Sponsored by the Audio Visual Committee of the Public Library Section
Join a panel discussion about technological innovations in the audio book publishing industry. Representatives from major publishers will speak to the issue and invite discussion. Following this presentation will be 1 or more narrators reading, including William Dufris from the BBC, Chivers, Random House, and Recorded Books.
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William Dufris began his audio book career as a narrator and producer in London where he resided for 13 years. While there, he had the honor of sharing the microphone in a number of BBC Radio plays with Kathleen Turner, Sharon Gless, Stockard Channing, and Helena Bonham-Carter. This experience led him to co-found 2 audio production companies—The Story Circle, Ltd. and Rocky Coast Radio Theatre. He has acted on stage and television in the US, the UK and Germany. Currently, he is the voice of cartoon characters Bob, Farmer Pickles, Mr. Beasley, and Mr. Sabatini in Nickelodeon Jr’s popular TV show, Bob the |
| Builder. He has been nominated twice as a finalist for the APA’s Audie Awards and well as having garnered 9 Earphones Awards through AudioFile Magazine. He lives in Maine with his wife and three children. | |