Susan here ~ and I'm so excited today to introduce our very special guest, Jayne Entwistle, audiobook narrator and actress.
The first time I heard Jayne's narrative voice was in her reading of Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. I loved the book, and then had a chance to listen to the audiobook–and I was captivated by Jayne's amazing talent.
Since then, I've listened to all of
Jayne's recordings of the books in the wonderful Flavia de Luce series. Each time, I'm completely enchanted and thoroughly entertained — whether I've read the book previously or it's a fresh listen.
Part of that delight is due to Alan Bradley's fabulous Flavia, a wonderful character–an 11-year-old genius, she's brilliant, mischievous, imaginative, whimsical and innocent–and part is due to Jayne Entwistle's exceptional, equally whimsical and beautifully nuanced readings. In any book she narrates, regardless of the author, Jayne brings the characters and stories to vivid, immediate life.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
I Am Half-SIck of Shadows by Alan Bradley
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
And now let's talk to Jayne!
be very busy!
Jayne Entwistle: When
I moved to Los Angeles from San Francisco, I had some voice over experience but
I wanted certain VO skills and experiences that would lead to more work.
Narration was a skill I would see listed all the time in the breakdowns
(audition notices) so I started scouring Craigslist for student projects that
would provide me with that experience.
I saw an audition notice on Craigslist
looking for a native of the UK who was both an actress and a voice over artist,
someone who could effectively portray an 11 year old girl. Thinking I was
responding to a student ad, I left a voice message. The following morning Janet
Stark, Random House Producer and Director of the first two Flavia books, called
asking me to come in immediately.When I arrived at the huge Books on
Tape/Random House facility, I was shocked and terrified. This was no student
gig! I did the audition and was immediately hooked on The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. I secretly hoped I would
book the job just so I could finish reading the book!
Narrating audiobooks is
the one of the best jobs I have ever had — and to think I found it on Craigslist!
Janet later told me that they had never advertised on Craigslist as they have a
strong talent pool but Flavia was such a unique character, they needed to look
farther afield. In regard to being busy, Los Angeles is an odd duck — when it
rains it pours with work but then, being the desert it is, things can dry up in
a flash. Never have I had to practice letting go and riding an unpredictable
current like I have here.
Susan: You sound as if you're having so much fun when you read the Flavia books. You
and Flavia are a match made in heaven. What do you like best about narrating
Alan Bradley's books?
Jayne: Oh
my goodness, where do I start? I fell in love with Flavia in the first
sentence! I couldn’t put the book down, often forgetting “this is work!” When I
read anything, be it work or not, I get absorbed into the World of the book. I
see every landscape, every detail. It plays out before me like a movie. Alan
Bradley’s writing is exquisitely rich. The characters and worlds he creates are so
vivid that I don’t feel I am just reading them, I’m living them.
Flavia is
wickedly smart, precocious, inquisitive, stubborn and hilarious. She makes me
laugh and, especially with the last two books, makes me cry. Sometimes I will
be at the store, day dreaming in the cheese aisle (I love cheese!) wondering
how Mrs. Mullet is doing when I am disappointed to remember that she doesn’t
really exist. I feel relieved when I open a new Flavia book, settle back into
Bishops Lacy and feel like, “Hello old friends, Oh how I’ve missed you!”
Susan: Can you tell
us something about your process for narrating a book? Do you record in a studio
or in a set-up at home? Do you read the books first and work out what to do?
And how do you keep track of all the accents and voice variations that you do?
Jayne: The turnaround
time for narration is fairly quick. Once the “approved for recording” draft is
sent to me, I only have time to read the book once through. I love love love to
read, so getting that manuscript delivered to my door is thrilling. I pack up
my various highlighters, pencils and notebooks and settle myself into a coffee
shop where there are ironically less distractions.
I highlight in the
manuscript where a character first appears and then mark it in a notebook so I
can easily reference that character. I also highlight any words I don’t know
how to pronounce. My lists are very long with the Alan Bradley books. First,
there are all the scientific terms I haven’t a clue at how to pronounce. Then
there are the numerous references to musicians, wars, artists, scientists,
historical events. The Crimean War, for example. Not a word I typically bandy
about. Flavia is decidedly smarter than I am! I’m learning, however. I now know
a thing or two about arsenic!
