James Mooney The Wandering Paddy
Commissions · Voice

Words for the days
that need them

A poem written for one person, one occasion, one room. Or my voice on your book, your advert, your training film. Both are the same work, really — saying a true thing plainly, and saying it well.

Straight answers I answer every enquiry myself, usually within a day Prices below are what you pay, no add-ons Nothing you tell me is ever shared or published

A poem of your own

Commissions

Weddings, funerals, anniversaries, the birth of a child, the anniversary of a death. You tell me who they are — the small true details, not the grand ones — and I write the poem only that person could have. Handed over in an envelope, read in my own voice, or shared with the people who need to hear it.

I €180

The Written Poem

A poem written for one person or one occasion, yours to read, print or frame.

  • Twenty to forty lines, written from your story
  • Two rounds of revisions
  • Digital file plus one signed 8×10 print
  • Full rights to read it wherever you like
Two to three weeks Start
II €280

The Narrated Poem

The written poem, and my voice reading it — for the day itself, or for keeping.

  • Everything in The Written Poem
  • Studio recording in my own voice
  • Audio file to play on the day
  • A second cut for sharing with family
Three weeks Start
III €450

The Shared Poem

The narrated poem, and — only if you want it — posted to my channels so it reaches people carrying the same thing.

  • Everything in The Narrated Poem
  • A call with you first, to hear the story properly
  • Posted to my Instagram, TikTok and Facebook — 860,000 followers — names kept or changed as you ask
  • Framed print for the family afterwards
Three weeks · sharing always your choice Start

How it works

  1. 01You tell me the story. Names, habits, the phrase they always used, what you can't say out loud.
  2. 02I write. You'll have a draft in about two weeks, sooner if the date is close.
  3. 03We change what needs changing. It has to sound like them, not like me.
  4. 04Print, audio, or both — and shared to my channels only if you ask for it. Funerals go to the front of the queue, always, at no extra cost.

Tell me about them

No form-letter replies — I answer these myself, usually within a day.
Nothing is shared, ever — here’s how I handle it. Or write to me at hello@thewanderingpaddy.com.

The voice

Narration & voiceover

Dublin, and I don't sand it off. Twenty years of it — audiobooks, adverts, corporate work, and my own poems read to a few hundred thousand people a week. If you need warmth, or weight, or a voice that sounds like a real man in a real room rather than a man reading a script, that's the one I have.

The setup
Treated home studio, Shure SM7 Broadcast-quality WAV or MP3, edited and mastered Self-directed, or live session by Zoom or Source-Connect Turnaround usually 48 hours

Hear the voice

Three short reads
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Recorded in the same room, on the same microphone, with no processing beyond a clean master. What you hear is what you get.

Audiobooks

€250 / hr

Full narration and production, per finished hour. Memoir, poetry and anything with grief in it are where I do my best work.

  • ACX and Audible-ready delivery
  • Proof-listening and corrections included
  • Sample chapter recorded free before you commit

Commercial

from €350

Radio, television, and social. Rate covers the session and one year of usage in one territory.

  • Scripts up to 60 seconds
  • Two alternate reads supplied as standard
  • Usage extensions quoted plainly, no small print

Corporate work

from €180

Explainers, training modules, IVR and telephony. Long documents priced per finished minute.

  • Pronunciation list agreed up front
  • Consistent across a whole series or library
  • Re-records for script changes at cost
Hear me read for two and a half hours: The Book of Truths audiobook is narrated by me. Listen on Audible → Request a quote