Warm Up Your Kitchen with Sparkling Gingerbread and Kids’ Classics on Audio

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Warm Up Your Kitchen with Sparkling Gingerbread and Kids’ Classics on Audio Submitted by Becca Stumpf on October 30, 2020

It’s Halloween weekend, and we’ve got Vampire bunnies (ahem, see below) and baking on the brain! In this week’s Listen and Cook, we’re sharing this easy recipe for Sparkling Gingerbread from Yossy Arefi’s cookbook Snacking Cakes. And since cake and heartwarming stories go perfectly together, especially if you’re sharing your kitchen with little bakers, see below to get our recommendations for classic kids’ audiobooks (that adults will also love).

Tagged: baking, chef, cook, crafter, Family Listening, gardener-cook, holiday baking, Listen and Cook, recipe

What We’re Listening To: Alexis’s October Picks Submitted by Alexis Patterson on October 29, 2020

I have always loved audiobooks (hence why I work on PRH’s Audio team) but since Covid-19 hit, audiobooks have become my EVERYTHING. Read more

Tagged: staff picks, what we're listening to

Want to Write Good Letters? First, Listen to These Submitted by Becca Stumpf on October 28, 2020

Epistolary appreciators everywhere know the power of a good letter, and if you’re looking for a few tips on how to get in the pen-and-ink game (or toner-and-cartridge game, no judgement), it’s wise to read some scribblings from the pros. Or in the case of the Letters of Note series on audio, listen to Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston, Sanjeev Bhaskar, and more golden-voiced narrators read famous letters about love, war, music, and…cats. Read more

Tagged: book club, cooking, crafting, Letters of Note, National Novel Writing Month, short stories, writing

Audiobooks Celebrating Families of All Kinds Submitted by Erin Murphy on October 27, 2020

There are no rules about what makes a family. So long as there is love, care, and some laughter, a family can be whatever you want with whoever you want. Read more

Tagged: family, Family Listening

S5 E61 Matthew McConaughey, Nick Offerman, Anais Mitchell

On the Podcast: Matthew McConaughey, Nick Offerman, and Anaïs Mitchell Submitted by This Is the Author Podcast on October 27, 2020

In this episode, go behind the mic with Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey, author of Greenlights, actor and humorist Nick Offerman, author of All Rise, and Tony Award-winning song writer Anaïs Mitchell, author of Working on a Song. Read more

Tagged: All Rise, Anais Mitchell, Celebrity Narrator, Greenlights, humor, Matthew McConaughey, memoir, Music, Nick Offerman, self-care audiobooks, This is the Author, Working on a Song

Get Cozy with Double-the-Vegetables Pot Roast and Full Cast Audiobooks Submitted by Becca Stumpf on October 23, 2020

This week in our Listen and Cook series we’re not only doubling the veggies in our pot roast with chef Sarah Copeland, we’re also doubling, tripling, and quadrupling the number of narrators in our audiobooks and serving up recommendations for listens as richly packed with talent as your stew will be with potatoes. Read more

Tagged: chef, cook, crafter, Family Listening, Full Cast, Full Cast Recording, gardener-cook, Listen and Cook, recipe

Outstanding Celebrity-Read Audiobooks for Fall Submitted by Becca Stumpf on October 23, 2020

It’s uniquely thrilling to hear familiar voices in new contexts, especially when those voices belong to our favorite actors, artists, and musicians. This fall, bring one of these household names into your home and listen as they read illuminating memoirs, captivating novels, and frankly awesome picture books. Read more

Tagged: book club, Celebrity Narrator, cooking, crafting, history, literary fiction, memoir, Personal Memoir, Picture Books

Join Us and Your Favorite Authors on Planet AFROPUNK Submitted by Alexis Patterson on October 21, 2020

Join Penguin Random House and AFROPUNK this weekend, Friday, 10/23 – Sunday, 10/25, for Planet AFROPUNK. It’s a free global, digital festival celebrating the Black creative community with music, food of the diaspora, and Black authors, makers, and stores. The event will take place virtually on Planet AFROPUNK. Read more

Tagged: AFROPUNK, book club, events, Planet Afropunk

S5 E60 Bishop Michael Curry, Riva Lehrer, Heid E. Erdrich

On the Podcast: Bishop Michael Curry, Riva Lehrer, and Heid E. Erdrich Submitted by This Is the Author Podcast on October 21, 2020

In this episode, meet Bishop Michael Curry, author of Love is the Way, artist Riva Lehrer, author of Golem Girl, and poet Heid E. Erdrich, author of Little Big Bully. Read more

Tagged: Bishop Michael Curry, Heid E. Erdrich, memoir, Poetry, Riva Lehrer, self-care audiobooks, Spirituality, This is the Author

S5 E59 Jennifer Dasal, Emily Willingham, John Jeremiah Sullivan

On the Podcast: Jennifer Dasal, Emily Willingham, and John Jeremiah Sullivan Submitted by This Is the Author Podcast on October 21, 2020

In this episode, meet art curator Jennifer Dasal, author of Artcurious, science writer Emily Willingham, author of Phallacy, and writer John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of Blood Horses. Read more

Tagged: art, Artcurious, Blood Horses, Emily Willingham, horses, Jennifer Dasal, John Jeremiah Sullivan, memoir, Phallacy, Science, sports, This is the Author

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