Janina Edwards

Janina Edwards Audiobook narrator and voice actor, from The Wedding Date, The Lion King, The Lesson, Just Us and more. www.janinaspeaksvolumes.biz

5/15/25 7p. Join Award Winning Audio Book superstars and Prose Playground community members, Gabra Zackman , Janina Edwa...
05/14/2025

5/15/25 7p. Join Award Winning Audio Book superstars and Prose Playground community members, Gabra Zackman , Janina Edwards , and Therese C Plummer   for a two hour interactive seminar about all the steps to record, publish, and promote audio books! 

As writers and narrators we have a sensitivity to the desire to voice your own writing, with the insight and familiarity to introduce writers to the intricacies of what it means to create the best version of your audiobook.

We’ll talk about working with narrators, voicing your own book, and demo what we can add as narrators and give you feedback on your own performance.

Join us!

Scholarships available!

https://www.proseplayground.com/c/workshops/publishing-an-audio-book-a-how-to-with-the-experts

In May 2025 I’m offering my signature class Black Voices, Choices. One LAST time. This online class provides is a safe e...
04/23/2025

In May 2025 I’m offering my signature class Black Voices, Choices. One LAST time. This online class provides is a safe environment to explore Black voices in audiobooks and the experience of being a Black narrator. Each class offers time for group discussion and performance coaching.

The May session is for Black narrators at all experience levels. I offer another perspective on voicing Black characters based on the idea of portraying fully human people. We consider the intersection of character ambition and origin; code switching and intersectionality; archetype vs stereotype. Feel free to reach out with questions.

Sign up here: https://calendly.com/narrator-life/black-voices-choices-with-janina-edwards?month=2025-05

Feedback from a previous students:

“I was reminded of all the delicious ways “Blackness” shows up and to throw away the tapes that play We have to look/sound a certain way.”

“More than anything I appreciated the community aspect of the class. It was as much enriching and informative as it was validating and relaxing“

I hope you’ll join me before I sunset this class.

In May 2025 I’m offering my signature class Black Voices, Choices. This online class provides is a safe environment to e...
04/08/2025

In May 2025 I’m offering my signature class Black Voices, Choices. This online class provides is a safe environment to explore Black voices in audiobooks and the experience of being a Black narrator. Each class offers time for group discussion and performance coaching.

The May session is for Black narrators at all experience levels. (I typically offer the class twice a year—once for a Black cohort and once for a mixed cohort.) I offer another perspective on voicing Black characters based on the idea of portraying fully human people. We consider the intersection of character ambition and origin; code switching and intersectionality; archetype vs stereotype. Feel free to reach out with questions.

Sign up here: https://calendly.com/narrator-life/black-voices-choices-with-janina-edwards?month=2025-05

Feedback from a previous students:

“I was reminded of all the delicious ways “Blackness” shows up and to throw away the tapes that play We have to look/sound a certain way.”

“More than anything I appreciated the community aspect of the class. It was as much enriching and informative as it was validating and relaxing“

I hope you’ll join ne!

Y’all. I’m not good at manipulating the image, but just wanted to shout out about this news. Saw it just before entering...
03/13/2025

Y’all. I’m not good at manipulating the image, but just wanted to shout out about this news. Saw it just before entering the booth to record today. Dream Count is an Earphones award winner! It was an honor to be part of this project. Congrats to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Read by and my co-narrators

And life continues. Keeping it real. I shared the positive about the Audie finalist nomination. Then I broke a household...
01/23/2025

And life continues. Keeping it real. I shared the positive about the Audie finalist nomination. Then I broke a household rule and looked at some reviews from Audiofile. A different book of mine received an overall positive review, but the reviewer dinged me for an aspect of my delivery. Now I’m in my booth recording and I can’t get the one negative comment out of my head. These words are on the wall of my booth and I have to keep repeating them.

So excited to share my collaborative work on One Big Open Sky is a finalist for an Audie.Since 2017 at least one title I...
01/23/2025

So excited to share my collaborative work on One Big Open Sky is a finalist for an Audie.

Since 2017 at least one title I’ve (co)narrated has been a finalist for an Audie every year. And that 2017 finalist nomination was for Voice of Freedom w/Dreamscape. Excellence over time if I do say so myself.

