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Louis Braille Books for their production of Dark Places by Kate Grenville, narrated by James Condon.
Louis Braille Books is a commercial division of the Braille and Talking Book Library in Melbourne, their books being available for sale to tax exempt organisations such as public libraries and educational institutions but as yet they do not sell to retail bookstores. Louis Braille Books has now won the TDK Australian Audio Book Award on four consecutive occasions.
Unabridged non-fiction: Goodbye Girlie by Patsy Adam-Smith, narrated by Beverley Dunn and produced by Louis Braille Books.Abridged non-fiction: Kings in Grass Castles by Mary Durack, narrated by Judy Dick and others and produced by ABC Enterprises.
Unabridged fiction: Dark Places by Kate Grenville, narrated by James Condon and produced by Louis Braille Books.
Abridged fiction: Beastie Stories by Mark Dumbleton and others, narrated by Mark Mitchell and produced by ABC Enterprises.
Each of the winning entries was not only of a high technical quality but was also beautifully narrated by professional actors. James Condon, for instance, has been a professional actor in radio, theatre, film and television for over fifty years. Mark Mitchell, is one of Australia's finest comedy performers and Beverley Dunn one of Australia's most distinguished actors, with many television credits her solo performances have taken her all over Australia and overseas. Judy Dick has worked on radio and with a number of theatre companies and her television performances include roles within Homicide, Matlock and Prisoner.
The quality of audio books being produced in Australia has improved dramatically since the Australian Audio Book Awar was established in 1989. To begin with, the award was mainly concerned to improve the standard of audio book production for the print handicapped but since 1994 commercial publishers have been encouraged to enter the award and have responded enthusiastically to this competition. The winning audio books in 1994 and 1995 were produced by a combination of mainstream commercial publishers and an organisation, Louis Braille Books, which has to date been more oriented towards meeting the needs of those with print handicaps.
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