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2008 Audies Awards Finalists
On February 4th, 2008, The Audio Publishers Association (the APA) announced the finalists for this year's Audies® Awards, the only Awards program in the United States devoted entirely to celebrating spoken-word entertainment. A panel of judges has selected a shortlist of five books in each of 30 categories, including Fiction, Nonfiction, Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction, Multi-Voiced Performance, Romance, Science-Fiction, Spanish Language, and the newly created Achievement in Abridgement. The winners will be honored at a gala celebration to be held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, CA on May 30.
The finalists for the 2008 Audies® Awards are:
Achievement in Abridgement
I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!) (Hachette Audio)
THE RACE (Macmillan Audio)
RECLAIMING HISTORY (Simon & Schuster Audio)
THE REAGAN DIARIES ABRIDGED SELECTIONS (HarperAudio)
THE TERROR (Hachette Audio)
Achievement in Production
DUNE (Macmillan Audio)
INSPIRED BY...THE BIBLE EXPERIENCE: OLD TESTAMENT (Zondervan)
THE INVENTION OF HUGO HABRET (Scholastic Audio)
RADIO THEATRE'S AMAZING GRACE (Focus on the Family / Tyndale House)
SWEENEY TODD AND THE STRING OF PEARLS (Blackstone Audio Inc.)
Audio Drama
PRINCESS ACADEMY (Full Cast Audio)
RADIO THEATRE'S AMAZING GRACE ( Focus on the Family / Tyndale House)
STAR BEAST (Full Cast Audio)
SWEENEY TODD AND THE STRING OF PEARLS (Blackstone Audio Inc.)
VIENNA PRELUDE (FamilyAudioLibrary.com)
Audiobook Adapted from Another Medium
DOUGLAS ADAMS LIVE: THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (Phoenix Books and Audio, Inc. and A Digital Village Production)
SELECTED SHORTS: PETS! (Symphony Space)
SELECTED SHORTS: WARTIME LIVES (Symphony Space)
THE TWILIGHT ZONE RADIO DRAMAS COLLECTION 11 (Blackstone Audio Inc.)
WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME: THE BEST OF 'NOT MY JOB' (HighBridge)
Biography/Memoir
EINSTEIN (Simon & Schuster Audio)
MY LOBOTOMY (Tantor Media, Inc.)
SCHULZ AND PEANUTS (HarperAudio)
SHAKESPEARE (HarperAudio)
TEARING DOWN THE WALL OF SOUND (Blackstone Audio Inc.)
Business Information/Educational
THE DREAM MANAGER (Hyperion Audiobooks)
THE HOUSE OF MONDAVI (Tantor Media, Inc.)
HOW TO GET TO THE TOP (Macmillan Audio)
THE TAO OF WARREN BUFFETT (Tantor Media, Inc.)
WORDS THAT WORK (Hyperion Audiobooks)
DO YOU! (Penguin Audio)
Children’s Titles – Ages 12 +
BLOODY JACK (Listen & Live Audio)
INTERWORLD (HarperAudio)
A MANGO SHAPED SPACE (Recorded Books)
M IS FOR MAGIC (HarperAudio)
SLAM (Penguin Audio)
Children’s Titles – Ages 8-11
CLEMENTINE (Recorded Books)
THE GREAT CHRISTMAS KIDNAPPING CAPER (Full Cast Audio)
ROSA (Weston Woods Studios)
SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT (HarperAudio)
THE WEDNESDAY WARS (Scholastic Audio)
Children’s Titles – Ages up to 8
IN AUNT GIRAFFE'S GREEN GARDEN (HarperAudio)
GOODNIGHT HAWAIIAN MOON Banana Patch Press)
MORE ABOUT PADDINGTON (HarperAudio)
OGRE IN A TOGA (Bolinda Publishing, Inc.)
THE ONE AND ONLY SHREK! (Macmillan Audio)
Classic
1984 (Blackstone Audio Inc.)
