Today there's another Birthday to celebrate here at Silksoundbooks. All of us would like to wish a big Happy Birthday to our star audiobook reader Julie Christie who was born on the 14th April.

Julie was born in Assam in India, the daughter of a tea plantation manager, but was educated in England. Her acting training was at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Her first big role was in the BBC TV science fiction series A for Andromeda and film parts quickly followed, with appearences in such great movies as Billy Liar, Doctor Zhivago, Farenheit 451 and my absolute favourite, Far from the Madding Crowd in which she appeared with fellow Silksoundbooks reader Terence Stamp.

Her career seems to go on and on with many more award winning performances in films and theatre. Julie is also an active supporter of animal rights and the protection of the environment.

Julies unabridged reading of Madame Bovary written by the great French author Gustave Flaubert is available only from Silksoundbooks. The story tells of Emma Bovary’s attempts to escape the maddening boredom of being married to the wrong man, in the wrong town, with the wrong picture of her life via a series of very realistically described adulterous affairs and is well worth a listen.

Happy Birthday Julie !