Description

Kendra Winchester discusses the challenges audiobook narrators face when performing Appalachian dialects. She’s joined by special guests Monica Brashears, Jeanette Illidge, Idra Novey, and Christina Delaine.

You can find the complete show notes on Read Appalachia's website.

Things Mentioned

• “Better Than Nothing? Exploring the Limitations of AI-audiobooks from a Disabled Person’s Perspective” (Book Riot)
• “10 Audiobook Narrators You Need to Follow on TikTok” (Book Riot)
• “We Need to Stop Asking the Question, Do Audiobooks Count as Reading?” (Book Riot)
• Ronnie Butler Jr’s TikTok
• “Novelist Idra Novey on the Places That Made Her” (Belt Magazine)

Books Mentioned

GUESTS
Monica Brashears
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Jeannette Illidge
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Idra Novey
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Christina Delaine
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