THE CALL OF THE WILD AND WHITE FANG (Blackstone Audio Inc.)
CATCH-22 (HarperAudio)
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (HarperAudio)
TREASURE ISLAND (Random House Listening Library)
Fiction
EXILE (Macmillan Audio)
THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB (Blackstone Audio Inc.)
TALLGRASS (Macmillan Audio)
THE TENDERNESS OF WOLVES (Ulverscroft Group / Isis Publishing)
THE VANISHING OF ESME LENNOX (Blackstone Audio Inc.)
Humor
DON'T MAKE A BLACK WOMAN TAKE OFF HER EARRINGS (Penguin Audio)
I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!) (Hachette Audio)
OUR DUMB WORLD (Hachette Audio)
PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR (Recorded Books)
THE ULTIMATE DAVID SEDARIS BOX SET (Hachette Audio)
Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction
EVER AFTER (Zondervan)
NOT EASILY BROKEN (BBC Audiobooks America)
THE PENNY (Hachette Audio)
RENOVATING BECKY MILLER (Recorded Books)
RIVER RISING (Recorded Books)
Inspirational/Spiritual
ANA'S STORY (HarperAudio)
ANGER (Oasis Audio)
FINDING HOME (Oasis Audio)
THE GREAT OMISSION (ChristianAudio)
INSPIRED BY...THE BIBLE EXPERIENCE: OLD TESTAMENT (Zondervan)
VIENNA PRELUDE (FamilyAudioLibrary.com)
Literary Fiction
BLOOD MERIDIAN (Recorded Books)
THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS (Penguin Audio)
PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (Tantor Media, Inc.)
TREE OF SMOKE (Macmillan Audio)
THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION (HarperAudio)
Multi-Voiced Performance
DUNE (Macmillan Audio)
I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!) (Hachette Audio)
INSPIRED BY...THE BIBLE EXPERIENCE: OLD TESTAMENT (Zondervan)
THE WORD OF PROMISE™ NEW TESTAMENT AUDIO BIBLE (Thomas Nelson, Inc.)
HOLLOWVILLE: A GHOST STORY (NYS Theatre Institute)
Mystery
A FATAL GRACE (Blackstone Audio Inc.)
HOLLYWOOD STATION ( Hachette Audio)
THUNDER BAY (Brilliance Audio)
THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN (Simon & Schuster Audio)
UP IN HONEY'S ROOM (HarperAudio)
Narration by the Author or Authors
ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE (HarperAudio)
HERE IF YOU NEED ME (Hachette Audio)
MICHAEL TOLLIVER LIVES (HarperAudio)
NEVERWHERE (HarperAudio)
PONTOON (HighBridge Audio)
THE TRAVELER (Recorded Books)
Non-Fiction
BANKER TO THE POOR (Blackstone Audio Inc.)
THE COLDEST WINTER (Hyperion Audiobooks)
ENDURANCE: SHACKLETON'S INCREDIBLE VOYAGE (Blackstone Audio Inc.)
JESUS FOR THE NON-RELIGIOUS (HarperAudio)
ROOTS (BBC Audiobooks America)
Original Work
THE CHOPIN MANUSCRIPT (International Thriller Writers)
HOLLOWVILLE (NYS Theatre Institute)
HURRICANE KATRINA: DEVASTATION AND PROGRESS AND HER LESSONS FOR US ALL (Tours BaYou, LLC)
SUNDAY MORNINGS IN PLAINS: BRINGING PEACE TO A CHANGING WORLD (Volume III) (Simon & Schuster Audio)
SWEENEY TODD AND THE STRING OF PEARLS (Blackstone Audio Inc.)
