Geoffrey Austin Newland
speaker
6,502 appearances
29 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 21 Sep
Geoffrey Austin Newland’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 29 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 10.
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Something she hadn't appreciated so much as a child.
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With a single glance he'd been able to identify a species by the shape of a leaf.
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Or the pattern in bark.
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Or the way the branches reached towards the light.
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In fact, Wanda's father loved trees so much that the whole family lived for many years in a small timber cottage built around the huge trunk of an ancient oak tree.
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The tree's branches curved over the roof, and inside the rooms followed the tree's shape, with winding staircases, carved wooden shelves, and tiny doors.
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Wonder said it was the one reason she felt so at home at Lyra's cottage, and in eyefalls in general.
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She was used to feeling very close to the trees.
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Anyway, when Wunda had divulged this, I'd implored her to help me explore the forests in search of saplings.
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We followed the winding path until we reached the vast pine forest that lay along the northern ridge of the
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The earth softened beneath my feet, and I knew we'd arrived at the whispering woods.
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Here the towering trees whispered to those who listened closely enough.
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There was always a mystical heaviness to the air before the peak where the wood was located, and then an enchanting kind of light that danced around the trees.
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I heard the chatter from the woods rise and fall around us, and we fell into a steady rhythm, moving past the trees.
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The first time I'd entered this mystical place with Devani, it had taken a while for the woods to truly open up to us and reveal their power.
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But now I could hear the to and fro of conversation as the trees chatted or sang with a lyrical ease.
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If I tried to concentrate and understand what the exact words were, they slid away and I struggled to grasp them.
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I understood that the trees spoke another language, one I hoped very much to understand one day.
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I kept my eye out for any new saplings I could move to my orchard, and as we walked on, and I started to feel the muscles in my legs ache with exertion.
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Finally, we reached the edge of the whispering woods.
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