Clark Rachelle Black

Join Atlanta-based audiobook narrators , and on Friday 11/1, at 11a at the Rome International Film Festival! Our ses...
10/27/2024

Join Atlanta-based audiobook narrators , and on Friday 11/1, at 11a at the Rome International Film Festival! Our session will be at PAM studio in Rome, GA. 510 Broad St, Rome, GA 30161.

We’ll be talking audiobooks, film adjacent audiobooks, film/TV acting compared to audiobook acting, and whatever the audience wants to know that we can cover in 90 minutes. And also, brief performances where we do what we do best! Would love to see you.

Here’a a link to sign up for the event. https://2024.eventive.org/schedule/voice-acting-panel-discussion-66eeff4e43b6a200331ffc0c

Y’all. I was in a Zoom class abt marketing via social media the other day. I learned that in order to optimize social me...
10/13/2024

Y’all. I was in a Zoom class abt marketing via social media the other day. I learned that in order to optimize social media and grow my connections I must 1. Make more posts. Interesting posts that folks like that aren’t trying to sell something. 2. Comment on other people’s posts. It’s not good enuf to just click the heart thingy.

In response I am posting 1. a photo of one of my cats, whom you cannot buy, even though she’s super cute. But also b/c…cat photo, which is the purpose of social media. 2. Said cat is demonstrating how energized I felt about doing what they told me to do to optimize social media.

BTW. This is Sophie. She doesn’t have an Instagram b/c…feline. No felines were harmed in the making of this post.

Coming in November Black Voices, Choices. This online class is a safe environment to explore Black voices in audiobooks ...
10/12/2024

Coming in November Black Voices, Choices. This online class is a safe environment to explore Black voices in audiobooks and the experience of being a Black narrator. This session is for Black narrators at all experience levels. (I will offer it for a mixed cohort in 2025.) feedback from a previous students: “I was reminded of all the delicious ways “Blackness” shows up and to throw away the tapes that play We have to look/sound a certain way.” “More than anything I appreciated the community aspect of the class. It was as much enriching and informative as it was validating and relaxing “

Sign up here: https://calendly.com/narrator-life/black-voices-choices-with-janina-edwards

Join me and Stefan Rudnicki for Narrating Sci-Fi and Fantasy Worlds. 4p Pacific/7p Eastern Tuesdays in October. In addit...
09/25/2024

Join me and Stefan Rudnicki for Narrating Sci-Fi and Fantasy Worlds. 4p Pacific/7p Eastern Tuesdays in October. In addition to Stefan’s bona fides as a renowned narrator and “Golden Voice”, he is the producer of Lightspeed, Nightmare and Fantasy magazine podcasts (since 2014). Janina is the host of Lightspeed Magazine and has narrated dozens of stories for Lightspeed, Nightmare and Fantasy, as well as books by Cadwell Turnbull, Tananarive Due, Octavia Butler and more in this genre. In this class you’ll get to explore your “other worldly” narrator voice, get insight on how to approach the genre, and interact with authors. Sign up: https://calendly.com/narrator-life/narrating-sci-fi-and-fantasy-worlds.

Spent some quality time presenting on audiobooks at the National Book Club Conference with narrators and Recorded Boo...
08/04/2024

Spent some quality time presenting on audiobooks at the National Book Club Conference with narrators and Recorded Books Producer As well as 2 authors whose work I’ve voiced. (Swift River) and (The Secret Keeper of Main Street). Good times in Hotlanta. Narrator Life doesn’t get better than this. #

Last call. Join Ronnie Butler, Jr and me Join me and Ronnie Butler for our August class Narrating Popular and Contempora...
08/03/2024

Last call. Join Ronnie Butler, Jr and me Join me and Ronnie Butler for our August class Narrating Popular and Contemporary Non-Fiction. A safe place to explore this type of work. Perform, get feedback snd exposure to a variety of content. Classes are August 5, 12, 19, and 26th. ONLINE. What’s the diff? The class focuses on writing common in blogs, essays and other short forms, as well as contemporary non-fiction books. The author voice is energized and interesting. For example writers such as Neal Degrasse Tyson, Claudia Rankine, Freakonomics and the NY Times Modern Love column. Master conversational delivery and learn to follow the vocal rhythms of this arena of authors. sign up here: https://calendly.com/narrator-life/contemporary-non-fiction-with-janina-and-ronnie

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