Poems of Emily Dickinson – Series 1

Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) was an American poet, noted for the epigrammatic quality of her verse. Little known during her lifetime, she is now considered one of the most significant poets of the nineteenth century.The narrators participating in this project are associates of Voices of Today, a spoken audio production house in Perth, Western Australia.

Denis Daly is an audiobook narrator and codirector of Voices of Today, an Australian spoken word production house.

Amy Soakes is an Australian voice actor with over twenty years of experience both in performing and production. She has produced over eight hundred video segments and voiced over a thousand television shows, corporate videos, training programs, and commercials. An expert in utilizing accents, she has been narrating audiobooks for more than four years.

Stephanie Németh-Parker is a SAG-AFTRA audiobook narrator, voiceover artist, and actress with over thirty years of experience. With a voice that has been described as warm and soothing, her versatility and adeptness with accents has enabled her to work on a multitude of projects.

Tim Dehn is an English voice actor in Melbourne who has worked with local and international television and radio broadcasters. He has recorded for a wide variety of media, including corporate, training, and documentary voiceovers, radio programs such as ABC Classic and 3MBS, commercials, and audiobooks for the Christian Blind Mission for vision-impaired listeners.

Kendra Murray is an in-demand narrator with a background in film and stage acting.

Jennifer Fournier began her voice acting career with Librivox in December 2015. She moved quickly to commercial productions, first with the Online Stage as Jocasta in Oedipus Rex and then to audiobooks, becoming the voice of Polly Parrett in the Polly Parrett Pet-Sitter Cozy Murder Mystery series. Jennifer brings professionalism and passion to every project she does.

Erin Grassie is a Bay Area voice actor who narrates and produces both solo and full-cast audiobooks. She prides herself on bringing the same authenticity and depth to characters in voice that authors do in their writing.

Linda Barrans is a British narrator with a fondness for Jane Austen and Shakespeare. She wrote the Sam the Sheep books to make positive use of the time during COVID lockdown, and to give herself and her friend Cate Barratt a modern piece to record together.

With twenty-five-plus years of corporate and educational experience, Marie Hoffman brings wisdom and warmth to each and every project. Her voice has been described as "articulate," "friendly," and "believable." Marie's corporate background includes publishing, investment banking, and years in the pharmaceutical industry, but she is well-versed in all business jargon. Marie also taught elementary school for many years, so adjusting the tone and tempo for children's books is a breeze. Marie is devoted to supporting and volunteering at the JBI Library (established in 1931 as the Jewish Braille Institute) in New York City. She sets aside time to record books so that those who are visually impaired can also enjoy published works of art. She also participates as a member of The Online Stage, a volunteer collective of narrators and actors who create high quality productions of classic dramatic works in audio format. Marie is an active member of the Audio Publishers Association and a founding member of the World-Voices Organization.

Melissa Green is an audiobook narrator, currently residing on the northwest coast of Washington. She is a passionate reader and has pursued many areas of study including biology, premed, massage therapy, European history, vocal performance, opera, street theatre, and dance.

Gregory Dwyer is a New Zealand–born Australian voice actor. He spent twenty-four years working internationally in theatre, film, television, and radio before a hiatus of twenty-two years, much of which was spent as a Forensic Crime Scene Examiner. Now, he has returned to performing as a voice actor, specializing in audiobooks.

Lee Ann Howlett has been narrating audiobooks for over fourteen years. She enjoys recording nonfiction, biographies/memoirs, and classic fiction. She has a particular interest in the true crime genre.

Telling stories as a radio host, then as a costumed tour guide, Sara Sheckells followed a career path into academia before her love of the literary pulled her back to the mic. Sara's narration style has been described as sophisticated, smooth, and smart. Her knowledge of higher education, adolescence, and career development informs her narrations in multiple genres, including literary fiction, memoirs, self-development, and women's fiction. A New England native, Sara lives north of Boston with her family, including a supportive spouse, two brilliantly brained kiddos, and a boisterous boxer dog.

Roberta Jackson has audiobooks on Audible, Learning Ally, the National Library Service for the Blind, and other platforms. She has narrated audiobooks for publishers and production companies including Simon & Schuster, Dreamscape, Lycan Valley, John Marshall Media, Voices of Today, and many more. Her work includes multiple characters in multi-cast productions: fantasy, thrillers, poetry, and Shakespeare. Roberta has also narrated character voice roles in audio dramas, podcasts, video games, and web comics.

Caroline McLaughlin is a versatile narrator with a smooth voice who strives to bring the author's words to life. She discovered her love for storytelling while recording audiobooks for people with reading disabilities. Being a great study of "people" has helped her to develop rich characters and accents. She equally enjoys narrating fiction and nonfiction works. Her languages include conversational Mandarin Chinese.

Susan Iannucci is a full-time narrator and voice-over actor working from California. She has been producing multi-cast productions for several years along with her own solo narrations. Pulling together multi-cast projects with actors throughout the world continues to be a great challenge and thoroughly rewarding.

Lisa Negron is an award-winning stage actress with over four decades of acting, singing, improv, and storytelling experience. As a narrator with her own professional studio, her audiobooks range from sci-fi/fantasy to nonfiction/self-help to Christian romance to crime thriller. Originally from Illinois and currently residing in Central Florida, Lisa has a BA in performing arts/musical theater and brings that training into the booth with her. When not performing or recording, Lisa can be found ghost-hunting, camping, singing around town with her husband, or searching for the perfect dairy-free pizza slice. She is a yoga lover, former Zumba instructor, Lego Brick enthusiast, and a complete (and proud) "book nerd."

Charlie Albers is a British-born voice actor, now based outside of NYC, where she voices for clients globally from her professionally built, beautiful home studio. Her previous acting training and experience, knowledge of the corporate world, and education/training in food science and psychology all come into play in her work now, where she can take any manuscript and work through it with ease. Charlie has an intense love for reading; as a mom of three, reading to her children is the biggest joy. She has a rule that they can (and do) buy any book, in audio or print, anytime. There is never a "no" when it comes to reading or listening to books. Their library of print and audiobooks is ever increasing.