4 audiobooks that tell personal stories

This month we are listening to three memoirs and one novel that sounds like a memoir.   Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2018-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Personal stories of the exodus from Christianity

Essayists recount the abuse, rejection, extremism or disillusionment that led them to leave the church. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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4 of the Best Free Holiday Short Stories Online About Season’s Drama

If you find the holidays more foreboding than cheerful, find someone to relate to in these 4 free holiday short stories available to read online. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-12-16 11:35:47 UTC ]
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4 audiobooks with positive messages for the new year

Three novels and one nonfiction audiobook provide inspiration and hope as we ease into 2019. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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In a ‘Steady’ First Half, BookNet Canada Sees Audiobook Purchases 4 Percent Up

As the Association of American Publishers' StatShot Annual is citing, BookNet Canada's English-language market sees online retail edging up on physical-store retail, though print is flat in the first six months of 2018. The post In a ‘Steady’ First Half, BookNet Canada Sees Audiobook Purchases 4... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4 great audiobook selections for Black History Month

In honor of Black History Month we chose four African American authors worth hearing any time of the year.   Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2018-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4 audiobooks for August

Lean back, dig your toes down into the sand and plug in. We have four novels perfect for the beach. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2017-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4 revelations in Robert Caro's new audiobook

Historian Robert Caro shares some important lessons learned in his new audiobook 'On Power.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2017-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4 audiobooks with heart

Noteworthy recent audiobook releases include two memoirs, a short story collection, and a novel set during the Civil War.  Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2017-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4 new fiction audiobooks

Fiction dominates this month, with one thriller, one novel based on fact, and two easy-going tales from established authors. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2017-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4 audiobooks from around the world

We travel the globe this month with tales from Canada, New York City, Somalia, and the old West. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4 audiobooks for fall

A Shakespeare retelling, a dramatic nonfiction story from Mali, and two celebrity chef memoirs are among the season's new audiobook releases. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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CI 4: Telling Stories at Children's Institute

The 45-hour children's bookseller gathering in Orlando closed on a high note, in large part because of the energy and enthusiasm of booksellers and connections made thanks to the stories they brought with them and the authors presented throughout the institute. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BEA 2016: Plucking Stories from Personal Experience

Authors are basically storytellers who do their thing on the printed page (or on your favorite electronic device), instead of around the kitchen table or wherever people gather to swap stories. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Stories About Stories (About Stories): A Reading List of Meta-Narrators

A meta-narrator has an authorial awareness of a story being told. They make their presence known, intervening when they deem necessary. In the case that they are also the protagonist (which is often) then they must be as adept as immersing themselves in the real-time story unfolding up close as... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Are All Short Stories O. Henry Stories?

The writer’s signature style of ending—a final, thrilling note—has the touch of magic that distinguishes the form at its best. Continue reading at New Yorker

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Andersen Press to relaunch online story sessions with Seven Stories

Andersen Press is to relaunch its weekly online children's storytime sessions in partnership with Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children's Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Chirp Audiobooks Review: Does Chirp Change the Audiobook Game?

What is Chirp? How does it differ from other services like Audible? And, is it worth getting? Learn more in our Chirp audiobooks review! Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-11-13 11:34:00 UTC ]
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Boston Picks Grace Talusan Story for One City Story

The Boston Book Festival has announced that a short story by Grace Talusan is the 10th annual selection for its One City One Story initiative. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A Story of All Stories: On Erin Morgenstern’s “The Starless Sea”

THE STARLESS SEA, Erin Morgenstern’s sophomore fantasy novel, takes effort to read, but there are countless narratively complex works of science fiction and fantasy that amply reward such effort: N. K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season comes to mind as one recent, prominent example of the type. The... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books

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More than 'story, bonking, story': why you've never heard of Australia's best-selling authors

In pushing the romance genre aside, Australia’s publishing industry sent its most successful writers to pursue their careers abroadNalini Singh is trying to convince me to read a love story starring bears. The tiny author is tucked up under a huge scarf in a cafe on a freezing August day in... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-08-17 22:00:54 UTC ]
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