Explore " audio fiction" with insightful episodes like "S01E18 - Removals", "S01E17 - Guide", "The Seeing Trees", "Raven" and "Sound Design and Music for Audio Drama" from podcasts like ""Audio Drama Debut: A Cambridge Geek Podcast", "Audio Drama Debut: A Cambridge Geek Podcast", "Alternative Stories and Fake Realities", "Alternative Stories and Fake Realities" and "Alternative Stories and Fake Realities"" and more!
S01E18 of a show showcasing the trailers of new audio drama, fiction and RPG (actual play) podcast releases. This week, the Acquisitions Librarian finds himself short a seat.
Shows covered in this episode include:
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S01E17 of a show showcasing the trailers of new audio drama, fiction and RPG (actual play) podcast releases. This week, the Acquisitions Librarian makes an audio guide.
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In the forests of Scandinavia a family is besieged by a malicious raven which watches and follows them everywhere they go. How will they escape from this curse and at what cost? The Seeing Trees is a dark nordic mystery with elements of violence, peril, horror, language and elements that some listeners may find disturbing. Please do not listen if you object to any of the above.
In the Seeing Trees By Kaitlin Felix…
Charlie Richards played Trygve
Lewie Watson was Harleif
Tiffany Clare was Mother
Amy Forrest played Freja
Chris Gregory was Magnus and Townsman
Annika Kordes played Townswoman 1
Karen Cooper played Townswoman 2
The incantation was performed by Charlie Richards, Tiffany Clare, Kaitlin Felix and Chris Gregory with coaching, support and counselling by Kaitlin!
Original music and soundscapes were by Chris Gregory
The Seeing Trees was adapted from her original short story by Kaitlin Felix and Chris Gregory
The presenter is Kelli Winkler
You can find out more about Kaitlin Felix and read more of her work by visiting her website www.katifelix.com or following her on twitter where she posts as https://twitter.com/KatiGirl90
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We have more drama coming soon with “The Lake Isle”, a psychological drama which examines the ways in which we communicate in the digital age, “The Bomb”, a sci fi drama by Emily Inkpen and a follow up to our drama “The Out-of-Towners Club” by Jackie Jorgenson and Mary MacDonald. We’ll also have more poetry from Ella Frears Angela Stoner and Lesley Hale in our Cornish Poets season.
You heard a trailer for Sane Time Sane Place, the new podcast by Phoebe Batteson-Brown and Miztli Rose of Ladylikes https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sane-time-sane-place/
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This edition is called Raven. It features the short story "The Raven's Call" by Charis McRoberts and a preview of The Seeing Trees, our forthcoming audio drama which features a raven. This podcast also includes interviews with Charis McRoberts, Kaitlin Felix author of "The Seeing Trees" and Amy Forrest.
The Raven's Call is written and performed by Charis McRoberts with music by Chris Gregory. It is reproduced with Charis' permission.
The Seeing Trees trailer features the voices of Lewie Watson, Tiffany Clare, Charlie Richards and Amy Forrest. The Seeing Trees is written by Kaitlin Felix and will be published on the podcast on Friday 4th June. You can also hear a short interview with Kaitlin
We also reproduce an interview from the BBC's Podcast Radio Hour in which Amy Forrest talks about the ways in which Alternative Stories has adapted to the Covid 19 pandemic. This is the full version of a piece which was truncated for the BBC broadcast.
Sound design, music and mixing are by Chris Gregory. Music is published by Scared Crow Music.
The presenter in this edition of the podcast is Kelli Winkler
Find out more about Charis McRoberts by following her on social media where she posts as https://twitter.com/CharisMcRoberts
Find out more about Kaitlin Felix by following her on twitter https://twitter.com/KatiGirl90 and at her website https://katifelix.com/
You can follow Amy Forrest on Twitter https://twitter.com/amyforrest26
Join us for The Seeing Trees, the full audio drama in our next podcast.
In part 3 of our series on creating audio drama we discuss sound design and music with guests Hedley Knights from We Fix Space Junk, Daniel French from Fishbonius Sound Design and the Chronosphere Fiction Podcast, Richard Campbell from Red Valley, John Bartmann of the How I Make Music podcast and Chris Gregory of Alternative Stories and Fake Realities.
