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Behind the Mic with 2020 Best Audiobooks Narrators - AudioFile Magazine Blog
Listen in to hear insightful thoughts of the amazing narrators of this year's Best Audiobooks. Learn more about the making of amazing audiobooks.
AudioFile's Best Audiobooks of December
A month of literary listening
Narrator Joniece Abbott-Pratt talks about #BestAudiobook2020 RAYBEARER by Jordan Ifueko https://youtu.be/MzEqvzxuRg4
Narrator Joniece Abbott-Pratt shares her thoughts on narrating the YA fantasy RAYBEARER, written by Jordan Ifueko. Joniece's evocative narration complements ...
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“Even though I did this before we all locked down for COVID . . . it is interesting to be stuck at home with your family and realizing that those dynamics and tensions and joys affect the way that you lead your daily life—in this case, a man whose daily life involved actually trying to defeat the Nazis and save Britain from being overwhelmed.”—Narrator John Lee https://bit.ly/3mf5mpg
Narrator John Lee tells listeners about recording Erik Larson's history audiobook THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE in his narrator video.
Narrator Frankie Corzo "shares her story of how she got her start in acting & in audio...& the joys of bringing complicated & multidimensional Latinx stories to life for listeners of all ages" https://bit.ly/3oKnKrF
Listen as narrator Frankie Corzo talks with Jo Reed about her audiobook narrations, including this year's Best Horror Audiobook MEXICAN GOTHIC.
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"If you are looking for audiobooks to share with kids this year, you can’t go wrong with any of these!" - Sonja Cole https://bit.ly/3754FL2
Discover this year's list of Best Audiobooks for Kids and Family Listening. Take a look and find a new audiobook to listen to and love with your family.
Love this comment on the value found by listeners in our reviews! Thank you Chris Abernathy!
When I'm deciding how to spend my Audible credits for my own listening pleasure I start by looking to AudioFile Magazine and their excellent reviews. Their Best Audiobooks of 2020 list is out now and it's not just the books you would see in a best selling list. John Muir released "The Yosemite" in 1912 and this audiobook adaption by Nick McArdle and Naxos was released this past March. It has a grand total of four ratings and zero reviews on Audible (that will soon change) but the Audiofile reviewers looked past that and put it on their list alongside audiobooks with thousands of ratings and reviews. If you want to get the very best for your audiobook money, check the reviews at Audiofile Magazine. You'll discover some great work that otherwise might be overlooked.
It’s a treat to discover more about Louise Penny's Inspector Gamache series from the Earphones Award- and Audie Award-winning narrator Robert Bathurst. Listen in as we continue our celebration of our choices for 2020's Best Audiobooks! https://bit.ly/36HHmXm
Mystery audiobook fans adore spending time with Louise Pennys Inspector Gamache. Hear more about the series from award-winning narrator Robert Bathurst.
Our choices for Best Mystery Audiobooks in 2020
AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of 2020
Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured lis…
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“It’s a book that will put you in a good place to deal with all that’s going on in the world today.”—Narrator Alma Cuervo https://bit.ly/3mgbBd7
In her narrator video, Alma Cuervo shares her thoughts on narrating AFTERLIFE, the beautifully wrought novel by poet and author Julia Alvarez.
“Listen. This story will break your heart, but I promise you, it will put it back together in the most wonderful way” narrator Ronnie Butler Jr. talks about narrating this year's National Book Award winning youth title by Kacen Callender https://youtu.be/PwfqA1zXYSE
Narrator Ron Butler shares his thoughts on narrating KING AND THE DRAGONFLIES, Kacen Callender's National Book Award-winning book for children. Ron Butler's ...
"Audiobook lovers agree that Dion’s performances create an immersive listening experience no matter the genre or target audience," says Beth Fish in her interview with him today on our blog
My guest this month is none other than narrator Dion Graham. Discover 5 of his best audiobooks and read on for his answers to 5 of my quesitons.
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"More than 90 writers contributed essays, poems, and interviews to create this historical snapshot [which is] diverse in sensibility and form and is enhanced by the performances of similarly diverse narrators, who also worked gratis so that income from the production can provide relief for independent booksellers who are economically affected by COVID"
AudioFile Audiobook Review: More than 90 writers contributed essays, poems, and interviews to create this historical snapshot of how a group of authors are living through the cur
Actress and Narrator Yetide Badaki on Storytelling and the Alchemy of Audiobooks - AudioFile Magazine Blog
Actress and narrator Yetide Badaki comes from a family of storytellers. She's drawn to narrate books that let her to be a vessel, adding to a larger story.
