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Zak Annette

Zak Annette, originally from London, UK, brings a decade of industry experience and a portfolio featuring over 1000 Audiobooks. Working primarily as an Audiobook Director and Audio Engineer at Penguin Random House Canada, his diverse background also spans Podcasting, Commercial, Overdub for film, Animation VO, Comedy Show Operation, Live Sound Audio Engineering, Audio Editing and TV VO. 
 
His most recent projects include working as a Voice Actor on 'Curiosities' by Anne Fleming (narrating as John Aubrey). As an Audiobook Director; with Michael Ondaatje on his latest poetry collection 'A Year of Last Things,' Elamin Abdelmahmoud's debut memoir 'Son of Elsewhere,' 'Undisputed' with Donovan Bailey, 'Empathy' with former Governor General David Johnston, Desmond Cole's 'The Skin We're In,' Jesse Wente's 'Unreconciled,' Vincent Lam's 'Bloodletting and other Miraculous Cures' and 'On the Ravine,' as well as co-directing Kent Monkman and Gisele Gordon's 'Miss Chief Eagle Testickle vol1&2,' alongside numerous other titles.

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