About
me
Before recording my first audio book, I had a
23-year career on Australian radio. For 18 of those years I was employed as a
newscaster (and sometimes announcer, sometimes current affairs commentator) on some of
Australia’s best-known commercial radio stations.
I have also,
at times, indulged a passion for theatrics with part-time dramatic and comic roles in local theatre productions in Sydney and the
Gold Coast.
But it was my
consistent and award-winning performances on radio that made me well known to hundreds of thousands of
Australian listeners from 1979 to 1997.
My radio career
included stints as a newsreader and/or announcer on:
Sydney’s 2GB
(1979-80 and 1982-85)
Perth's 6PR and
6IX (1980)
Sydney's 2UE
(1981)
Adelaide's 5AD
(1986-1997)
Adelaide's 5DN
(1985-86 and 1994-97)
Adelaide's 891
5AN (1997-98)
Highlights of my radio career included:
1995. Victims of Crime Service: Mitchell Award
“for excellence in crime reporting.”
1994. Rawards:(Australian Radio Industry Awards) Finalist: Best Current Affairs Commentator (Metropolitan).
1994. Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide: Media Citation “for professional excellence and leadership in the community of South Australia.”
I have always enjoyed reading bedtime stories to children and so, as a logical extension of that, I began recording audio books in 2005. My first title (and my most successful to date) was The War Of The Worlds by H.G. Wells. Since March 2005, I have sold over one thousand audio books, mostly through eBay. On 1 January 2007 I opened my own on-line eBay shop.
My audio books represent great value for money because I have completely eliminated any middle-man. When you buy an audio book from me, you are dealing with the narrator-producer, marketer and salesperson all in one!
I offer a 30-day warranty on every audio book, and I am continually expanding my catalogue of books available.
The most recent title that I completed was The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter. It was released 1 September 2009, after seven months in production.
I am taking a break before starting work on my next audio book, which is likely to be a collection of children's nonsense poems, which should be available by Christmas 2009.
After that is released, I intend to start work on The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, "one of the most original and brilliant children's books of the 20th century," which I hope should be available about mid- 2010.
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