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Willow Audiobooks

Stephen Alexander

Willow Audiobooks is an independent publisher of free audiobooks, released in the form of a podcast. The source texts are all in the public domain, and they are narrated, produced and with original music by Stephen Alexander. Original cover illustrations are by Benjamin Callery.
​Willow Audiobooks began in March 2020, prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the UK national lockdown. Stephen Alexander has been storytelling all his life, and recorded his first homemade audiobook on cassette at the age of six (Roald Dahl's Esio Trot)!

114 - Jack and the Beanstalk | Fairy Tale Friday
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  • 114 - Jack and the Beanstalk | Fairy Tale Friday

    Happy Friday! It's not just any Friday. It's Fairy Tale Friday. This month, it's Jack and the Beanstalk. Enjoy!

    Music used is by Kevin MacLeod and can be downloaded from:

    https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/

    Tracks:

    "Fairytale Waltz"
    "Magic Escape Room"
    "Circus of Freaks"

    Fri, 07 Apr 2023
  • 113 - Beauty and the Beast | Fairy Tale Friday

    It's that time again - it's Fairy Tale Friday. This month I read Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve's original version of Beauty and the Beast. It's quite a far cry from the Disney version we all know and love, but very interesting nonetheless! Just don't expect any singing candlesticks...

    Music used is by Kevin MacLeod and can be downloaded from:

    https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/

    Tracks:

    "Fairytale Waltz"
    "Parisian"
    "Dark Times"
    "Darkest Child"
    "The Snow Queen"
    "Gathering Darkness"
    "Arcadia"
    "Duet Musette"

    Fri, 03 Mar 2023
  • 112 - The Little Mermaid | Fairy Tale Friday

    It's another Fairy Tale Friday - this time, it's Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid", in honour of LGBT History Month (if you know, you know - if not, look it up!).

    Music used is by Kevin MacLeod and can be downloaded from:

    https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/


    Tracks:

    "Fairytale Waltz"
    "Aquarium" by Camille Saint-Saëns (produced by Kevin McLeod)
    "Arcadia"
    "Frost Waltz"
    "Some Amount of Evil"
    "Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Mermaid"
    "Water Prelude"
    "Gathering Darkness"

    Fri, 03 Feb 2023
  • 111 - Cinderella | Fairy Tale Friday

    Happy New Year, and Happy #FairyTaleFriday! This month's fairy tale is Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper, as told by Charles Perrault and translated by Charles Welsh.

    Music used is by Kevin MacLeod and can be downloaded from:
    https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/

    Tracks:
    "Fairytale Waltz"
    "Some Amount of Evil"
    "Arcadia"
    "Scheming Weasel"
    "Sad Trio"
    "Royal Coupling"
    "Court of the Queen"

    Fri, 06 Jan 2023
  • 110 - Snow-White | Fairy Tale Friday

    It's this month's #FairyTaleFriday! This time it's Snow-White, as told by the Brothers Grimm, and translated by Lucy Crane. Watch out for poisoned apples!

    Music used is by Kevin MacLeod and can be downloaded from:
    https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/

    Tracks:
    "Fairytale Waltz"
    "Some Amount of Evil"
    "Mysterioso March"
    "Krampus Workshop"
    "Arcadia"

    Fri, 02 Dec 2022
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