About us

Audio Stories For Kids started in April 2006 when Sue Powell-Reed and Leighton Jones left ITV Wales to start up this new innovative audio story company. Sue is the creative drive behind the company while Leighton is responsible for the Web design and Production side of the business.

The creative duo came up with the idea when they were working as Announcers for ITV Wales and they now put their vast experience in the media to use as publishing entrepreneurs.

Sue spent 26 years at ITV Wales and was the first female Sports Reporter in the UK. She then moved into continuity, reading the news and weather as well as promoting the station's programmes. This experience along with her love of Speech and Drama which she taught under the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art alongside her television work, meant that publishing audio stories was the dream job and a natural change in career.

Leighton has also had many years experience in broadcasting. For 9 years he hosted and produced a variety of programmes on local radio, and was Welsh correspondent for APTN (Associated Press Television News) in London. He joined ITV Wales in 2000 where he enjoyed the fun of compiling scripts to inform and entertain viewers. His media experience combined with his love of all things technical makes him the ideal production director.

Sue and Leighton now work as a Publishing House, receiving stories from authors all over the world and producing audio versions of their work for sale either as a download or available on CD.

If you have a story that you would like considered for audio, please email –

authors@audiostoriesforkids.com

Click here to meet some of our talented Authors and actors.