“I just recommend it to absolutely everyone—definitely high school kids for sure, but also any adult who wants to remember what that time was like.”—Narrator Almarie Guerra https://youtu.be/U6ptzLn2nXI
Narrator Almarie Guerra gives audiobook listeners insights into narrating MISS METEOR, which she co-narrated with Kyla Garcia. Their dynamic and expressive v...
Want to catch up with the #MysteriousVoices webinar we hosted earlier this week? We heard from Imogen Church, JD Jackson, Je Nie Fleming & Kate Reading all about the season's new suspense books they narrated by Ruth Ware, Rachel Howzell hall, Nate Larsen & Samantha Norman's completion of the late Ariana Franklin's series https://youtu.be/q3z-vGOrx4c
AudioFile Magazine hosts four suspense narrators to tell audiobook listeners all about the behind the scenes magic needed to make mysterious audiobooks come ...
Behind the Mic: Narrator Joe Jameson on Boyfriend Material
Joe Jameson gives listeners his insights into recording BOYFRIEND MATERIAL, Alexis Hall's charming and funny contemporary romance. For more on the audiobook ...
Something new to hear from Dion Graham and Maryrose Wood
Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured lis…
“There’s the same snark, the same characters, the same enticing sentence structure and delicious vocabulary.”–Narrator Moira Quirk
Moira Quirk shares her thoughts on narrating HARROW THE NINTH, Tamsyn Muir's thrilling and complex sequel to GIDEON THE NINTH. For more on the audiobook, rea...
Listen in as Henry Leyva shares how he worked to bring Paul Doiron's latest to listening readers
Henry Leyva shares his thoughts on narrating ONE LAST LIE, the newest book in Paul Doiron's mystery series. Maine warden Mike Bowditch tries to help his fath...
Desert Notebooks by Ben Ehrenreich, Read by David Bendena
Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured lis…
Catch up w/ our podcast...and w/ narrator Dion Graham
Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured lis…
Our October/November 2020 issue brings you SANDMAN and much more! Get your copy here http://digital.audiofilemagazine.com/i/1291867-october-november-2020/0?
AudioFile's Best Audiobooks of September
A Month of Literary Listening
10 Editors’ Picks from September’s Best Audiobooks
Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best new audiobooks — from memoirs to satire, historical fiction to mystery and cultural commentary. These listening recommendations offer plenty of variety, inspiration and escape. Queue up these audiobooks.
Ellen Quint offers audiobook listeners some alternatives to the mystery of our own current time https://bit.ly/2FFMpwV
We're living through historic changes. Some days it feels comforting to listen to historical mystery audiobooks and imagine life in other historic times.
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson, Read by Robin Miles
Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured lis…
"The advantage of listening to a translation with a skilled narrator is that they parse the place names in the various languages, making it that much easier for the listener to glide into that country" https://bit.ly/3h1OijW
Listeners gain so much in reading translated audiobooks. Here I have excellent translated audiobooks, from Nordic Noir to South Korean crime fiction.
Turn to us for a bunch of grape audiobook listening suggestions
Start with the partial transcript & the delightful snapshots...then move on to full interview with Dirk Maggs & the making of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman as audiobook https://bit.ly/32nDPdt
Excited for Neil Gaiman's full-cast audiobook SANDMAN? Producer Dirk Maggs shares all the inside scoop on bringing audio theater to life for listeners.
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We’ve got a bonus podcast episode for you today featuring Suzanne Toren and Tavia Gilbert actor/writer in conversation about audiobooks and honoring Women’s History Month http://audiofilemagazine.libsyn.com/celebrating-womens-history-with-tavia-gilbert-and-suzanne-toren
Have you read Delia Owens's bestseller? Narrator Cassandra Johnson Campbell celebrates its popularity and we invite you to listen to her Earphones Award winning audiobook edition of it.
Share our visit with narrator Kathleen Gati and hear about her experiences working with the variety of accents needed to perform Earphones Award winning MOTHER COUNTRY
How about a quick visit with Best Female Narrator as awarded at the 2019 Audie Awards ceremony earlier this week? Here's Julia Whelan talking about her role performing Tara Westover's memoir EDUCATED
What a delight! Join Jayne Entwistle and author Alan Bradley as they talk about the character they've created in ace child detective Flavia de Luce
Novelist Adriana Trigiani joins us to talk about her latest audioobook, TONY'S WIFE, and narrator Edoardo Ballerini's engaging performance. Adriana astutely notes the magic that audiobook narrators bring to the audiobook experience, and we hear what inspired this tale of romance set in the 1940s Big Band era. Listen to the entire interview on our podcast, Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine. https://apple.co/2Q3YhsH
We're delighted to talk with author Maryrose Wood this week on a special bonus episode of our Behind the Mic podcast. Listen in as she talks about her The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series and her relationships with her narrators Fiona Hardingham and the late Katherine Kellgren.
