Scottish Field podcast episode 37
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We're joined this week by a Scots actress who has been nominated for a prestigious award.
Tracy Wiles grew up on Islay, the daughter of a gamekeeper, is nominated in the Autobiography/Memoir section of the Audio Publishers Association, as the finalists for the 2022 Audie Awards programme was recently revealed, celebrating the best titles in audio publishing and spoken-word entertainment, honouring a varied group of actors, musicians and politicians, ahead of the Audie Awards Gala on March 4 in the USA.
Industry professionals will determine the winners across 25 different categories. Nominees include Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey.
Fits and Starts: A Memoir of Living With Epilepsy was written by Franziska Thomas, and is narrated by Tracy and Franziska. It is published by Almost Tangible, and we have a brief clip from this, courtesy of Almost Tangible.
In the History/Biography section, Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other has been shortlisted, which was written and narrated by Outlander stars Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish, with a foreword written and narrated by Diana Gabaldon
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