Head Stories Audio

01/09/2023

Welcome to Head Stories Audio where you can hear fascinating and exciting works of literature, both famous and rare, narrated by voice over artist and musician Simon Hester.

01/09/2023

Head Stories Audio now has a podcast!
Please take a listen to our first streamed audiobook "Around the World in 80 Days" by Jules Verne.
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Welcome to Head Stories Audio where you can hear fascinating and exciting works of literature, both famous and rare, narrated by voice over artist and musician Simon Hester.

02/08/2022

Head Stories Audio's second installment in the Complete Father Brown Stories by C.K Chesterton. Narrated by Simon Hester.

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19/05/2022

If you you're looking for cosy and comforting fairy tales, nothing to see here!
Head Stories Audio presents "The Blue Fairy Book" by Andrew Lang, narrated by Simon Hester.

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Preview: Andrew Lang (1844–1912) in collaboration with his wife Leonora Blanche Alleyne (1851-1933) published The Blue Fairy Book in 1889 and it was to become the first of a series of twenty five collections of fantastical tales from around the world, ending with “The Strange Story Book” publi...

16/03/2022

A.A Milne was the author of Winnie the Pooh, we all know that , but also the author of this stylish murder mystery! (No bears, piglets or donkeys in sight)
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Preview: Authors all too often become the victims of their own success, forever associated with only a handful of their works which are a relatively small part of an otherwise prolific output. For an author of successful plays and novels as A.A. Milne was, to be then only known as a children's write...

09/03/2022

Head Stories Audio will be finishing its production of the complete Sherlock Holmes stories this year. Here is the latest installment, "The Return of Sherlock Holmes", with "His Last Bow" to follow in early Summer.
All narrated by Simon Hester and with original theme music performed by Carmine Lauri and Simon Hester.
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Preview: In 1905 Conan Doyle reluctantly decided to bring his most famous creation Sherlock Holmes back to life. It is no easy thing to convincingly resurrect a man whom you have so decisively thrown over a Swiss waterfall. There is however no sense of reluctance in the collection of short stories t...

16/01/2022

01/12/2021

A little something different as we approach Christmas.
My entry for the Voice Over Network Christmas Carol Competition!
makes a nice change to say these beautiful words rather than sing them!

https://soundcloud.com/simon-hester-sistermusic/in-the-bleak-midwinter-read-by-simon-hester?si=dcd60710943b4510aaa7b7121cba0280

A reading of the beautiful poem "In the Bleak Midwinter" by Christina Rossetti. Often heard with lovely musical settings by Holst or Darke, but worth hearing as poem alone now and then.

05/08/2021

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03/08/2021

Part six of The Complete Sherlock Holmes is now available!
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Preview: An author who kills off his hero in so dramatic a fashion relatively early in that hero’s literary career, (and then of course returns him to life in an equally dramatic manner) has, perhaps, little else to offer us in the final stories of his famous character.Yet in this final series of ...

03/08/2021

Forget Disney, there's no cute story here!

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Preview: It may be that we are too sophisticated in this day and age for as simple a morality tale as Carlo Collodi’s “Pinocchio”. It is certainly true that the original tale is much darker in its tone than the later versions which smooth out some of sharper edges of the narrative. Pinocchio h...

24/06/2021

Nemo has been found.......
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Preview: Today we take for granted the exploration of the fascinating submarine depths of the oceans, so ubiquitous are its many representations on our screens. It is therefore surprising to realise that in his thrilling 1869 novel Jules Verne was anticipating much which was then not even imagined b...

25/03/2021

The Pilgrim's Progress is now available. A classic of Christian literature .

04/03/2021

Charles Pooter in the “Diary of a Nobody” is no mere figure of fun, no suburban snob to be sniggered at.

He is a very contented man. Contended in his marriage, devoted to his boss and more than happy in his new six roomed suburban residence. By his own admission he makes no claims to grandiosity or social climbing.

As his diary progresses, we find ourselves cheering him on as he navigates many an awkward situation amongst the regularities of his quiet life.

George & Weedon Grossmith’s classic book has been amusing generations of readers for over 100 years, and the frustrated Charles Pooter is the forerunner of comic creations such as Basil Fawlty and David Brent.

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01/03/2021

Enjoy a classic story from our ever increasing library.
Exceptional value audiobooks with no subscription.
Download and enjoy!

23/01/2021

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes now available from Head Stories Audio!

11/12/2020

Welcome to Head Stories Audio where you can find out about our growing catalogue of classic stories and browse some great value audiobooks.
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