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The Beasts of Clawstone Castle, by Eva Ibbotson. 'David Tennant is even better as a reader
than an actor, with an insane glee in relishing eccentric characters. My children were
begging to go back in the hot car to hear what happened next.' (Independent)
Tamsin is a highly-regarded, award-winning audio producer and director. She has produced audiobooks for most of the leading UK publishing houses, including Macmillan, Penguin, Harper Collins, Time Warner/Hachette, Random House, Hodder Headline, Chivers, and BBC Worldwide. In 2010 she was commissioned to produce some podcasts for the English National Opera website, retelling opera plots in a way that made the stories accessible to a younger audience. The authors she worked with were Sally Gardner and Ian McMill
Sleepyhead, by Mark Billingham. 'The plot is as taut as a razor-wire, the psychological tension
keeps you listening. The addition of music, minimal but spot on, makes the suspense even
more spine-chilling. So does Robert Glenister’s reading. If you’re listening in bed,
you’d better keep the light on.' (Guardian)
She has worked across all literary genres; children’s fiction, teen fiction, comic fiction, crime fiction, prize-winning fiction, popular fiction, poetry, history, biography, journalism, essays, travel, memoirs etc.
Two Caravans, by Marina Lewycka. 'Alone at the microphone, the stupendous Sian Thomas
becomes an enormous international cast of every age, sex and temperament.
Don’t read it; listen to it' (Independent)
Authors who whose work Tamsin has produced and directed include: Irène Némirovsky, Lian Hearn, Eva Ibbotson, Roy Jenkins, Andrea Ashworth, Sue Grafton Erskine Childers, Douglas Adams, John Banville, Dashiel Hammet, Philip Ridley, Roger McGough, Anne Fine, Lorna Sage, Sally Vickers, Brian Patten, Agatha Christie, Tracy Chevalier, Peter Robinson, David Baldacci, Lynda la Plante, Jeremy Strong, Jung Chang, Julia Donaldson, Mark Billingham, Christopher Brookmyre, Roger McGough, Nick Hornby, Nigel Slater, Bella Pollen, Jeffrey Archer, Janet Evanovitch, Roddy Doyle, Philip Larkin, Sarah Dunant, Louis Theroux, Michael Bond, David Starkey, Zadie Smith, C. J. Sansom, Marina Lewycka, Max Hastings, Joanne Harris, Peter Ackroyd, Joseph O’Connor, Margery Allingham, Kiran Desai, Carol Anne Duffy, Fay Weldon, Louis de Berniers, Daniel Mason, Sebastian Faulks.
"Having hugely enjoyed Anton Lesser’s reading of Sovereign, the third of C.J. Sansom’s
Tudor Mystery series starring the hunchbacked lawyer Matthew Shardlake, I backtracked
to hear the first two in the series, Dissoluton and Dark Fire. After hearing him narrate
all three books, I can’t imagine anyone better suited to the role.” (The Times)
Actors include: Sian Thomas, John Sessions, Rula Lenska, James Frain, Lorelei King, Eleanor Bron, Toby Stephens, Emma Chambers, Niamh Cusack, Tony Robinson, Jack Dee, Jenny Agutter, Derek Jacobi, Anna Massey, Andrew Sachs, Philip Franks, Stephen Fry, David Tennant, Sophie Ward, Stephen Tompkinson, Robert Glenister, Neil Pearson, Sophie Thompson, Morwenna Banks, Tom Hollander, Jonathan Firth, Jamie Glover, Isla Blair, Sue Jameson, Hugh Fraser, Anton Lesser, Tom Courtney, Alex Jennings, Nathaniel Parker, Frances Barber, Emilia Fox, Tim Piggot Smith, Samantha Bond, Haydn Gwynne, Jim Norton, Martin Freeman, Martin Jarvis, Stephen Thorne, Adjoa Andoh, Juliet Stevenson, Nicholas Hoult, Simon Callow, Richard E. Grant, Michael Maloney, Lesley Sharp.