We record in a studio at the Random House facility. Each book is assigned a Producer/Director who not only handles the
technical aspect of recording the sessions but also takes their own notes,
researches words, liaises with the authors and provides direction. In regards
to the various accents and characters, I practice voices out loud in the car
and this being L.A, there is ample opportunity for that. Some of the characters
talk out of a certain part of their mouth. Mr. De Luce sits up ram-rod straight
with his hand on his left knee. Daphne De Luce sucks in her cheeks and bites
down on her tongue. Mrs. Mullet talks out of the front of her mouth which is
where Northerners tend to speak from whereas other characters pull their mouths
down at the sides to give it that aristocratic feel.
Susan: I love your descriptions of the characters! Are there some books you like to narrate and some you don't care to do? And what would be your dream narration
assignment — something you would love to read in audio?
Jayne: I haven’t met an
audiobook I didn’t like. I tend to like the books that have rich and varied
characters. The Hunchback Assignments by
Arthur Slade were challenging and the stories were gripping. I loved being on
the dark side of Victorian England. I did two books in the series and wanted
them to keep going forever.
I imagine I would be well challenged by a
non-fiction book as I couldn’t rely on characterization but would have to pay
more attention to delivery, tone and evenness of speech.
Susan: What are some
of your favorite books? Do you prefer reading, or do you listen to audiobooks
yourself? (And do you read passages out loud when you're reading for
pleasure?)
Jayne: I usually only read
fiction. I had my fill of non-fiction in graduate school. Some of my favourite
authors are Ann Patchett, Kent Haruf, Kate Morton, Salman Rushdie and Annie
Proulx. I need to have that book in my hand as opposed to hearing it. I like historical fiction and I read some historical romance, too. I love to learn some truths about the world while being transported into a fictitious world at the same time.
I read
voraciously as a child, inhaling books like Nancy Drew. I was inconsolable at
the end of
Heidi, feeling as if I had
lost a best friend. I remember sobbing into my pillow with my poor Dad trying
to assure me that Heidi would be fine even though the book was over. I credit
this love of reading at an early age with my ability to narrate audiobooks now.
And yes, I will read passages out loud because I love literature and language
and the melody of words and well . . . my own voice!
Susan: What's your
next narration project? (I can't wait to hear it!)
Jayne: I never know what projects are on the horizon. I am usually
pleasantly surprised by the sudden announcement of a new book for me to
narrate. The one book I am
waiting for with bated breath is The Dead in their Vaulted Arches, the
sixth book in the Flavia de Luce series!
When I first moved to Los Angeles, I told my friends with almost
a sense of heartbreak that, “I just want to read. Oh, if only I could get paid
to do that!” They teased me for being
so dramatic. As hokey as it sounds, it really has been a dream come true!
Susan: A dream come true and a dream job – it doesn't get much better than that in the working world. Jayne, it's so fascinating to chat with you. Thank you for visiting the Word Wenches!
Do you all listen to audiobooks? Are you a fan of Alan Bradley's mysteries, Sophie Kinsella, Arthur Slade — and Jayne Entwistle's narrations?
Most of us who hang around this blog cannot live without books — and I know some of you cannot live without audiobooks either. I'm listening to audiobooks more often than I used to, now that I've discovered the fun of Jayne's readings.
Questions and comments welcome! :)
I too love Flavia. I have not tried audiobooks though. I must look for Arthur Slade. Dee
I too love Flavia. I have not tried audiobooks though. I must look for Arthur Slade. Dee
I too love Flavia. I have not tried audiobooks though. I must look for Arthur Slade. Dee
I too love Flavia. I have not tried audiobooks though. I must look for Arthur Slade. Dee
I too love Flavia. I have not tried audiobooks though. I must look for Arthur Slade. Dee
While I’m a voracious reader, I haven’t listened to audiobooks in forever. Back in the day when I was married and living in N. Va., my husband and I worked in the Thoroughbred horse business, and made eight to ten trips a year to Kentucky for the horse sales. We listened to the Dick Francis mysteries on tape and they really made the miles fly. I have no idea who the narrator was, but I do remember what a great job they did.
Thank you so much for this fascinating interview. I loved getting an inside look into a different aspect of the world of books and reading.
While I’m a voracious reader, I haven’t listened to audiobooks in forever. Back in the day when I was married and living in N. Va., my husband and I worked in the Thoroughbred horse business, and made eight to ten trips a year to Kentucky for the horse sales. We listened to the Dick Francis mysteries on tape and they really made the miles fly. I have no idea who the narrator was, but I do remember what a great job they did.
Thank you so much for this fascinating interview. I loved getting an inside look into a different aspect of the world of books and reading.
