Audio

If you have the Quicktime Player installed on your computer you can listen to these audio files by clicking on the links below. Alternatively you can right-click (PC) or control-click (Mac) and select ‘Save target as...’ or ‘Download linked file’ to save the audio files to your computer and listen to them later in your favourite MP3 program.

Dragonkeeper reading

Listen to a reading from the first chapter of Dragonkeeper, courtesy of Louis Braille Audio.

Dragonkeeper, Chapter One
(264kb MP3)

Interview with Carole Wilkinson (SBS Worldview 2004)

Carole Wilkinson was interviewed on the SBS Worldview program in April 2004. Find out what she had to say about dragons, chinese herbs, getting stuck into research, and the pleasures of reading (Interview by Caroline Davey, courtesy SBS Radio).

Dragon mythology (184kb MP3)

The inspiration for Ping (120kb MP3)

What is Dragonkeeper about? (308kb MP3)

Reading: “Ping gets her name” (424kb MP3)

Ping’s journey (136kb MP3)

What is the fascination with dragons? (216 kb MP3)

The Han Dynasty (156kb MP3)

Bringers of rain (324kb MP3)

An enduring symbol (336kb MP3)

Reading: “Dragon roadworthy” (452kb MP3)

Chinese herbs (148 kb MP3)

Doing research (264kb MP3)

Getting kids reading (204kb MP3)

Into other worlds (216kb MP3)