Julia Whelan, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Zibby interviews novelist and award-winning audiobook narrator Julia Whelan about Thank You For Listening, a poignant, charming, and witty rom-com about a former actress turned successful audiobook narrator who, after a tragic accident, is on a journey of self-discovery, love, and acceptance. Julia reveals the parts of the book that are actually autobiographical and shares what it was like to lose her father at a young age. She also talks about friendships, audiobook narrating (how it relates to the novel and her own career), her experiences as a child actor, and the book she is working on next.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:06.7 | This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes. |
| 0:14.9 | I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir. |
| 0:21.9 | Our books are already out now. |
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| 0:25.6 | And we have a magazine called ZibbyMag where we have lots of wonderful essays and lifestyle |
| 0:31.2 | features. |
| 0:31.8 | That's at Zibbymag.com. |
| 0:33.1 | We have classes at Zippy Classes.com. |
| 0:35.4 | And I recently opened a bookstore in L.A. called Zibby's Bookshop |
| 0:40.3 | at 1-1-1-3 Montana Avenue at 11th Street in San Monica. I hope that you are able to enjoy some of |
| 0:47.9 | our other offerings. But this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in 2018. |
| 0:56.5 | And no matter what I do, this is basically my favorite thing. Enjoy. |
| 1:03.2 | Julia Waylon is the author of Thank You for Listening, a novel, deemed the Adele of |
| 1:08.3 | of Audubes by the New Yorker. Julia Whalen is a screenwriter, lifelong actor, an audiobook narrator of over 500 titles. |
| 1:15.7 | She has won numerous awards, including Audibles' narrator of the year, and the best female narrator, Audi. |
| 1:21.6 | Audiophile magazine has given her its Lifetime Achievement Award, a, quote, golden voice, and her performance of her own debut novel, |
| 1:29.4 | the international bestseller My Oxford Year, garnered a Society of Voice Arts Award. |
| 1:34.4 | Her new novel, thank you for listening, was a best of 2022 pick at Amazon, Audible, and NPR, |
| 1:40.3 | as well as a Goodreads Choice Award nominee. She is also a Grammy-nominated audiobook director, a former writing tutor, a half-decent amateur baker, and a certified tea sommelier. Welcome, Julia. Thank you so much for coming on Mom's Stone, have time to read books to discuss. Thank you for listening. Absolutely. Thank you for having me. I would hold up the book, but it's next to my bed where I have been reading it as my |
| 2:00.9 | treat every single night. Okay, you're excused, you're excused. I should take a picture of it over there. |
| 2:07.3 | Anyway, congratulations. What a fun but heartfelt and entertaining. And I mean, it has like all the good |
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