How a Great Audiobook Narrator Finds Her Voices

Robin Miles was looking for stage and screen roles when she began reading books for the blind. She’s become one of the country’s most celebrated narrators. Continue reading at 'New Yorker'

[ New Yorker | 2022-12-16 16:45:13 UTC ]
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Audiobook of the Week: What’s Really in a Hot Dog?

“Raw Dog,” by the comedian Jamie Loftus, is an investigative memoir that’s part gonzo travelogue and part takedown of the factory farming system. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2023-10-06 09:00:48 UTC ]
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Safiya Sinclair’s Journey to Finding Her Own Power

Safiya Sinclair writes in her memoir How to Say Babylon, “The perfect daughter was nothing but a vessel for the man’s seed, unblemished clay waiting for Jah’s fingerprint.” The memoir, Sinclair’s first, is about her journey to shaping a future that isn’t limited by the idea of the perfect... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2023-10-05 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek explains the company’s new audiobook subscription plan

Ek blames Apple for holding back his company’s first foray into audiobooks and confirms his company is in talks with Google about in-app purchases. Spotify is doubling down on audiobooks: Paying subscribers of the music service will now have access to up to 15 hours of audiobook listening as... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2023-10-03 16:30:00 UTC ]
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Find TNR’s bookmobile to donate banned books at the Brooklyn Book Festival this weekend!

Starting this weekend, to coincide with Banned Books Week, The New Republic and their partners will be kicking off a month-long Banned Books Tour—sending a bookmobile around the country to share books, celebrate reading, and fight book banning. If you want to help, and you’ll be at the Brooklyn... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-09-29 14:00:14 UTC ]
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Audiobook Review: ‘Alive and Well Enough,’ by Jeff Daniels

The actor’s audio-only memoir delivers songs, stories and scenes with humor and vulnerability. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2023-09-22 09:01:07 UTC ]
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The Great Unbundling of Rupert Murdoch

Buying (and burying) Myspace, beefing up Fox News, lighting media dumpster fires—the longtime News Corp head shaped cultural conversations. With his exit, that era can end. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2023-09-21 19:10:21 UTC ]
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New PEN America Report Finds 33% Jump in School Book Bans

"Amid a growing climate of censorship, school book bans continue to spread through coordinated campaigns by a vocal minority of groups and individual actors and, increasingly, as a result of pressure from state legislation," the report finds. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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‘It could have me read porn’: Stephen Fry shocked by AI cloning of his voice in documentary

Actor warns about dangers of artificial intelligence after discovering version of his voice based on Harry Potter audiobooksStephen Fry has issued a warning about the potential dangers of AI, after claiming that a history documentary faked his voice without his knowledge. Speaking at the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2023-09-20 16:05:11 UTC ]
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Conformity Killed the Radio Star: The Great Literary Hoax of I, LIBERTINE

A look at the great hoax that was I, LIBERTINE, the book that took the literary world by storm but (sort of) never was. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2023-09-18 10:39:00 UTC ]
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8 YA Book Club Books To Read For Great Discussions

Find your YA book club reading list, with YA book club books on a wide range of topics and exploring many different genres. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2023-09-05 10:33:00 UTC ]
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Audiobook Review: ‘The Ghost Club,’ by Kate Winkler Dawson

Kate Winkler Dawson’s audiobook original reveals the origins of a society of occult-obsessed supernaturalists that included Dickens, Doyle, Yeats and more. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2023-08-18 09:00:23 UTC ]
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Werner Herzog Is the Voice of A.I. Poetry

When asked to narrate an audiobook of machine-generated verse, Mr. Herzog readily agreed. “I wasn’t the best choice,” he said. “I was the only choice.” Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2023-08-14 09:00:32 UTC ]
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Christine Baranski and Jesse Green on Narrating the Life of Mary Rodgers

Actor Christine Baranski and New York Times theater critic Jesse Green join host Jo Reed in a special bonus edition of Behind the Mic. The two teamed up to create the audiobook of Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers, written by Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green. Mary Rodgers was the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-08-11 08:22:34 UTC ]
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New Voices New Rooms Makes Its In-Person Debut

The joint conference from NAIBA and SIBA leapt off the screen into the real world for the first time from August 7–10 in Arlington, Va., where 278 booksellers gathered to prepare for what will hopefully be a strong fall selling season. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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9 of the Best Video Game and Audiobook Pairings

These video game and audiobook pairings complement each other for the ideal playing and listening experience. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2023-08-10 10:34:00 UTC ]
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Report finds YouTube more popular than TikTok for young book buyers

Despite recent stories about the popularity of BookTok, Neilsen’s survey found more of those aged between 14-25 searched YouTube for new reads YouTube trumps TikTok as the most popular online platform for young people to discover new books, according to a report by Nielsen BookData.Nielsen,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2023-08-07 14:48:11 UTC ]
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10 Bookish Jigsaw Puzzles For All Your Audiobook Reading Time

If your fingers are itching to put together a puzzle and you're delighted by bookish things, get into these bookish jigsaw puzzles.- Jamie Canaves Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2023-08-07 10:31:00 UTC ]
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New Voices Dominate Booker Prize Nominations

Four of the 13 books that will compete for the prestigious literary award are debuts, in a longlist that the judges said was “defined by its freshness.” Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2023-08-01 13:21:55 UTC ]
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Judge Finds Revived Amazon E-book Monopoly Suit Should Proceed

A magistrate judge in New York has once again recommended that a lawsuit accusing the Big Five publishers of colluding with Amazon to fix e-book prices should be dismissed. But in a twist, the court found that a monopolization claim against Amazon should proceed. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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New Voices New Rooms Kicks Off Fall Shows

After a virutal debut, an inaugural in-person version of the trade show will launch August 7–10 in Arlington, Va. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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