{"id":9476,"date":"2024-05-11T02:19:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T02:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/?p=9476"},"modified":"2024-05-11T02:27:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T02:27:48","slug":"the-rings-audio-edition-to-benefit-ukrainian-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/the-rings-audio-edition-to-benefit-ukrainian-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rings, audio edition, to benefit Ukrainian artists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When the war in Ukraine began, Jennifer Jill Araya, the voice actor for the audio editions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/making-bombs-for-hitler-3\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3436\">Making Bombs for Hitler<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/stolen-girl\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7572\">Stolen Girl<\/a>, approached me with empathy and an idea. She told me about a project that the Professional Audiobook Narrators&#8217; Association was putting together, which was an audio anthology of Ukraine-related stories, with the proceeds going to support artists in Ukraine. She asked if I might have a work that she could be the voice actor for, with both of us donating our efforts to the project. I was grateful for the opportunity to assist. My story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/the-rings-a-story-set-during-the-holodomor\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"6314\">The Rings<\/a>, is set during the Holodomor. Thank you, Jennifer. Thank you, to all of the creators who contributed to this massive project. Press release is below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" data-id=\"7029\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/stolengirlaudio.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/stolengirlaudio.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/stolengirlaudio-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/stolengirlaudio-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"224\" data-id=\"9477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/jennifer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/jennifer.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/jennifer-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 85vw, 224px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" data-id=\"7033\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bombsaudio.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bombsaudio.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bombsaudio-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bombsaudio-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-marsha-forchuk-skrypuch wp-block-embed-marsha-forchuk-skrypuch\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wfho5xBnko\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/a-word-is-not-a-sparrow-a-benefit-anthology-for-ukraine-relief\/\">A Word is Not a Sparrow: A Benefit Anthology for Ukraine Relief<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;A Word is Not a Sparrow: A Benefit Anthology for Ukraine Relief&#8221; &#8212; Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/a-word-is-not-a-sparrow-a-benefit-anthology-for-ukraine-relief\/embed\/#?secret=MHOMuLj8gl#?secret=wfho5xBnko\" data-secret=\"wfho5xBnko\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the war in Ukraine began, Jennifer Jill Araya, the voice actor for the audio editions of Making Bombs for Hitler and Stolen Girl, approached me with empathy and an idea. She told me about a project that the Professional Audiobook Narrators&#8217; Association was putting together, which was an audio anthology of Ukraine-related stories, with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/the-rings-audio-edition-to-benefit-ukrainian-artists\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Rings, audio edition, to benefit Ukrainian artists&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[262],"tags":[872,867,869,873,870,871],"class_list":["post-9476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-stories","tag-artists-at-risk-connection","tag-audio-anthology","tag-jennifer-jill-araya","tag-pen","tag-the-rings","tag-ukrainian-artists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9478,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9476\/revisions\/9478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}