Happy Friday! It's not just any Friday. It's Fairy Tale Friday. This month, it's Jack and the Beanstalk. Enjoy! Music used is by Kevin MacLeod and can be downloaded from: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/ Tracks: "Fairytale Waltz" "Magic Escape Room" "Circus of Freaks"

It's that time again - it's Fairy Tale Friday. This month I read Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve's original version of Beauty and the Beast. It's quite a far cry from the Disney version we all know and love, but very interesting nonetheless! Just don't expect any singing candlesticks... Music used is by Kevin MacLeod and can be downloaded from: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/ Tracks: "Fairytale Waltz" "Parisian" "Dark Times" "Darkest Child" "The Snow Queen" "Gathering...

It's another Fairy Tale Friday - this time, it's Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid", in honour of LGBT History Month (if you know, you know - if not, look it up!). Music used is by Kevin MacLeod and can be downloaded from: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/ Tracks: "Fairytale Waltz" "Aquarium" by Camille Saint-Saëns (produced by Kevin McLeod) "Arcadia" "Frost Waltz" "Some Amount of Evil" "Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Mermaid" "Water Prelude" "Gathering Darkness"

Happy New Year, and Happy #FairyTaleFriday! This month's fairy tale is Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper, as told by Charles Perrault and translated by Charles Welsh. Music used is by Kevin MacLeod and can be downloaded from: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/ Tracks: "Fairytale Waltz" "Some Amount of Evil" "Arcadia" "Scheming Weasel" "Sad Trio" "Royal Coupling" "Court of the Queen"

It's this month's #FairyTaleFriday! This time it's Snow-White, as told by the Brothers Grimm, and translated by Lucy Crane. Watch out for poisoned apples! Music used is by Kevin MacLeod and can be downloaded from: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/ Tracks: "Fairytale Waltz" "Some Amount of Evil" "Mysterioso March" "Krampus Workshop" "Arcadia"

Four legs good, two legs bad... Coming soon!

Introducing a new regular bonus episode... The first Friday of the month is #FairyTaleFriday! I'll be reading original versions of the fairy tales we all think we know... For this first one, I've chosen Hansel and Gretel, as told by the Brothers Grimm, and translated by Lucy Crane. I thought it was appropriately creepy since we're still in Halloween week! Music used is by Kevin MacLeod and can be downloaded from: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/ Tracks: "Fairytale...

FULL AUDIOBOOK NOW AVAILABLE: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/willowaudiobooks The following is a sample from Episode 4 (the final part) of Peter Pan & Wendy. In order to gain access to the full episode, please visit the link above and make a donation to Great Ormond Street Hospital. You will then be emailed a download link and access code. In 1929, JM Barrie unexpectedly and generously gifted his copyright of Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street Hospital. In recognition of the...

The following is a sample from Episode 3 of Peter Pan & Wendy. In order to gain access to the full episode, please visit the following link and make a donation to Great Ormond Street Hospital: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/willowaudiobooks You will then be emailed a download link and access code. In 1929, JM Barrie unexpectedly and generously gifted his copyright of Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street Hospital. In recognition of the unprecedented generosity and the exceptional work...

The following is a sample from Episode 2 of Peter Pan & Wendy. In order to gain access to the full episode, please visit the following link and make a donation to Great Ormond Street Hospital: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/willowaudiobooks You will then be emailed a download link and access code. In 1929, JM Barrie unexpectedly and generously gifted his copyright of Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street Hospital. In recognition of the unprecedented generosity and the exceptional work...

The following is a sample from Episode 1 of Peter Pan & Wendy. In order to gain access to the full episode, please visit the following link and make a donation to Great Ormond Street Hospital: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/willowaudiobooks You will then be emailed a download link and access code. In 1929, JM Barrie unexpectedly and generously gifted his copyright of Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street Hospital. In recognition of the unprecedented generosity and the exceptional work...

🧚Coming soon!🧚 By arrangement with and in support of Great Ormond Street Children’s Charity, Willow Audiobooks presents J M Barrie’s PETER PAN AND WENDY. This immersive audiobook will be available to download in return for a donation to Great Ormond Street Hospital, to whom J M Barrie left the rights to Peter Pan in perpetuity. Watch this space for more details!