If you've ever wanted to get into creating audio drama this podcast will help you master the basic skills of sound design and editing you'll need to learn. We also hope that established sound designers and composers will find plenty to enjoy and learn in this podcast.
You heard clips from the following shows in this podcast
We Fix Space Junk
Red Valley
Chronosphere Fiction
Alternative Stories and Fake Realities
You also heard the track " Heart of Acceptance" by John Bartmann
All extracts and clips are provided by the contributors and are used with their permission. They may not be reproduced except with the owner's consent.
Follow our contributors on social media and listen to their shows here
Hedley Knights https://twitter.com/Hedley_K
Hedley's production company : Battle Bird https://twitter.com/BattleBirdProd
and We Fix Space Junk https://twitter.com/WeFixSpaceJunk
Listen and by We Fix Space Junk merch here https://battlebird.productions/
Daniel French https://twitter.com/Fishbonius
Chronosphere Fiction https://twitter.com/ChronosphereFi1
Listen to Chronosphere Fiction here http://chronosphere.podbean.com/
Richard Campbell
Red Valley Podcast https://twitter.com/RedValleyPod
Listen to Red Valley here https://pod.link/redvalley
John Bartmann https://twitter.com/johnisthemusic
Website and podcast http://johnbartmann.com/music/
Chris Gregory
Alternative Stories and Fake Realities https://twitter.com/StoriesAlt
Sound design and mixing in this edition were by Chris Gregory
The Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Theme music is by Chris Gregory and published by Scared Crow Music
The presenter in this edition is Kelli Winkler
Selkie is an original audio drama by Signe Maene. Selkies are mythical creatures from northern European folklore. Seals that can transform to human form by shedding their skin they are particularly prevalent in Scottish folklore . In our story, Andrew discovers a selkie whilst walking on the beach near his home. He immediately falls in love aiming to make the selkie his wife.
In Selkie by Signe Maene the parts were played as follows
Sophie Macnair as The Selkie
Lewie Watson as Andrew
Simone Low as Andrew's Mother
Kelsey Griffin as a Selkie and singer of Ae Fond Kiss
Stevie Skinner as a Selkie
The music is arranged and performed by John Spiers based on the traditional folk tune "The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry"
"Ae Fond Kiss" (trad. with lyrics by Robert Burns) is performed by Kelsey Griffin
Additional music and soundscapes are by Chris Gregory and published by Scared Crow Music
Sound effects are from Freesound.org
Sound mixing and editing are by Chris Gregory
The presenter in this edition is Kelli Winkler
Signe Maene is a Belgian writer, academic and folklore specialist. You can follow her on twitter https://twitter.com/MaeneSigne and view her website at https://signemaene.com/
John Spiers is a folk musician and player of many squeezebox style instruments. You can follow him on twitter at https://twitter.com/squeezyjohn and view his website here https://squeezyjohn.com/. Follow John's YouTube channel to see and hear him in action https://www.youtube.com/user/squeezyjohn1
Follow Alternative Stories on Twitter at https://twitter.com/StoriesAlt
On Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/
And contact us directly via office@alternativestories.com
S01E14 of a show showcasing the trailers of new audio drama, fiction and RPG (actual play) podcast releases. This week, the Librarian tries to use him common sense.
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A Memory of Robin is an audio drama from writer David Green. It tells the story of Gem, the daughter of a woman called Robin whose last few days of life we follow through extracts from her voice diary as she seeks to escape the confines of an increasingly oppressive and totalitarian government.
In A Memory of Robin by David Green characters were played as follows:
Robin - Jackie Jorgenson
Gem, her daughter - Abby Hilden
The Voice of the Nation - Kelli Winkler
A Memory of Robin was based on the short story of the same name by David Green. Additional material and adaptation were by Chris Gregory.
