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In the Forest by Janis Spence (Short Fiction Single) narrated by the author

by Janis Spence
 
Narrated by Janis Spence

SHORT FICTION SINGLES ARE AVAILABLE AS DIGITAL DOWNLOADS ONLY

In the Forest is drawn from the collection of short fiction entitled on the beach in spanish room. The complete on...
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featured performer:

 
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Charlie Tomlinson



Charlie Tomlinson is a teacher, actor and director living in St. John's Newfoundland.

He is the Artistic Director of c2c Theatre which he founded in the Fall of 2003 with Brad Hodder and Jordan...
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featured author:

 
Russell Wangersky
 
Russell Wangersky is a writer, editor and columnist from St. John's, Newfoundland. His debut short story collection, The Hour of Bad Decisions, was long-listed for the ScotiaBank/Giller Prize in 2006, and was short-listed for the Commonwealth First Book award, along with several other... >> MORE

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New short fiction singles available



Last Rights 
Prudence Grieve
read by Jane Dingle





Revenants 
Carmelita McGrath
read by Janet Russell




On the Beach in Spanish Room Janis Spence
read by the author




The Dead are More Visible
Steven Heighton
read by Jane Dingle





Audio Book Suggestions:

For bird lovers
from Don McKay
Songs for the Songs of Birds


Poems selected and read by Don McKay
on the themes of birds, birding and flight
with bird song recordings from Dave Fifield.

Available as an Audio CD or Digital Download 


For outdoor adventurers
from Dillon Wallace
Lure of the Labrador Wild


By a campfire in southern New York in 1901, Leonidas Hubbard Jr. put the question to his friend: “How would you like to go to Labrador, Wallace?”



For legal history buffs
from Frank Holden
Judge Prowse Presiding


Set somewhere in outport Newfoundland in the 1890's, written and performed by Frank Holden, Judge Prowse Presiding brings a vital character and a near-forgotten frontier world back to life.


For Rockwell Kent fans
from Michael Winter
The Big Why



A passionate and witty faux memoir of Rockwell Kent, the famous illustrator of Moby Dick. Set in Brigus, Newfoundland on the eve of the First World War.



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What reviewers are saying 
about Rattling Books:


on the beach in spanish room, written and read by Janis Spence:

What an unassuming but brilliant little gem this recording is. ...Spence gives a masterful performance of all the roles she’s created—and it doesn’t hurt that she’s got that incomparable Newfoundland accent. 

- AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award



Montreal Stories
by Mavis Gallant
narrated by Margot Dionne:

Montreal Stories by Gallant, the Montreal-born writer who has lived most of her life in Paris, is sheer perfection. The audiobook  recently won an Earphones Award from the U.S. magazine AudioFile, and it is easy to understand why. Gallant's brilliant stories (of grim relationships and the Montreal of her 1930s and '40s youth) in the rich, modulated narration of actor Margot Dionne stay with you long after the recording has finished. 

- The Ottawa Citizen



The Last Voyage of the Karluk by Captain Robert Bartlett
narrated by Frank Holden:

In this tale of Arctic exploration, narrator Frank Holden turns in a masterful performance as Robert Bartlett, captain of the ill-fated Karluk , which sank off the Siberian coast in 1914. From the Newfoundland accent to the fortitude of a polar adventurer, Holden inhabits his subject.

- Publishers Weekly



The True Meaning of Crumbfest by David Weale
performed by Antonia Francis:

Are you ready for a special treat? ...a remarkable narration. The story's narrator is 5-year-old Antonia Francis... How refreshing her narration is!  The combination of Francis's heartfelt empathy for Eckhart and her youthful, earnest presentation captivates.

- AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award 


The Big Why
by Michael Winter
read by Robert Joy:

"Note-perfect" and "memorable" are adjectives you'll also want to use to describe the audio version of Michael Winter's The Big Why, from the little Newfoundland company that could, Rattling Books.

- Ottawa Citizen


The Grey Islands by John Steffler
read by the author with supporting cast:

The narrative voices (the author and others) vary with the mood and subject matter, a resonant male voice telling of a young wife’s death long ago, another delivering with religious fervor a history of Newfoundland’s people and the sins for which they have been punished by being delivered to this harsh environment. Vivid descriptive details create an unforgettable sense of life in that place, starkly beautiful and hauntingly remote. Highly recommended.

- Library Journal


Listening to Rattling Books’ edition of The Grey Islands may even be the ideal way to experience the poem. Steffler’s poetry usually takes the form of soliloquies or interior monologues and it is always rooted in the unadorned, everyday language of his individual speakers. Hearing Frank Holden and Darryl Hopkins read the parts of the townsfolk reveals just how well Steffler has managed to capture the natural cadence and poetry of ordinary Newfoundland speech.

- The Scope




Rattling Books 
 is a Canadian audio publisher of unabridged audio books and other spoken word audio recordings (poetry, fiction and historical outdoor adventure titles / audio and mp3 cds and downloadable mp3 audiobooks). 

Rattling Books are made where the Northwest Atlantic meets the eastern edge of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Where sunkers slumber under the slaughter of the sea. And Tinkers tumble into that tumultuous tea.



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