Package Design
THE CHRISTMAS HOPE COLLECTION (Macmillan Audio)
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (Random House Listening Library)
INSPIRED BY...THE BIBLE EXPERIENCE: OLD TESTAMENT (Zondervan)
THE ONE AND ONLY SHREK! (Macmillan Audio)
SPEAK IN A WEEK - LATIN AMERICAN SPANISH STREET SMART (Penton Overseas)
Personal Development/Motivational
FIT TO LIVE (Audio Renaissance)
FROM THE HEART (Hyperion Audiobooks)
GIVING (Random House Audio)
MARIEL HEMINGWAY'S HEALTHY LIVING FROM THE INSIDE OUT (HarperAudio)
MERLE'S DOOR (Tantor Media, Inc.)
Romance
BEYOND THE HIGHLAND MIST (Brilliance Audio)
CONSEQUENCES (Tantor Media, Inc.)
EVERLASTING (HarperAudio)
ON TALL PINE LAKE (BBC Audiobooks America)
NATURAL BORN CHARMER (HarperAudio)
SUGAR DADDY (Brilliance Audio)
Science Fiction
THE DRACO TAVERN (Blackstone Audio Inc.)
DUNE (Macmillan Audio)
THE INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (Blackstone Audio Inc.)
MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY (Tantor Media, Inc.)
SELECTIONS FROM DREAMSONGS: FAN FICTION AND SCI-FI FROM MARTIN'S EARLY YEARS, UNABRIDGED SELECTIONS (Random House Audio)
Short Stories/Collections
20TH CENTURY GHOSTS (HarperAudio)
BIG COUNTRY (Blackstone Audio Inc.)
GRACE UNDER FIRE ( Tantor Media Inc.)
GROWING UP ETHNIC IN AMERICA (Penguin Group)
SELECTED READINGS FROM THE PORTABLE DOROTHY PARKER (Blackstone Audio Inc.)
Solo Narration – Female
THE BLOOD OF FLOWERS (Hachette Audio)
BOOMSDAY (Hachette Audio)
TAKING FLIGHT (L.A. Theatre Works)
TALLGRASS (Macmillan Audio)
THE TEAHOUSE FIRE (HighBridge Audio)
Solo Narration – Male
CATCH-22 (HarperAudio)
THE COLDEST WINTER (Hyperion Audiobooks)
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (Random House Listening Library)
THE LONG WALK (Blackstone Audio Inc.)
Spanish Language
20 MIL LEGUAS DE VIAJE SUBMARINO (20 THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA) (FonoLibro Inc.)
EL ZAHIR (THE ZAHIR) (FonoLibro Inc.)
INES DEL ALMA MIA (INES OF MY SOUL) (FonoLibro Inc.)
LA ISLA DEL TESORO (TREASURE ISLAND) (FonoLibro Inc.)
MALINCHE (FonoLibro Inc.)
Thriller/Suspense
DADDY'S GIRL (HarperAudio)
HEART-SHAPED BOX (HarperAudio)
THE JUDAS STRAIN (HarperAudio)
NO TIME FOR GOODBYE (Brilliance Audio)
THE SECRET SERVANT (Brilliance Audio)
WHAT THE DEAD KNOW (HarperAudio)
For more information about the Audio Publishers Association and the Audies Awards, visit http://www.audiopub.org.
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2007 Audies Awards Winners
On June 1, 2007, the Audio Publishers Association announced the winners of this year's Audies Awards during a ceremony held at the Rainbow Room in New York. Often dubbed the Oscars of the audiobook industry, the Audies honor the best titles of the year in 32 categories.
This year's Audies Awards winners are:
Audiobook of the Year
INSPIRED BY...THE BIBLE EXPERIENCE: NEW TESTAMENT (Zondervan Publishing)
Judges Award: Politics
HUBRIS (Blackstone Audio)
Fiction, Abridged
RESTLESS (Audio Renaissance)
Fiction, Unabridged
RISE AND SHINE (Recorded Books, LLC)
Literary Fiction
THE THIRTEENTH TALE (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Mystery
ECHO PARK (Hachette Audio)
Thriller / Suspense
THE DEAD YARD (Blackstone Audio)
Romance
IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW (Hyperion Audiobooks)
Science Fiction
THE STOLEN CHILD (Recorded Books, LLC)
Inspirational / Faith-Based Fictioin
THE ANGELS OF MORGAN HILL (Audio Renaissance)
Classics
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Caedmon)
Non-fiction, Abridged
THE BEATLES (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Non-fiction (Unabridged)
NARROW DOG TO CARCASSONNE (ISIS Publishing)
Biography / Memoir
TEACHER MAN (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Personal Development / Motivational
FOR THE LOVE OF A DOG: UNDERSTANDING EMOTION IN YOU AND YOUR BEST FRIEND (Tantor Media, Inc.)