This month I had the absolute pleasure of guesting on Down the Yellow Brick Pod with Tara Tagliaferro and Emily Kay Shrader as they jumped into the third Oz book, "Ozma of Oz". I did this as an audiobook last year and loved it, so revisiting it with two self-proclaimed Oz nerds was an absolute joy. If you aren't aware of Tara and EmKay's podcast but you love Oz, you really need to listen - go back to their first season where they went through the original novel in detail, or their second...

This month I had the absolute pleasure of guesting on Down the Yellow Brick Pod with Tara Tagliaferro and Emily Kay Shrader as they jumped into the third Oz book, "Ozma of Oz". I did this as an audiobook last year and loved it, so revisiting it with two self-proclaimed Oz nerds was an absolute joy. If you aren't aware of Tara and EmKay's podcast but you love Oz, you really need to listen - go back to their first season where they went through the original novel in detail, or their second...

Episode 100! I can't believe it. I apologise for being quiet for the last few months - I've had a lot of changes to get used to and my time has been eaten up with life commitments. Rest assured I am still working on Peter Pan & Wendy, coming to your feed as soon as possible!  For now, to celebrate two years since I started Willow Audiobooks, here is a special trailer of highlights from the past two years. Thank you for listening!

Final part! Legend tells of the gigantic spectral hound that has haunted the Baskerville family for centuries. When Sir Henry, the last remaining heir, is due to move into the ancestral home on Dartmoor, Sherlock Holmes remains coolly sceptical that he could be in any supernatural danger. Nevertheless, he sends his faithful friend Dr Watson to investigate the matter, and it soon becomes clear that there is more to the tale than meets the eye...  The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur...

Apologies for the delay, with no episode last week! I unfortunately got ill so my recording plans got scuppered. I made the decision to split the intended third and final part of this book into two episodes, so here is the now penultimate part, with Part 4 coming next weekend to conclude the story. Legend tells of the gigantic spectral hound that has haunted the Baskerville family for centuries. When Sir Henry, the last remaining heir, is due to move into the ancestral home on Dartmoor,...

Readings of three poems to mark Remembrance Day.  "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae "Dulce et Decorum est" by Wilfred Owen "For the Fallen" by Laurence Binyon Recording of "The Last Post" sourced from Benboncan on Freesound.org and licensed under Creative Commons: https://freesound.org/people/Benboncan/sounds/62050/

Legend tells of the gigantic spectral hound that has haunted the Baskerville family for centuries. When Sir Henry, the last remaining heir, is due to move into the ancestral home on Dartmoor, Sherlock Holmes remains coolly sceptical that he could be in any supernatural danger. Nevertheless, he sends his faithful friend Dr Watson to investigate the matter, and it soon becomes clear that there is more to the tale than meets the eye... The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is...

Something suitably chilling for the season! I'm thrilled to be bringing a full-length Sherlock Holmes novel to your ears, and this is widely regarded as the most popular!  Content warning: Please be aware that this episode contains the use of outdated racial terms ("Negro" and "Eskimo"), as well as very briefly implied sexual assault.  Legend tells of the gigantic spectral hound that has haunted the Baskerville family for centuries. When Sir Henry, the last remaining heir, is due to move into...

Anna Soden is an Actor-Musician and Theatre Maker, who in 2020 adapted E. Nesbit’s novel 'Five Children and It' into a one-person stage show. In this episode, we discuss what we think makes the novel so enduring and appealing, as well as Anna’s process in adapting it for the stage, especially in the time of COVID-19. I hope you enjoy! Anna and her company, Strawberry Lion can be found on Twitter & Instagram at @annaamabel and @astrawberrylion. Website: https://www.strawberrylion.com/ This...

A chance meeting brings Mr Carrisford's search to an end, and promises a brighter future for Sara - but will Miss Minchin let her go so easily? (Please note that this text, as with most of the classics, contains some outdated stereotypes and views. I have made some very minor cuts to try to keep this to to a minimum, so as not to distract from the story, but the issues are still there, so please be aware.) A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett is in the public domain worldwide. This is...

THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Starts 31 October. Sherlock Holmes returns, in a full-length novel and his most chilling adventure!

Continuing to be mistreated by Miss Minchin and the senior servants, poor Sara becomes hungrier than ever. She is amazed to discover, however, that even when things seem at their worst, hope can always be found - and sometimes, something almost like Magic... (Please note that this text, as with most of the classics, contains some outdated stereotypes and views. I have made some very minor cuts to try to keep this to to a minimum, so as not to distract from the story, but the issues are still...