While I’m a voracious reader, I haven’t listened to audiobooks in forever. Back in the day when I was married and living in N. Va., my husband and I worked in the Thoroughbred horse business, and made eight to ten trips a year to Kentucky for the horse sales. We listened to the Dick Francis mysteries on tape and they really made the miles fly. I have no idea who the narrator was, but I do remember what a great job they did.
Thank you so much for this fascinating interview. I loved getting an inside look into a different aspect of the world of books and reading.
While I’m a voracious reader, I haven’t listened to audiobooks in forever. Back in the day when I was married and living in N. Va., my husband and I worked in the Thoroughbred horse business, and made eight to ten trips a year to Kentucky for the horse sales. We listened to the Dick Francis mysteries on tape and they really made the miles fly. I have no idea who the narrator was, but I do remember what a great job they did.
Thank you so much for this fascinating interview. I loved getting an inside look into a different aspect of the world of books and reading.
While I’m a voracious reader, I haven’t listened to audiobooks in forever. Back in the day when I was married and living in N. Va., my husband and I worked in the Thoroughbred horse business, and made eight to ten trips a year to Kentucky for the horse sales. We listened to the Dick Francis mysteries on tape and they really made the miles fly. I have no idea who the narrator was, but I do remember what a great job they did.
Thank you so much for this fascinating interview. I loved getting an inside look into a different aspect of the world of books and reading.
Love the Flavia series, although I’ve not heard the audio version.
Love the Flavia series, although I’ve not heard the audio version.
Love the Flavia series, although I’ve not heard the audio version.
Love the Flavia series, although I’ve not heard the audio version.
Love the Flavia series, although I’ve not heard the audio version.
I am not in to audio books – I like to turn pages !But it is fascinating to learn the organisation and skill needed to produce them.I tended to think it was just a graduation from reading out loud to children or whoever.A mental image of some one sitting (probably in an armchair )coffee at hand and reading !Wrong !!
I am not in to audio books – I like to turn pages !But it is fascinating to learn the organisation and skill needed to produce them.I tended to think it was just a graduation from reading out loud to children or whoever.A mental image of some one sitting (probably in an armchair )coffee at hand and reading !Wrong !!
I am not in to audio books – I like to turn pages !But it is fascinating to learn the organisation and skill needed to produce them.I tended to think it was just a graduation from reading out loud to children or whoever.A mental image of some one sitting (probably in an armchair )coffee at hand and reading !Wrong !!
I am not in to audio books – I like to turn pages !But it is fascinating to learn the organisation and skill needed to produce them.I tended to think it was just a graduation from reading out loud to children or whoever.A mental image of some one sitting (probably in an armchair )coffee at hand and reading !Wrong !!
I am not in to audio books – I like to turn pages !But it is fascinating to learn the organisation and skill needed to produce them.I tended to think it was just a graduation from reading out loud to children or whoever.A mental image of some one sitting (probably in an armchair )coffee at hand and reading !Wrong !!
Jayne, thanks so much for visiting the Word Wenches! With audiobooks, the narrator is crucial! A bad reader can kill a good book, and a great reader like you would jolly up an encyclopedia. *G*
I seldom listen to audiobooks because as a stay at home writer, I’m not in the car enough to listen through the book, and it’s tacky to get home and sit in the car listening to the story while the ice cream melts in the grocery bag. *G*
May Flavia #6 reach you soon!
Jayne, thanks so much for visiting the Word Wenches! With audiobooks, the narrator is crucial! A bad reader can kill a good book, and a great reader like you would jolly up an encyclopedia. *G*
I seldom listen to audiobooks because as a stay at home writer, I’m not in the car enough to listen through the book, and it’s tacky to get home and sit in the car listening to the story while the ice cream melts in the grocery bag. *G*
May Flavia #6 reach you soon!
Jayne, thanks so much for visiting the Word Wenches! With audiobooks, the narrator is crucial! A bad reader can kill a good book, and a great reader like you would jolly up an encyclopedia. *G*
I seldom listen to audiobooks because as a stay at home writer, I’m not in the car enough to listen through the book, and it’s tacky to get home and sit in the car listening to the story while the ice cream melts in the grocery bag. *G*
May Flavia #6 reach you soon!