We have a special guest this week on our new podcast Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine — actor Michael Imperioli.
In a bonus episode of our new podcast, Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine, Jo Reed speaks with LeVar about what it was like to narrate the biography of one of his heroes, Fred Rogers. Listen in to their conversation on our blog or our podcast https://apple.co/2Q3YhsH
In this Behind the Mic video, narrator Peter Noble reminds us of the pleasure of old-fashioned adventure stories. See other audiobook narrator videos here: http://bit.ly/2zJpnR2
“This is a rousing call to action.”—Narrator Tavia Gilbert actor/writer. See other narrator videos here: http://bit.ly/2zJpnR2
Narrator Fred Berman takes AudioFile listeners Behind the Mic to share about narrating ROBIN, Dave Itzkoff’s biography of late comedian Robin Williams. See other audiobook narrator videos: http://bit.ly/2zJpnR2
Audiobook narrator Michael David Axtell talks about THE GUNNERS, story of friendship, betrayal, love, and forgiveness. See other audiobook narrator videos here http://bit.ly/2zJpnR2
AudioFile dogs are taking the dog days of summer seriously! Hope you're having a good summer listening to audiobooks...and if you need recommendations on some new listens, browse our blog: http://bit.ly/2v6cWJI
Narrator James Langton takes AudioFile listeners Behind the Mic in his video to share some of the challenges and ambiguity he discovered in the recording of THE JUDGE HUNTER by humorist Christopher Buckley. See othr narrator videos here: http://bit.ly/2zJpnR2
We can't wait for you to read the wonderful LeVar Burton Kids interview in the August/September issue--coming to your mailbox soon!
“One of the challenges here was in portraying the massive cast of characters . . . that’s something I always love to embrace, just diving in and fully committing to characters that have these big, broad personalities.”—Narrator PJ Ochlan. See other audiobook narrator videos here: http://bit.ly/2zJpnR2
AudioFile staff selects 6 audiobooks for summer listening: http://bit.ly/2uR4lvA
Today is AudioFile's annual lobster bake. Narrators, audiobook publishers, and authors all enjoy the beauty (and delicious food!) of our Maine home.
Take a walk back into history with narrator Corrie James in this Behind the Mic video as she discusses BLACK TUDORS by Miranda Kaufmann BLACK TUDORS is an exploration of black history in Tudor England. See other audiobook narrator videos here: http://bit.ly/2zJpnR2
Go Behind the Mic in this video with narrator Chris Ciulla as he shares what it was like recording CENSUS by Jesse Ball. Ball’s high-concept blending of memoir and fable comes across in Ciulla’s storytelling. Other audiobook narrator videos: http://bit.ly/2zJpnR2
AudioFile is Behind the Mic again with narrator Amy Landon, Actor/Narrator, who shares what she loved about narrating PRIVATE LIES, a hilarious noir mystery with sparkling dialogue and an unexpected heroine by Cynthia St. Aubin. See other audiobook narrator videos here: http://bit.ly/2zJpnR2
“The book is only 300 pages, and yet it covers generations and time and places and themes and so much more.”—Narrator Edoardo Ballerini. See other audiobook narrator videos here: http://bit.ly/2zJpnR2
Take a moment to go Behind the Mic with narrator Arthur Morey as he shares intriguing insights on recording REPORTER, the memoir of investigative reporter Seymour Hersh. See other audiobook narrator videos here: http://bit.ly/2zJpnR2
Ready to visit EVERLAND, a steampunk twist on PETER PAN? Narrators Fiona Hardingham and Steve West share the fun. See other audiobook narrator videos here: http://bit.ly/2zJpnR2
For #TBT we revisit some of our AudioFile covers, office art, and magazine storage.
“We sometimes forget what strength and power teenagers really have.”—Narrator Khristine Hvam on the miracles of first love and second chances. See other audiobook narrator videos here: http://bit.ly/2zJpnR2
WHEN DIMPLE MET RISHI has such rich dialogue that no matter your usual genre preferences, you’ll fall in love with this audiobook. See other audiobook narrator videos here: http://bit.ly/2zJpnR2
AudioFile summer issue coming to your mailbox soon! Do you have summer listening plans?
Narrator Carrington MacDuffie discusses the audiobook of WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?--an array of cultural criticism by Marilynne Robinson, published by Blackstone Publishing. See other narrator videos here: http://bit.ly/2zJpnR2
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