Kathleen Li - Audiobook Narrator

10/06/2024

Currently recording the memoir “Autobiography of a Sea Creature,” by Wendy Patrice Williams, who was operated on as a baby without anesthesia. She has suffered trauma from it her entire life. Her story is heartbreaking, but fortunately, she finds healing. ❤️

01/05/2024

Happy Release Day to "Adamant in Dust," which my good college friend Willamette Sutta - Air of Another asked me to narrate! It's a fantasy tale about a quest for powerful, magical stones by a princess who's determined to keep them from an evil wizard. Also, her acerbic Asian woman warrior nearly steals the show...

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Stones of power and one princess to save them all. The Far Stone Endurant is broken, and a prophecy foretells doom… She should have been the chosen princess to deliver them. But Pergi can’t love Prince Teyrnon, and that's a deal-breaker. Per...

26/04/2024

It occurred to me that it's a been a little while since I posted here....what I am working on, you ask? I just wrapped recording on a book about Zen Buddhism and am recording a book about the first emperor of China. I also chatted with two authors who requested that I record their memoirs. Thankful to be keeping busy!

08/03/2024

It tickles me that I have to look up the pronunciation for "fascicle" but not "Gyōbutsu-iigi."

04/03/2024

I got into audiobook narrating because a studio director said I had a great voice for children's audiobooks....after 60+ adult/YA titles, I finally have a children's title! Thanks,
Dreamscape! (also, my dad would be proud that I'm doing something with medicine, haha)

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. With trusted expertise from Mayo Clinic, the Edge of Medicine series sets out to inspire and educate the next generation of young scientists by highlighting the medical breakthroughs of a diverse range of scientists and researchers. From the stethoscope .....

05/02/2024

I loved narrating Allison Hong Merrill’s incredible memoir, and her audiobook is FREE right now!! If you listen to it, please leave a review of my performance and her story. Much appreciated!! ❤️

12/12/2023

I’m booked with audiobook projects through March. 2024 is off to a great start!

05/12/2023

So exciting!!! This is the first time one of my audiobooks has hit #1 in its category on Amazon! Thank you so much for allowing me to voice your incredible memoir, Susan Ito!

29/11/2023

It was an honor for me to narrate Banana Yoshimoto's latest audiobook (and my third for her). Thanks to HighBridge Audio!

16/11/2023

Narrators love seeing reviews mention us and our narration, but this review for my latest audiobook "I Would Meet You Anywhere" said, "I found myself really hearing the author’s voice through the narration." That is the ultimate compliment (especially for a memoir)! 😍 We narrators always strive to capture and convey the author's truth in our performance. Susan Ito

04/11/2023

Happy Release Day to "I Would Meet You Anywhere," an exquisite, heart-rending memoir that I recorded for Susan Ito! It's about a Japanese-American adoptee searching for the missing pieces in her life and the true meaning of family.

10/08/2023

Saw this nice review of one of my audiobooks in AudioFile magazine! 🎉

AudioFile Audiobook Review: Kathleen Li warmly, effectively, and efficiently narrates Hoang's well-researched glimpse behind the proverbial curtain of the shadow economy that off

14/06/2023

I'm currently recording "I Would Meet You Anywhere" by Susan Kiyo Ito. An exquisite, heart-rending memoir by a Japanese-American adoptee searching for the missing pieces in her life and the true meaning of family.

06/06/2023

Wow!! So touched by this reaction to my audio sample….This is why I and other human narrators do what we do. To convey the emotions of an audiobook’s characters to our listeners and hope that they too will feel what we feel. I'm honored to be narrating Susan Kiyo Ito’s forthcoming memoir about her experience as a Japanese-American adoptee, “I Would Meet You Anywhere”! ❤️

02/06/2023

June is Audiobook Month! It’s a great time to celebrate audiobooks narrated by human voices like mine! I started listening to “Us Against Them” with Marin Ireland. What are you listening to?

19/05/2023

Just finished recording “Swimming in the Sacred” for Tantor Audio, an inspiring dive into the underground world of women psychedelic elders (this cover also makes me want to take a dip in a pool). Now I await pickups.

05/04/2023

As a narrator, I get to read about all kinds of interesting things. "Rodeo Queen 101" gave me a guest pass into the world of rodeo queens and all they have to know....including arena etiquette, equine care and more. They're not just a pretty face! Thanks to for letting me narrate this entertaining, insightful book!

28/03/2023

New audiobook releases narrated by yours truly: "Flowers of Fire" opened my eyes to the incredible, inspiring feminist movement in South Korea, while "The Parent's Battle Plan" moved me to pray for spiritual protection for my kids. Thanks to Tantor Audio and christianaudio.com!

21/02/2023

I broke my shoulder 2.5 weeks ago, but I’m so grateful that I can still do my job one-handed. Getting better at being left-handed, that’s for sure!

14/02/2023

Happy Valentine’s Day! It's a great day to listen to misadventures in love and relationships and the lessons learned in "Put A Ring On It: R.E.S.P.E.C.T." Written by my college friend and narrated by yours truly. ❤️ https://amzn.to/3luvSQN

12/02/2023

KEEP HUMANITY IN STORYTELLING! Support human narration of audiobooks. Please sign this petition: https://chng.it/XYx5MsHkSR

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24/01/2023

Thrilled to get my first review in AudioFile Magazine! It was a pleasure to narrate this collection of short stories by the esteemed Japanese writer Banana Yoshimoto for HighBridge Audio.

AudioFile Audiobook Review: This collection of short stories by Banana Yoshimoto features five women and centers on the common theme of recovery from life-changing events. These

19/01/2023

A writer from CNET just interviewed me for a story about AI and audiobook narration! I can breathe now...

15/01/2023

Excellent article on how AI narrators fall short when it comes to fiction and some nonfiction audiobooks (great insights from narrators Edoardo Ballerini and Emily Woo Zeller): https://slate.com/culture/2023/01/apple-books-ai-audiobook-narrators-robots.html

There are some books the robots still can’t perform convincingly. But there are many they can.

12/01/2023

Look whom I caught coming out of my booth today. 😂

02/01/2023

Excited to get recording again!

01/01/2023

Thankful for all the audiobook projects I was able to narrate/produce in 2022 for Tantor Audio, HighBridge Audio, christianaudio.com, E-AudioProductions, Learning Ally, Twin Flames Studio and wonderful authors such as Allison Hong Merrill and Julie Schooler (as well as a number of audio dramas)! Looking forward to all that 2023 will bring! Happy New Year to everyone!

25/10/2022

I was invited to tell a ghost story for the "Forgotten News Podcast" in their Halloween episode. It was so much fun! My story "The Newest Ghost" starts at 9:38 if you want to give it a listen:

Listen to 2022 HALLOWEEN EPISODE !!!, an episode of FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST, easily on Podbay - the best podcast player on the web.

14/10/2022

Too funny! And no, you don’t need to be scared of me….