Jayne, thanks so much for visiting the Word Wenches! With audiobooks, the narrator is crucial! A bad reader can kill a good book, and a great reader like you would jolly up an encyclopedia. *G*
I seldom listen to audiobooks because as a stay at home writer, I’m not in the car enough to listen through the book, and it’s tacky to get home and sit in the car listening to the story while the ice cream melts in the grocery bag. *G*
May Flavia #6 reach you soon!
Jayne, thanks so much for visiting the Word Wenches! With audiobooks, the narrator is crucial! A bad reader can kill a good book, and a great reader like you would jolly up an encyclopedia. *G*
I seldom listen to audiobooks because as a stay at home writer, I’m not in the car enough to listen through the book, and it’s tacky to get home and sit in the car listening to the story while the ice cream melts in the grocery bag. *G*
May Flavia #6 reach you soon!
Jayne, thanks so much for an inside look at the process—so fascinating! I agree that an audiobook the reader is as immportant as the writer, for a bad cadence or other nuance of voice can pull a “reader” right out of the story. (BTW, your work is really wonderful!)
Jayne, thanks so much for an inside look at the process—so fascinating! I agree that an audiobook the reader is as immportant as the writer, for a bad cadence or other nuance of voice can pull a “reader” right out of the story. (BTW, your work is really wonderful!)
Jayne, thanks so much for an inside look at the process—so fascinating! I agree that an audiobook the reader is as immportant as the writer, for a bad cadence or other nuance of voice can pull a “reader” right out of the story. (BTW, your work is really wonderful!)
Jayne, thanks so much for an inside look at the process—so fascinating! I agree that an audiobook the reader is as immportant as the writer, for a bad cadence or other nuance of voice can pull a “reader” right out of the story. (BTW, your work is really wonderful!)
Jayne, thanks so much for an inside look at the process—so fascinating! I agree that an audiobook the reader is as immportant as the writer, for a bad cadence or other nuance of voice can pull a “reader” right out of the story. (BTW, your work is really wonderful!)
How interesting, Jayne. I love how you fell into the job through Craigslist! I’m a Lancashire lass like you, and I went to boarding school in Blackpool, so I know it well. When did you move? Do you sometimes have to do American accents? (I didn’t listen to all the samples, but you’re a brilliant reader.)
Jo
How interesting, Jayne. I love how you fell into the job through Craigslist! I’m a Lancashire lass like you, and I went to boarding school in Blackpool, so I know it well. When did you move? Do you sometimes have to do American accents? (I didn’t listen to all the samples, but you’re a brilliant reader.)
Jo
How interesting, Jayne. I love how you fell into the job through Craigslist! I’m a Lancashire lass like you, and I went to boarding school in Blackpool, so I know it well. When did you move? Do you sometimes have to do American accents? (I didn’t listen to all the samples, but you’re a brilliant reader.)
Jo
How interesting, Jayne. I love how you fell into the job through Craigslist! I’m a Lancashire lass like you, and I went to boarding school in Blackpool, so I know it well. When did you move? Do you sometimes have to do American accents? (I didn’t listen to all the samples, but you’re a brilliant reader.)
Jo
How interesting, Jayne. I love how you fell into the job through Craigslist! I’m a Lancashire lass like you, and I went to boarding school in Blackpool, so I know it well. When did you move? Do you sometimes have to do American accents? (I didn’t listen to all the samples, but you’re a brilliant reader.)
Jo
Thank you for the wonderful responses! Jo – I haven’t been in Blackpool for Donks (an absolue age) My voice Work is primarily British but my on-screen work is the opposite, American. I moved at a fairly young age so my voice is very flexible as opposed to my Mum and Dad who are still British all the way.
Thank you for the wonderful responses! Jo – I haven’t been in Blackpool for Donks (an absolue age) My voice Work is primarily British but my on-screen work is the opposite, American. I moved at a fairly young age so my voice is very flexible as opposed to my Mum and Dad who are still British all the way.
Thank you for the wonderful responses! Jo – I haven’t been in Blackpool for Donks (an absolue age) My voice Work is primarily British but my on-screen work is the opposite, American. I moved at a fairly young age so my voice is very flexible as opposed to my Mum and Dad who are still British all the way.
Thank you for the wonderful responses! Jo – I haven’t been in Blackpool for Donks (an absolue age) My voice Work is primarily British but my on-screen work is the opposite, American. I moved at a fairly young age so my voice is very flexible as opposed to my Mum and Dad who are still British all the way.
Thank you for the wonderful responses! Jo – I haven’t been in Blackpool for Donks (an absolue age) My voice Work is primarily British but my on-screen work is the opposite, American. I moved at a fairly young age so my voice is very flexible as opposed to my Mum and Dad who are still British all the way.