Business Information / Education
THE LONG TAIL (Hyperion Audiobooks)
Children's Titles for Ages up to 8
KNUFFLE BUNNY (Weston Woods Studios)
Children's Titles for Ages 8-11
LISTENING FOR LIONS (Recorded Books, LLC)
Children's Titles for Ages 12+
AIRBORN (Full Cast Audio)
Inspirational / Spiritual
INSPIRED BY...THE BIBLE EXPERIENCE: NEW TESTAMENT (Zondervan Publishing)
Humor
SPOILED ROTTON AMERICA (HarperAudio)
Short Stories / Collections
THIS I BELIEVE (Audio Renaissance)
Original Work
HASIDIC WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN (Oversampling Inc. / Soundwalk)
Solo Narration - Male
PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES (Brilliance Audio)
Solo Narration - Female
TELEGRAPH DAYS (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Narration by Author or Authors
THE TORTILLA CURTAIN (Blackstone Audio, Inc)
Multi-Voiced Performance
WORLD WAR Z (Random House Audio)
Audio Drama
RADIO THEATRE'S THE LIFE OF JESUS (Tyndale / Focus on the Family)
Audiobook Adapted from Another Medium
THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: Quintessential Phase V (BBC Audiobooks America)
Package Design
THE GOLDEN COMPASS, Tenth Anniversary Edition (Listening Library / Random House Audio)
Achievement in Production
THE GOOSE GIRL (Full Cast Audio)
Spanish Language
ANGELES Y DEMONIOS (FonoLibro Inc.)
For more information about the Audio Publishers Association and the Audies Awards, visit http://www.audiopub.org.
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2007 Audies Awards Finalists
On January 31st, the Audio Publishers Association (APA) announced the finalists of this year's Audies Awards. Since 1996, The Audies have honored excellence in audio book publishing, and is the only awards program in the U. S. entirely devoted to recognizing distinction in audio books and spoken-word entertainment.
The finalists for the 2007 Audies Awards include:
Achievement in Production
FATHER GILBERT MYSTERIES: THE SILVER CORD (Tyndale/Focus on the Family)
MARKED MAN (Harper Audio)
SHANTARAM (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
THE BALLAD OF THE WHISKEY ROBBER (Hachette Audio)
THE BIBLE EXPERIENCE (Zondervan)
THE GOOSE GIRL (Full Cast Audio)
Audio Drama
AIRBORN (Full Cast Audio)
KING KONG (Full Cast Audio)
NIGHTMARES ON CONGRESS STREET V (Tantor Media, Inc.)
RADIO THEATRE'S THE LIFE OF JESUS (Tyndale/Focus On The Family)
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (BBC Audiobooks America)
TWELVE ANGRY MEN (L. A. Theatre Works)
Audiobook Adapted from Another Medium
THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: QUINTESSENTIAL PHASE (BBC Audiobooks America)
LETTER FROM AMERICA: VOLUMES 1-3 (BBC Audiobooks America)
SELECTED SHORTS: VOL 19 TIMELESS CLASSICS (Symphony Space, Inc.)
THIS I BELIEVE (Audio Renaissance)
TWELVE ANGRY MEN (L. A. Theatre Works)
Biography/Memoir
DIANA (Penguin Audio)
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE (Harper Audio)
ELIZABETH (Hachette Audio)
SOUND AND FURY (Blackstone Audio)
TEACHER MAN (Simon & Schuster Audio)
THE GREAT ESCAPE (Tantor Media, Inc.)
