Willow Audiobooks is an independent publisher of free audiobooks, released in the form of a podcast. The source texts are all in the public domain, and they are narrated, produced and with original music by Stephen Alexander. Original cover illustrations are by Benjamin Callery.
Willow Audiobooks began in March 2020, prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the UK national lockdown. Stephen Alexander has been storytelling all his life, and recorded his first homemade audiobook on cassette at the age of six (Roald Dahl's Esio Trot)!
Happy Friday! It's not just any Friday. It's Fairy Tale Friday. This month, it's Jack and the Beanstalk. Enjoy!
Music used is by Kevin MacLeod and can be downloaded from:
https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/ (https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/)
Tracks:
"Fairytale Waltz"
"Magic Escape Room"
"Circus of Freaks"
3 Mar 2023
Beauty and the Beast | Fairy Tale Friday
It's that time again - it's Fairy Tale Friday. This month I read Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve's original version of Beauty and the Beast. It's quite a far cry from the Disney version we all know and love, but very interesting nonetheless! Just don't expect any singing candlesticks...
Music used is by Kevin MacLeod and can be downloaded from:
https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/ (https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/)
Tracks:
"Fairytale Waltz"
"Parisian"
"Dark Times"
"Darkest Child"
"The Snow Queen"
"Gathering Darkness"
"Arcadia"
"Duet Musette"
3 Feb 2023
The Little Mermaid | Fairy Tale Friday
It's another Fairy Tale Friday - this time, it's Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid", in honour of LGBT History Month (if you know, you know - if not, look it up!).
Music used is by Kevin MacLeod and can be downloaded from:
https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/ (https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/)
Tracks:
"Fairytale Waltz"
"Aquarium" by Camille Saint-Saëns (produced by Kevin McLeod)
"Arcadia"
"Frost Waltz"
"Some Amount of Evil"
"Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Mermaid"
"Water Prelude"
"Gathering Darkness"
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