#237 – Bringing Jane Austen To Life Through Audio: Choosing Voices, Powerful Narration And The Challenges Of A Shared Universe With Ada McCartney & Tony (A.R.) Farina

This week Mike speaks with Tony (A.R.) Farina & Ada McCartney; Tony is author of the Austen Chronicles while Ada has performed/recorded for both audiobooks thus far!

In more detail, the trio discuss how Ada & Tony met, why Ada was chosen to perform each of The Austen Chronicles audiobooks and the challenges Ada faced recording a shared universe. They then discuss each of their connections to Jane Austen, what it was like collaborating to create the best voices & performances for the books, favourite characters to read and to perform, their love of reading, the future of The Austen Chronicles, how narration works in these Austen novels, Ada’s recording process and so much more – whether you’re a fan of writing, an audiophile or a Janeite, tune in for a fantastic conversation!

Ada is part of the Femme On podcasting collective, found here: http://femmeon.show and she was previously on ep 171 of GCC to talk about some very special poems she has written!

Ada’s site is: https://aamccartney.com - Her Poetry Site: https://aa-mccartney.medium.com – On Twitter & Instagram @aa_mccartney – Ada’s Appearance on Indie Comics Spotlight: https://pod.fo/e/11bf5b

Inga Muscio’s book “C*nt”: https://goodreads.com/book/show/52588.Cunt

Tony has been on GCC numerous times, the last three were episodes 195 (introducing his first Jane Austen Novel), 219 (for Buffy Revisited) and episode 222 for further information on Welcome To Mansfield, with tangents about language, music & history!

Find Tony’s site here: https://www.arfarina.com, his podcast Indie Comics Spotlight is found on Comics In Motion: https://podfollow.com/comicsinmotion & find his book Welcome To Mansfield wherever you buy books, with That Other Dashwood Girl due out in October 10^th 2024! You can hear the playlists for Tony’s novels on Spotify or his website: https://www.arfarina.com/music.html

The previous episode of GCC was Clone Wars Conversations Season 3, Part 2 and the episode the week before, was a special episode where Mike speaks with Leyna; she is one of several alters in the Doug Vincent System, to explain the condition of Dissociative Identity Disorder; what it means, how it affects you and what living with it is really like.

Mike has also been releasing weekly Acolyte discussion shows – you can listen at the Comics In Motion or Star Wars: Comics In Canon podcasts, or watch at https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat – Dave was for the premiere and Maff was on episode 3, with Tonya Todd due on to talk episode 4!

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