The librarians have spoken: check out their recommended 2020 Listen List!
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Posts by: Jennifer Rubins
Q & A with Kinsale Hueston, narrator of RACE TO THE SUN from Rick Riordan Presents!
We are thrilled to welcome the talented Kinsale Hueston to the blog! Kinsale narrates the latest exciting entry in Rick Riordan Presents’ collection of culturally diverse adventure stories. Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse is a thrilling tale about a Navajo girl who discovers she’s a monsterslayer. In a starred review, Kirkus raved “Roanhorse shows that Native stories are active and alive. Native readers will see themselves as necessary heroes while readers of all walks will want to be their accomplices.” Read more
VIDEO: Narrator Julia Whelan on recording Jojo Moyes’ The Giver of Stars
Was it written in the stars?…
At this year’s June 2019 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., Julia Whelan was meeting her “favorite people” (librarians) and signing audiobook copies of Educated (for which she won a 2019 Audie Award for Best Female Narration), when just across the aisle, none other than bestselling author, Jojo Moyes, was about to do her own signing. Read more
A letter from bestselling author Lisa Wingate about how a fictional family uncovered hidden truths
Lisa Wingate’s incredible #1 bestseller, Before We Were Yours, now has a new non-fiction companion, Before & After, that will captivate book clubs everywhere. Award-winning narrator Emily Rankin returns to Wingate’s world to read this new audiobook. Listen to a clip below after reading a letter from Lisa Wingate herself. Read more
Know Her Name —and Her Voice: Chanel Miller’s audiobook is “one of the most profound recordings I’ve ever taken part in”
We talked to award-winning audiobook producer Kelly Gildea, and audiobook director Joseph Grimm, about their memorable experience working with writer, artist, and assault survivor Chanel Miller as she recorded her breathtaking memoir, KNOW MY NAME. Read more
Q&A with Sarah Jio, author of All the Flowers in Paris
All the Flowers in Paris blooms beautifully to life on audio thanks to the storytelling skill of bestselling author Sarah Jio, and four phenomenal narrators. We are thrilled to welcome Jio to the blog to hear more about her latest listen, why she loves her full cast recording, and what sounds of summer and childhood books make her feel the most nostalgic. Read more
VIDEO: Watch THE TESTAMENTS audiobook narrators (including Aunt Lydia herself) discuss Margaret Atwood
Step into the studio with Ann Dowd, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Mae Whitman, narrators of Margaret Atwood’s THE TESTAMENTS, on sale now, as they discuss the author’s immense impact on them as readers. Read more
Q&A with January LaVoy, narrator of Gods of the Upper Air by Charles King
It’s back-to-school time and there’s a noticeable shift in the air. Whether or not you’re hitting the books in the traditional studious sense, we’ve got the perfect non-fiction treat for your playlist brought to you by a narrator who can do everything from Star Wars, to truly divine supernatural YA, to suspense and everything in between. Considering January LaVoy narrates approximately fifty books a year, you can be sure that when she raves about a read that is “incredibly informative, but also inspiring,” we want to hear more. Read more
CASTING NEWS! Samira Wiley narrates a new Dr. Seuss
Emmy® Award–winning actress Samira Wiley (Orange is the New Black, The Handmaid’s Tale) narrates the audiobook of DR. SEUSS’S HORSE MUSEUM, an original Dr. Seuss story. Read more
VIDEO: In the Studio with Michael Sheen as he records Philip Pullman’s The Secret Commonwealth audiobook
We were thrilled to get a behind-the-mic peek at actor Michael Sheen in the studio as he revisits Philip Pullman’s masterful fantasy series, The Book of Dust, to record Volume II, The Secret Commonwealth. Read more