I love, love, LOVE audiobooks and now I’m on a mission to listen to the Flavia books narrated by you, Jayne!
I have eye problems, in part by spending too much time staring at a computer monitor. As a result, reading a book increases my eyestrain. I discovered audiobooks years ago and they are the perfect solution for a person with eye problems! But more than that, I just really enjoy listening to a wonderful narrator like you. I’m positively rabid to get my hands on a Jayne Entwistle-narrated audiobook! I listen to audiobooks almost every day at home (I’m retired) and have over 200 in my audiobook collection.
Thank you so much for stopping by the Word Wenches, Jayne, and giving us insight into audiobook narration. Your joy and enthusiasm for VO and audiobook narration are obvious, and I’m sure that carries over into your narration.
I love, love, LOVE audiobooks and now I’m on a mission to listen to the Flavia books narrated by you, Jayne!
I have eye problems, in part by spending too much time staring at a computer monitor. As a result, reading a book increases my eyestrain. I discovered audiobooks years ago and they are the perfect solution for a person with eye problems! But more than that, I just really enjoy listening to a wonderful narrator like you. I’m positively rabid to get my hands on a Jayne Entwistle-narrated audiobook! I listen to audiobooks almost every day at home (I’m retired) and have over 200 in my audiobook collection.
Thank you so much for stopping by the Word Wenches, Jayne, and giving us insight into audiobook narration. Your joy and enthusiasm for VO and audiobook narration are obvious, and I’m sure that carries over into your narration.
I love, love, LOVE audiobooks and now I’m on a mission to listen to the Flavia books narrated by you, Jayne!
I have eye problems, in part by spending too much time staring at a computer monitor. As a result, reading a book increases my eyestrain. I discovered audiobooks years ago and they are the perfect solution for a person with eye problems! But more than that, I just really enjoy listening to a wonderful narrator like you. I’m positively rabid to get my hands on a Jayne Entwistle-narrated audiobook! I listen to audiobooks almost every day at home (I’m retired) and have over 200 in my audiobook collection.
Thank you so much for stopping by the Word Wenches, Jayne, and giving us insight into audiobook narration. Your joy and enthusiasm for VO and audiobook narration are obvious, and I’m sure that carries over into your narration.
I love, love, LOVE audiobooks and now I’m on a mission to listen to the Flavia books narrated by you, Jayne!
I have eye problems, in part by spending too much time staring at a computer monitor. As a result, reading a book increases my eyestrain. I discovered audiobooks years ago and they are the perfect solution for a person with eye problems! But more than that, I just really enjoy listening to a wonderful narrator like you. I’m positively rabid to get my hands on a Jayne Entwistle-narrated audiobook! I listen to audiobooks almost every day at home (I’m retired) and have over 200 in my audiobook collection.
Thank you so much for stopping by the Word Wenches, Jayne, and giving us insight into audiobook narration. Your joy and enthusiasm for VO and audiobook narration are obvious, and I’m sure that carries over into your narration.
I love, love, LOVE audiobooks and now I’m on a mission to listen to the Flavia books narrated by you, Jayne!
I have eye problems, in part by spending too much time staring at a computer monitor. As a result, reading a book increases my eyestrain. I discovered audiobooks years ago and they are the perfect solution for a person with eye problems! But more than that, I just really enjoy listening to a wonderful narrator like you. I’m positively rabid to get my hands on a Jayne Entwistle-narrated audiobook! I listen to audiobooks almost every day at home (I’m retired) and have over 200 in my audiobook collection.
Thank you so much for stopping by the Word Wenches, Jayne, and giving us insight into audiobook narration. Your joy and enthusiasm for VO and audiobook narration are obvious, and I’m sure that carries over into your narration.
Donks – I love that! 🙂
I’ve heard Jayne’s American accent and it’s flawless, you wouldn’t guess she’s a native of the UK if you didn’t already know it.
What I love about a really top quality audio narrator — like Jayne– is that the narrator can truly enhance a book by inhabiting the characters and the story in such a believable way that it can elevate the book to another level. And we all do that when reading — when we go through a book by print pages (or digital screens), our own voices and imaginations are expanding what the author has created. When we listen to an audio book, the narrator does that for us, to some extent — and that’s why it’s so very, very important that the narrator be someone you can listen to. Someone who entertains and conjures. Someone, essentially, you can trust to create new layers for you in the story and characters. I can’t wait to hear more of Flavia via Ms. Entwistle.