Original music was composed and performed by Chris Gregory and published by Scared Crow Music
Sound design ,editing and soundscapes were by Chris Gregory
Sound effects were from Freesound.org
The presenter was Kelli Winkler
Find out more about David Green by following him on twitter https://twitter.com/DavidpGreen83
And visit his website www.davidgreenwritercom.wordpress.com
And facebook https://www.facebook.com/davidgreenwriter/
Be Warned: Episode contains swearing and references to suicide
S01E12 of a show showcasing the trailers of new audio drama, fiction and RPG (actual play) podcast releases. This week, the Librarian reveals a massive number of things.
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S01E11 of a show showcasing the trailers of new audio drama, fiction and RPG (actual play) podcast releases. This week, the Librarian's boss takes over.
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In this special edition we look at the techniques, processes and practicalities of creating audio drama with the creators of some of the best and most exciting drama podcasts out there. We discuss writing, casting, working with actors, directing and recording as well as the touchy subject of monetising your show.
Our guests are
David S. Dear of A Ninth World Journal
Karin Heimdahl of the Y2k Audio Drama
Jackie Jorgenson of Tales From the Aether
and Oscar and Jade Wenman-Hyde of Conversations: An Original Audio Drama
Our presenters are Kelly Winkler and Amy Forrest
Music and sound design are by Chris Gregory
Find out more about our guests and their podcasts by checking these links
A Ninth World Journal ninthworldjournal.com
https://twitter.com/9thWorldJournal
Y2k Y2Kpod.com
https://twitter.com/Y2Kpod
Tales From The Aether https://anchor.fm/talesfromtheaether
https://twitter.com/SharedManifest
Conversations https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/conversations-an-original-audio-drama/id1502764717
https://twitter.com/ojscriptwriters
And find Listen, Rinse, Repeat here https://listenrinserepeatpodcast.com/
https://twitter.com/Podcast_LRR
Listen out for our future edition on the art, skills, techniques and technicalities of voice acting which features today's presenter Amy Forrest
S01E08 of a show showcasing the trailers of new audio drama, fiction and RPG (actual play) podcast releases. This week, the Librarian is trying to entertain.
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S01E07 of a show showcasing the trailers of new audio drama, fiction and RPG (actual play) podcast releases. This week, the Librarian discovers hamster balls.
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S01E04 of a show showcasing the trailers of new audio drama, fiction and RPG (actual play) podcast releases. This week, the Librarian uses outdated technology.
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S01E02 of a show showcasing the trailers of new audio drama, fiction and RPG (actual play) podcast releases. This week, the Librarian doesn't do much.
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S01E01 of a show showcasing the trailers of new audio drama, fiction and RPG (actual play) podcast releases. This week, the Librarian makes a start.
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This edition we feature poetry from Peter Finch. His new collection, "The Machineries of Joy" is published by Seren Books on 17th February. We feature 9 poems from the collection in the podcast
The Road West
The RoadWest #2
Hendrix Island
Clarksdale
Ty Draw
First Hearing Bob Dylan "Baby Let Me Follow You Down"
Boots
The Machineries of Joy
ABC of Birds
Our readers are Gavin Duff, Dafydd Morse, Nerys Howell and Chris Gregory
Soundscapes created by Chris Gregory
The Presenters are Nerys Howell and Kelli Winkler
Sound effects are from freesound.org
You can find out more about Peter Finch by visiting www.peterfinch.co.uk and about Seren Books by visiting www.serenbooks.com
Nerys Howell is the writer and presenter of Seren, a new audio drama podcast which we highly recommend.
Wayfaring Stranger by Caroline Mincks contemplates the end of everything through a simple folk tune passed down through the generations of one family. Part reminiscence, part warning, this is a story brilliantly written and told.
Wayfaring Stranger is Number 5 in our series of Farewell Monologues
Written and performed by Caroline Mincks
Original music score and soundscapes by Chris Gregory
The presenter is Kelli Winkler
The singer of the first version of Wayfaring Stranger is Anjy Hall
Sound effects are from freesound.org
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In the first of a series of mini episodes, Farewell Monologues, we explore departure, saying goodbye, endings and changes. In this monologue Abby Hilden is Sarah, a young woman leaving a relationship and contemplating lost time and an uncertain future.
Sarah : Abby Hilden
Presenter Kelli Winkler
Music and sound design : Chris Gregory
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