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Chasing the Bard

Follow Shakespeare into the world of the Fey

Author and cast

Posted by admin in
02 1st, 2008
  •  In order of appearance

Philippa BallantinePhilippa Ballantine- narrator, Puck, Brigit and Sive

When not podcasting from Koru Studios in Wellington, New Zealand Philippa spends most of her time writing. So far she has had two books published; Weaver’s Web (which she’s turned into a podiobook) and the award-nominated Chasing the Bard (the sequel of which Digital Magic will be out in August this year).
Her Parsec and Sir Julius Vogel nominated show Whispers at the Edge is where she talks about living at the bottom of the world and passes on what she’s found out about writing. She has also had published a variety of articles on her other love, history.  Currently she is working on a number of fantasy projects; a series set in New Zealand, a dark and turbulent trilogy as well as a supernatural romp. She has also had a number of roles in other podcast novels, and is enjoying the challenges of voice work.  More can be found out about Pip at The Pen and Sword.

Tee Morris voice of William ShakespeareTee Morris - William Shakespeare    

Tee Morris began his writing career with his 2002 historical epic fantasy, MOREVI: The Chronicles of Rafe & Askana. Tee then appeared in Dragon Moon Press’ 2003 release, The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy. 2004 saw the releases of Billibub Baddings and The Case of The Singing Sword and The Fantasy Writer’s Companion
Tee entered 2005 with an idea, and that idea — podcasting MOREVI — went on to become the first book podcast in its entirety. That experience led to the founding of Podiobooks.com and collaborating with Evo Terra on Podcasting for Dummies. Along with that title and Legacy of MOREVI: Book One of the Arathellean Wars, Tee’s article “Dear John” appeared in BenBella Books’s Farscape Forever: Sex, Drugs, and Killer Muppets.
In 2006, Tee appears in the podcast anthology VOICES: New Media Fiction (edited by Mur Lafferty), and in BenBella Books’ So Say We All: Collected Thoughts and Opinions of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. Tee continues to explore podcasting with The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy, a podcast about the marketing and self-promotional concepts for published and soon-to-be-published authors. He also hosts the companion podcast for Podcasting for Dummies and Speaking of Beer’s “MicroBrewed” with Phil Rossi.

PG Holyfield the voice of AuberonP G Holyfield – Auberon

P.G Holyfield’s love of comparative religion, mythology, mysteries, and role-playing games led him to create the fantasy setting called The Land of Caern. It is a world where the gods live as mortals in order to directly affect events in the world… often with disastrous results. Murder at Avedon Hill is the first work of fiction set in The Land of Caern, a novel that has appeal to both fantasy and mystery lovers alike.The podcast version of Murder at Avedon Hill began in July 2007; it quickly transitioned from a straight read into an audio drama, with over 30 guests adding their voices to the podcast. MaAH is currently featured in the iTunes Literature store and reached #1 on Podiobooks.com’s 30 Day Subscriber chart in December, 2007.P.G. is also one of the creators/producers of the 2007 Parsec Award nominated The Nanomonkeys podcast, a writing/support podcast for participants of NaNoWriMo. P.G. lives in Charlotte, North Carolina with his wife and family..  

Chris LesterChris Lester - Mordant               

Chris is a self-proclaimed “mad scientist in training.” He has been telling stories for about as long as he can remember, and credits a writing contest in elementary school for introducing him to his muse. Chris is the creator of Metamor City, a fantasy podiobook where magic meets technology is a city of dark wonders. Trained as a biologist at the University of California-Santa Cruz, he received his master’s degree in 2004 and promptly went out to try to start a career in the middle of the worst job market the American scientific community had seen in half a century. He lives in Detroit with four fellow humans and two large dogs and is now working as a corporate wage slave while looking for new opportunities to use his powers for good.

Heather Welliver Heather Welliver- Anne Hathaway

Heather is an experienced musician and voice actress from the Washington DC area.  Lead singer for the Shillas, her music can be purchased at Amie Street .  She has also appeared in a number of podcasts including Escapepod and Pseudopod, as well as an upcoming appearance in Metamor city.  She is also co-host of Grailwolf’s Geek Life with her husband Marc Bailey.

 Chooch Chooch- John Shakespeare

IT Manager for “The Man” by day. Amateur musician, writer, and technology geek the rest of the time.

Viv from IntotheBlender Viv – Mary Shakespeare

Viv Schubert is the mother of two sons, a step-mother to Chooch’s son, and a late-blooming college student. She lives in Virginia with her husband and two sons.Viv is also the co-host of two podcasts, along with her husband Chooch. Into The Blender (intotheblender.com) is about their experiences and challenges parenting a family with children from their previous marriages. City of Heroes Podcast (cohpodcast.com) is for those interested in the MMORPG City of Heroes, and is geared towards beginner and casual players but also includes news, interviews and event announcements of interest to experienced players.

IndianaJim Indiana Jim – Richard Tarlton 

IndianaJim is a big deal in podcasting.  The archgeekologist can be heard on the Adventures of Indiana Jim, where he puts to use his skills as both writer and podcaster.  His Thesis of Fantasy included a huge cast of podstars and showcased Jim’s writing ability. Jim lives with his wife and three children in New Albany, Indiana.

 

  Brad Bowyer – John Heminges

When he isn’t at the helm of his own podcasts, Podculture and The Geek Spin, Brad Bowyer is editing shows including The Babylon Podcast and Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas, and is happy being part of the Farpoint Media family of shows. As if his podplate wasn’t full enough, you can hear Brad in The Signal’s “Borderline” audio mini-drama, on Firefly Talk, in the podcast series Geek By Night and in season two of Buffy: Between the Lines. Brad lives in Louisville, with his girlfriend and about hundred koalas. 

Martyn Casserly Martyn Caserly – Lord Essex

Bringing the accents of Shakespeare country to Chasing the Bard, Martyn hails from London, UK.  A Freelance journalist, writer and musician. His podcast Movie Mantras is coming in the next few weeks.

 

 Pamela Ballantine - Queen Elizabeth

Having raised her daughter Philippa, Pamela Ballantine felt obliged to help her with her voices for Chasing the Bard. Her encouragement bought Pip to the stage and got her to all those speech and drama lessons.

 

  Sam Chupp – Richard Burbage

Sam Chupp is a novelist, award-winning game designer, and podcaster living and working in Decatur, GA. His fantasy audiobook podcast is Heart of the Hunter and his long-running game design podcast is The Bear’s Grove. He was the
co-designer of “Changeling: the Dreaming” and “Wraith: the Oblivion” for White Wolf Game Design Studio.

 

Biscuit Biscuit- The Earl of Southhampton

Biscuit the co-host of Kulture Kast, became of a fan of Chasing the Bard at DragonCon 2007, and now he is in it.

 

 Nobilis - John Fleming

Nobilis is the creator and host of Nobilis Erotica, a podcast that airs erotic science fiction written by himself and others. He takes care of a disabled spouse, two children, and two cats, and is completely unsurprised to find that a background in defense research and software engineering is of no use in starting a career in writing. Extasy Books has published much of his work in e-book format, including the highly-rated novels Our Robot and Centaur.

 The Story so Far Readers 



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