I find that Jayne does that seamlessly and so enjoyably that I’d listen to anything she does. As Mary Jo said above, Jayne could read an encyclopedia — and it would be worth loading those zillion CDs or MP3s into the player! *g*
I love Jayne’s story of beginning her audio career via Craigslist! She’s a natural born voice over actress, and I’m glad Random House had the foresight to snap her up!
Thank you again for visiting Wenches, Jayne!
Donks – I love that! 🙂
I’ve heard Jayne’s American accent and it’s flawless, you wouldn’t guess she’s a native of the UK if you didn’t already know it.
What I love about a really top quality audio narrator — like Jayne– is that the narrator can truly enhance a book by inhabiting the characters and the story in such a believable way that it can elevate the book to another level. And we all do that when reading — when we go through a book by print pages (or digital screens), our own voices and imaginations are expanding what the author has created. When we listen to an audio book, the narrator does that for us, to some extent — and that’s why it’s so very, very important that the narrator be someone you can listen to. Someone who entertains and conjures. Someone, essentially, you can trust to create new layers for you in the story and characters. I can’t wait to hear more of Flavia via Ms. Entwistle.
I find that Jayne does that seamlessly and so enjoyably that I’d listen to anything she does. As Mary Jo said above, Jayne could read an encyclopedia — and it would be worth loading those zillion CDs or MP3s into the player! *g*
I love Jayne’s story of beginning her audio career via Craigslist! She’s a natural born voice over actress, and I’m glad Random House had the foresight to snap her up!
Thank you again for visiting Wenches, Jayne!
Donks – I love that! 🙂
I’ve heard Jayne’s American accent and it’s flawless, you wouldn’t guess she’s a native of the UK if you didn’t already know it.
What I love about a really top quality audio narrator — like Jayne– is that the narrator can truly enhance a book by inhabiting the characters and the story in such a believable way that it can elevate the book to another level. And we all do that when reading — when we go through a book by print pages (or digital screens), our own voices and imaginations are expanding what the author has created. When we listen to an audio book, the narrator does that for us, to some extent — and that’s why it’s so very, very important that the narrator be someone you can listen to. Someone who entertains and conjures. Someone, essentially, you can trust to create new layers for you in the story and characters. I can’t wait to hear more of Flavia via Ms. Entwistle.
I find that Jayne does that seamlessly and so enjoyably that I’d listen to anything she does. As Mary Jo said above, Jayne could read an encyclopedia — and it would be worth loading those zillion CDs or MP3s into the player! *g*
I love Jayne’s story of beginning her audio career via Craigslist! She’s a natural born voice over actress, and I’m glad Random House had the foresight to snap her up!
Thank you again for visiting Wenches, Jayne!
Donks – I love that! 🙂
I’ve heard Jayne’s American accent and it’s flawless, you wouldn’t guess she’s a native of the UK if you didn’t already know it.
What I love about a really top quality audio narrator — like Jayne– is that the narrator can truly enhance a book by inhabiting the characters and the story in such a believable way that it can elevate the book to another level. And we all do that when reading — when we go through a book by print pages (or digital screens), our own voices and imaginations are expanding what the author has created. When we listen to an audio book, the narrator does that for us, to some extent — and that’s why it’s so very, very important that the narrator be someone you can listen to. Someone who entertains and conjures. Someone, essentially, you can trust to create new layers for you in the story and characters. I can’t wait to hear more of Flavia via Ms. Entwistle.
I find that Jayne does that seamlessly and so enjoyably that I’d listen to anything she does. As Mary Jo said above, Jayne could read an encyclopedia — and it would be worth loading those zillion CDs or MP3s into the player! *g*
I love Jayne’s story of beginning her audio career via Craigslist! She’s a natural born voice over actress, and I’m glad Random House had the foresight to snap her up!
Thank you again for visiting Wenches, Jayne!
Donks – I love that! 🙂
I’ve heard Jayne’s American accent and it’s flawless, you wouldn’t guess she’s a native of the UK if you didn’t already know it.
What I love about a really top quality audio narrator — like Jayne– is that the narrator can truly enhance a book by inhabiting the characters and the story in such a believable way that it can elevate the book to another level. And we all do that when reading — when we go through a book by print pages (or digital screens), our own voices and imaginations are expanding what the author has created. When we listen to an audio book, the narrator does that for us, to some extent — and that’s why it’s so very, very important that the narrator be someone you can listen to. Someone who entertains and conjures. Someone, essentially, you can trust to create new layers for you in the story and characters. I can’t wait to hear more of Flavia via Ms. Entwistle.
