Charles Dickens: Our Mutual Friend on Audio; Over 50 Titles
February 7, 2012, marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens’s birth. His fiction career began with a serialization of a story that eventually developed into The Pickwick Papers. Soon, he became...
View ArticleCharles Dickens at 200: A Dozen New Books on “the Inimitable”
Charles Dickens’s bicentenary‚ he was born on February 7, 1812‚ is the occasion for the release of a feast of books relating to the writer whom so many consider the emblem of Victorian England. Indeed,...
View ArticleAudio Reviews, March 15, 2012
Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. 15 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 18¬Ω hrs. Blackstone Audio. 2012. ISBN 9781455122899. $92.95; 2 MP3-CDs. library ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. CLASSIC...
View ArticleQ&A: Naxos AudioBooks publisher Nicolas Soames, September 1, 2012
As one of the indie audiobook publishers, how did you get started? I started Naxos AudioBooks with Klaus Heymann in 1994 as the audiobook wing of Naxos, the classical music label. Its initial brief was...
View ArticleThe Narrating Brilliance of Simon Prebble | RA Crossroads
As Lewis Carroll’s Alice so aptly points out, “What is the use of a book‚without pictures or conversations?” Welcome to RA Crossroads, where books, movies, music, and other media converge, and...
View ArticleXpress Reviews: Audiobooks | First Look at New Books, April 19, 2013
Week ending April 19, 2013 FICTION Cole, Kresley. Shadow’s Claim. (Dacians: Realm of Blood & Mist, Bk. 1). 13 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 15½ hrs. Recorded Bks. 2012. ISBN 9781470319564. $123.75;...
View ArticleThe Audies® | July 2013
and the audie goes to… The Audio Publishers Association (APA) announced the winners of the 2013 Audie Awards on May 30 in New York. The awards recognize excellence in audiobook narration and...
View ArticleTales of Terror | Pre-Halloween Classic Returns
What could be more classic than scary stories in October, as we count down the days to Halloween? Here’s a trick-or-treat sampling of some great rereleases by kings (and a queen) of chill, including...
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