We’ve been delighted to work with Raconteurs Audio, the production company who are the guiding lights in turning Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player into an Audiobook. We met the company at the Troubadour conference in Leicester in September and it’s been full on since then. We asked Helen, founder of the company, about what interested in her working on the book. She says:
“When we met at the Troubador conference and you showed me the book I was intrigued. What a challenge to turn this beautifully illustrated book into an audiobook. Finding the right voice was only the first step … making sense of the layout of the MS was another challenge, and I know parts 2, 3 and 4, will each present a new set of conundrums to overcome. From a producer’s point of view working on a book that is so clearly character led, where the humour is quirky, when it is a book with attitude, is always a joy. Getting across the almost schizophrenic narrative voice, and in due course bringing in all the other characters is enormous fun, then fitting it all together into one seamless production is what makes our job unique. It’s a real privilege when an author trusts us to bring their words to life.”
She goes on to describe how Raconteurs itself started.
“The idea for Raconteurs happened in 2018 when a group of British Audiobook narrators met over coffee and bagels in a Manhattan 24-hour diner. Three years later Raconteurs Audio LLP was formed, and we produced our first audiobook, a collection of short stories by H. G Wells. This was awarded a prestigious Audiofile Magazine Earphones Award.
Since then, we have gone from strength to strength: we have another Earphones Award and an Audie Nomination to our credit, and work regularly with indie authors, as well being a production partner for mainstream publishers. Our core partnership remains at the heart of the business, as we continue to build our network of carefully selected narrators from around the world.
We are immensely grateful to the authors and publishers who trust us with their work, and we do all we can to bring their words to a listening audience, creating audiobooks of which we can all be proud.
And here at NOP, we’re delighted to be working with Raconteurs and can’t wait to hear the magic they’ve woven!
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