{"id":3178,"date":"2022-02-09T17:34:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T17:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=3178"},"modified":"2025-02-10T16:18:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T16:18:27","slug":"3rd-may-deborah-balm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=3178","title":{"rendered":"3rd May &#8211; Deborah Balm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Deborah Balm is an audiobook narrator of fiction and non-fiction books. A relatable, contemporary native British female voice artist with a smidge of sass. Born in Yorkshire, she now lives in Cambridge after her career in software engineering took her from Leicester, to Basel, and on to Amsterdam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her background in singing performance and musical theatre dovetailed perfectly with her experience with technology, as a former Software Engineer, in the production of audiobooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When she\u2019s not in her booth Deborah likes hanging out with friends and family, planning vacations, and achieving Jedi Level mastery of knitting&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"selected-audiobooks-narrated-by-deborah-balm\">Selected Audiobooks Narrated by Deborah Balm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>A Dark Beauty<\/p><cite>By Clarissa Kaye<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Lesson Learned<\/p><cite>By GJ Stevens<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Winterley<\/p><cite>By Jeanne Croft<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deborahbalm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find out more about Deborah on her website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NB: The venue for this event may be subject to change due to availability and pandemic restrictions. Please check back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?page_id=694\">Events<\/a> page closer to the date to check for the latest information before attending. Non-members are welcome to attend this event for a fee of \u00a33. If you subsequently decide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?page_id=999\">join Cambridge Writers<\/a>, the \u00a33 you paid will be deducted from your \u00a320 annual membership fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Huge thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=17\">Karin,<\/a> our programme secretary for arranging this event<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deborah Balm is an audiobook narrator of fiction and non-fiction books. A relatable, contemporary native British female voice artist with a smidge of sass. Born in Yorkshire, she now lives in Cambridge after her career in software engineering took her from Leicester, to Basel, and on to Amsterdam. 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