I find that Jayne does that seamlessly and so enjoyably that I’d listen to anything she does. As Mary Jo said above, Jayne could read an encyclopedia — and it would be worth loading those zillion CDs or MP3s into the player! *g*
I love Jayne’s story of beginning her audio career via Craigslist! She’s a natural born voice over actress, and I’m glad Random House had the foresight to snap her up!
Thank you again for visiting Wenches, Jayne!
I LOVE the Flavia books! I, too, am waiting for the next one to come out in Jan ’14. 🙂 I had not heard Jayne narrate the books until recently. I was flying coast to coast, so I wanted an audio book to help pass the time. I downloaded “Speaking From Among the Bones” from my local library. Jayne was dead on for Flavia! She sounded just like I imagined her!
Great job!
I LOVE the Flavia books! I, too, am waiting for the next one to come out in Jan ’14. 🙂 I had not heard Jayne narrate the books until recently. I was flying coast to coast, so I wanted an audio book to help pass the time. I downloaded “Speaking From Among the Bones” from my local library. Jayne was dead on for Flavia! She sounded just like I imagined her!
Great job!
I LOVE the Flavia books! I, too, am waiting for the next one to come out in Jan ’14. 🙂 I had not heard Jayne narrate the books until recently. I was flying coast to coast, so I wanted an audio book to help pass the time. I downloaded “Speaking From Among the Bones” from my local library. Jayne was dead on for Flavia! She sounded just like I imagined her!
Great job!
I LOVE the Flavia books! I, too, am waiting for the next one to come out in Jan ’14. 🙂 I had not heard Jayne narrate the books until recently. I was flying coast to coast, so I wanted an audio book to help pass the time. I downloaded “Speaking From Among the Bones” from my local library. Jayne was dead on for Flavia! She sounded just like I imagined her!
Great job!
I LOVE the Flavia books! I, too, am waiting for the next one to come out in Jan ’14. 🙂 I had not heard Jayne narrate the books until recently. I was flying coast to coast, so I wanted an audio book to help pass the time. I downloaded “Speaking From Among the Bones” from my local library. Jayne was dead on for Flavia! She sounded just like I imagined her!
Great job!
I am a huge fan of audio books and that is how I enjoy my thirty minute commute to work each day. I discovered Flavia de Luce a few years ago and Jayne Entwistle is the absolutely perfect narrator for the Alan Bradley series. I have listened to all the books and am now anxiously awaiting the sixth book. Thank you for this interview, I have been so curious about Jayne Entwistle since her voice is so perfect for these books. I look forward to listening to her other work!
I am a huge fan of audio books and that is how I enjoy my thirty minute commute to work each day. I discovered Flavia de Luce a few years ago and Jayne Entwistle is the absolutely perfect narrator for the Alan Bradley series. I have listened to all the books and am now anxiously awaiting the sixth book. Thank you for this interview, I have been so curious about Jayne Entwistle since her voice is so perfect for these books. I look forward to listening to her other work!
I am a huge fan of audio books and that is how I enjoy my thirty minute commute to work each day. I discovered Flavia de Luce a few years ago and Jayne Entwistle is the absolutely perfect narrator for the Alan Bradley series. I have listened to all the books and am now anxiously awaiting the sixth book. Thank you for this interview, I have been so curious about Jayne Entwistle since her voice is so perfect for these books. I look forward to listening to her other work!
I am a huge fan of audio books and that is how I enjoy my thirty minute commute to work each day. I discovered Flavia de Luce a few years ago and Jayne Entwistle is the absolutely perfect narrator for the Alan Bradley series. I have listened to all the books and am now anxiously awaiting the sixth book. Thank you for this interview, I have been so curious about Jayne Entwistle since her voice is so perfect for these books. I look forward to listening to her other work!
I am a huge fan of audio books and that is how I enjoy my thirty minute commute to work each day. I discovered Flavia de Luce a few years ago and Jayne Entwistle is the absolutely perfect narrator for the Alan Bradley series. I have listened to all the books and am now anxiously awaiting the sixth book. Thank you for this interview, I have been so curious about Jayne Entwistle since her voice is so perfect for these books. I look forward to listening to her other work!
I have never “read” a Flavia book. Probably won’t ever. Well maybe. Why? Because Jayne does such a bang up job of reading it to me.
