Each author has his or her own voice. I read each book slowly so I can see the patterns they use to spread out the garden of earthly delights.

As I read, I start to form clear ideas of the characters and allow myself to be a proper conduit for this author's voice so that you will feel you have been on a seductive audio journey.

I'm always telling students when I do a master class on audiobooks: 'Watch Meryl Streep. Watch her disappear into a role; watch what she does.'

I've been recording audiobooks for more than 30 years. I've recorded over 500 titles on all sort of things. I'm a sort of genre-free recording artist - classics and romances, I just finished a sci-fi book, self help... just all kinds of things.

I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.

Each time I see a split infinitive, an inconsistent tense structure or the unnecessary use of the passive voice, I blister.