Margery Allingham’s A Fashion in Shrouds and Tiger in the Smoke see
Mr. Campion solving crimes with impeccable style. Philip Franks sounds, marvellously,
as if he’s reading in a dinner-jacket. (Independent)
Other readers: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nigel Slater, Frank Gardner, John Simpson, Louis Theroux, James Naughtie, Brian Patten, Roger McGough, Brian Moses, Andrew Marr, John O’Farrell.
Toast, by Nigel Slater. Sad, funny, embarrassing and scrupulously frank.
(Independent on Sunday)
Awards: Audio Publishers’ Association Awards 2005. Gold Award: Biography of the Year. Gold Award: Poetry Collection of the Year. Both awards for ‘Pretending To Be Me’, Sir Tom Courtney’s portrait of the poet Philip Larkin. Audio Publishers’ Association Awards 2004. Bronze Award: Poetry, for ‘Are We Nearly There Yet?’, a collection of travel poetry for children.
She had five titles in the 2008 Guardian 40 Best Audiobook list: A Bear Called Paddington (reader: Stephen Fry); ‘Tiger in the Smoke’ (reader: Philip Franks); ‘Dissolution’ (reader: Anton Lesser); ‘Death Message’ (reader: Robert Glenister); A History of Modern Britain (reader: Andrew Marr)
Further Reviews:
Churchill, by Roy Jenkins. John Sessions is an inspired choice of narrator. He manages to
capture the zest of the complex man and has fun with the bitchiness of Churchill’s colleagues,
breathing life into the atmosphere at Westminster at that time. (The Times)
Rapture, 52 love poems by Carol Anne Duffy. Juliet Stevenson’s deft reading
extracts every ounce of the lover’s fire, vulnerability and heartache. (The Observer)
Suite Francaise, by Irene Nemirovksy. I cannot imagine anyone reading
this powerful, unsentimental story better than Eleanor Bron. (Guardian)
Little Darlings, by Sam Llewellyn. Morwenna Banks’s superb reading will have
children aged nine and older laughing like lunatics. (Independent on Sunday)
The Tenderness of Wolves, by Stef Penny, read by Siobhan Redmond.
Beautifully-written, brilliantly read. (Guardian)
Journey to the River Sea, by Eva Ibbotson, read by Imelda Staunton.
We laughed, we gasped, we drove needlessly about,
simply to keep listening to this wonderful story. (Observer)
Quite Ugly One Morning by Christopher Brookmyre. Crime and the blackest of black humour.
Wickedly terrific reading from one-man theatre David Tennant. (Sunday Express)
Fire in the Blood, by Irene Nemirovsky. Jim Norton’s rich voice captures
the burning embers of the love and hatred that glow through the story.
His narration of Silvio’s final musing stops all the clocks. (Observer)
Grass for His Pillow, by Lian Hearn, read by Isla Blair and Jamie Glover.
Thrums with passion and tension. (Independent on Sunday)
Thames: Sacred River by Peter Ackroyd. What a stylish partnership!
Callow’s voice makes splendid theatre, complementing Ackroyd’s flamboyance (Observer)
On Beauty, by Zadie Smith. This crowded novel sparks with the firecracker energy
of its many characters, an energy matched by that of narrator Adjoa Andoh,
whose range of voices is brilliant. A vibrant audio drama. (Observer)
In the Company of the Courtesan, by Sarah Dunant.
Tom Hollander’s seductive tones enhance the heady sensuousness
of the Venetian world (Observer)
Engleby, by Sebastian Faulks. Brilliantly read by Michael Maloney.
A compelling, disturbing listen. (Express)
Redemption Falls, by Joseph O’Connor. Kerry Shale is, quite simply magnificent.
In his voice every character lives and breathes; in his rich, rich reading is a magic
that matches the author’s words. This is audio at its very best. Unmatchable (Express)
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