I plan on finding the other audio books read by Jayne.
I very much enjoyed this interview and thanx to Alan Bradley for helping me find it again.
I have never “read” a Flavia book. Probably won’t ever. Well maybe. Why? Because Jayne does such a bang up job of reading it to me.
I plan on finding the other audio books read by Jayne.
I very much enjoyed this interview and thanx to Alan Bradley for helping me find it again.
I have never “read” a Flavia book. Probably won’t ever. Well maybe. Why? Because Jayne does such a bang up job of reading it to me.
I plan on finding the other audio books read by Jayne.
I very much enjoyed this interview and thanx to Alan Bradley for helping me find it again.
I have never “read” a Flavia book. Probably won’t ever. Well maybe. Why? Because Jayne does such a bang up job of reading it to me.
I plan on finding the other audio books read by Jayne.
I very much enjoyed this interview and thanx to Alan Bradley for helping me find it again.
I have never “read” a Flavia book. Probably won’t ever. Well maybe. Why? Because Jayne does such a bang up job of reading it to me.
I plan on finding the other audio books read by Jayne.
I very much enjoyed this interview and thanx to Alan Bradley for helping me find it again.
Thanks so much for this interview. I made a decision to take on a 45-minute commute last year and Jayne’s readings of the Flavia series have been its only saving grace. I love everything about the way she reads and, honestly, Alan can’t write them fast enough to suit me!
Thanks so much for this interview. I made a decision to take on a 45-minute commute last year and Jayne’s readings of the Flavia series have been its only saving grace. I love everything about the way she reads and, honestly, Alan can’t write them fast enough to suit me!
Thanks so much for this interview. I made a decision to take on a 45-minute commute last year and Jayne’s readings of the Flavia series have been its only saving grace. I love everything about the way she reads and, honestly, Alan can’t write them fast enough to suit me!
Thanks so much for this interview. I made a decision to take on a 45-minute commute last year and Jayne’s readings of the Flavia series have been its only saving grace. I love everything about the way she reads and, honestly, Alan can’t write them fast enough to suit me!
Thanks so much for this interview. I made a decision to take on a 45-minute commute last year and Jayne’s readings of the Flavia series have been its only saving grace. I love everything about the way she reads and, honestly, Alan can’t write them fast enough to suit me!
Our adult services librarian suggested Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie on audio for my 13 year old son and I to listen to while we commuted back and forth to school. Jayne is Flavia, she has her to a T. We couldn’t listen to them fast enough, sometimes sitting in the car in the garage just to finish one of Flavia’s escapades! I concur with several others, Jayne’s narration of Alan’s books bring them to life. He cannot write them fast enough for us. Thank you Jayne for enjoying your work, as it truly comes through!
Our adult services librarian suggested Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie on audio for my 13 year old son and I to listen to while we commuted back and forth to school. Jayne is Flavia, she has her to a T. We couldn’t listen to them fast enough, sometimes sitting in the car in the garage just to finish one of Flavia’s escapades! I concur with several others, Jayne’s narration of Alan’s books bring them to life. He cannot write them fast enough for us. Thank you Jayne for enjoying your work, as it truly comes through!
Our adult services librarian suggested Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie on audio for my 13 year old son and I to listen to while we commuted back and forth to school. Jayne is Flavia, she has her to a T. We couldn’t listen to them fast enough, sometimes sitting in the car in the garage just to finish one of Flavia’s escapades! I concur with several others, Jayne’s narration of Alan’s books bring them to life. He cannot write them fast enough for us. Thank you Jayne for enjoying your work, as it truly comes through!
Our adult services librarian suggested Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie on audio for my 13 year old son and I to listen to while we commuted back and forth to school. Jayne is Flavia, she has her to a T. We couldn’t listen to them fast enough, sometimes sitting in the car in the garage just to finish one of Flavia’s escapades! I concur with several others, Jayne’s narration of Alan’s books bring them to life. He cannot write them fast enough for us. Thank you Jayne for enjoying your work, as it truly comes through!
Our adult services librarian suggested Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie on audio for my 13 year old son and I to listen to while we commuted back and forth to school. Jayne is Flavia, she has her to a T. We couldn’t listen to them fast enough, sometimes sitting in the car in the garage just to finish one of Flavia’s escapades! I concur with several others, Jayne’s narration of Alan’s books bring them to life. He cannot write them fast enough for us. Thank you Jayne for enjoying your work, as it truly comes through!