download, which began the whole thing, and my further acquaintance with Librivox. With short example:
A Princess of Mars example from (http://librivox.org/a-princess-of-mars-by-edgar-rice-burroughs/), here read by Peter Yearsley.
Also mentioned the same book as a Solo-project by Mark Nelson (http://librivox.org/a-princess-of-mars-by-edgar-rice-burroughs-2/)
And . . . Oscar !!!
And Final.
LibriVox Community Podcast – Serving the Librivox community since 2006
To subscribe to this podcast use this FeedBurner link – http://feeds.feedburner.com/LibrivoxCommunityPodcast
Subscribe in itunes at this itunes link
Shows 01 – 16 (all released in 2006) can be found at: http://www.archive.org/details/librivox_community_2006
Shows 17 – 67 (all released in 2007) can be found at: http://www.archive.org/details/librivox_community_2007
Shows 68 – 94 (released in 2008) can be found at http://www.archive.org/details/librivox_community
Shows 95 onwards (released in 2009) will be found at http://www.archive.org/details/librivox_community_2009
Archived shownotes for the Librivox 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
If you are interested in hosting the Librivox Community Podcast, check out the Librivox Community Podcast wiki page