Business Information/Education
MAVERICKS AT WORK (Harper Audio)
MYTHS, LIES, & DOWNRIGHT STUPIDITY (Hyperion Audio)
SILOS, POLITICS AMD TURF WARS (Audio Renaissance)
SMALL IS THE NEW BIG (HighBridge Audio)
THE LONG TAIL (Hyperion Audio)
Children's Titles for Ages 12+
AIRBORN (Full Cast Audio)
ARK ANGEL (Recorded Books, LLC)
LOOKING FOR ALASKA (Brilliance Audio)
SLEEPING FRESHMAN NEVER LIE (Full Cast Audio)
THE LONG TAIL (Hyperion Audio)
THE GOOSE GIRL (Full Cast Audio)
Children's Titles for Ages 8-11
A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: THE END (Harper Children's Audio)
BEHIND THE CURTAIN (Harper Children's Audio)
JUMPING THE SCRATCH (Harper Children's Audio)
LISTENING FOR LIONS (Recorded Books, LLC)
TWO WEEKS WITH THE QUEEN (Bolinda Publishing, Inc.)
Children's Titles for Ages up to 8
JACK RUSSELL: DOG DETECTIVE (BOOK #1) (Bolinda Book Publishing)
KNUFFLE BUNNY (Weston Woods Studios)
MURMEL MURMEL MUNSCH! (The Children's Group)
PICCOLO & ANNABELLE VOL. 1: THE VERY MESSY INSPECTION (Bolinda Publishing, Inc.)
POETRY SPEAKS TO CHILDREN (Sourcebooks, Inc.)
Classics
THE PAINTED VEIL (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
THE SUN ALSO RISES (Simon & Schuster Audio)
THE WARDEN (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
THE YEARS (BBC Audiobooks America)
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Caedman)
Fiction, Abridged
MOTOR MOUTH (HarperCollins Publishers)
PAINT IT BLACK (Hachette Audio)
RESTLESS (Audio Renaissance)
THE BOOK OF THE DEAD (Hachette Audio)
THE SAD TRUTH ABOUT HAPPINESS (Goose Lane Editions/BRC Audiobooks)
Fiction, Unabridged
RESTLESS (Audio Renaissance)
RISE AND SHINE (Recorded Books, LLC)
TELEGRAPH DAYS (Simon & Schuster Audio)
THE PRESTIGE (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
THE TWO MINUTE RULE (Brilliance Audio)
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (HighBridge Audio)
Humor
COMPANY (Tantor Media, Inc.)
F.U.B.A.R. (Harper Audio)
LIFE'S LITTLE ANNOYANCES (Audio Renaissance)
SOLOMON VS. LORD (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
THE AREAS OF MY EXPERTISE (Penguin Audio)
Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction
ANGELS OF MORGAN HILL (Audio Renaissance)
DIVINE (Brilliance Audio)
GRACE AT LOW TIDE (Recorded Books, LLC)
KNITTING (Bolinda Publishing)
THE PREACHER'S DAUGHTER (Recorded Books, LLC)
Inspirational/Spiritual
MAMA MADE THE DIFFERENCE (Penguin Audio)
THE BIBLE EXPERIENCE (Zondervan Publishing)
THE MESSAGE REMIX COMPLETE (Oasis Audio, Inc.)
THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
WE SPEAK YOUR NAMES (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
Judges' Award: Politics
FAITH AND POLITICS (Listen & Live Audio, Inc.)
HUBRIS (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
IN TIME OF WAR (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
THE ONE PERCENT DOCTRINE (Simon & Schuster Audio)
WAKE UP CALL (Hachette Audio)
Literary Fiction
ABSURDISTAN (Phoenix Books)
AFTER THIS (Audio Renaissance)
ALL THE KING'S MEN (Recorded Books, LLC)
SUITE FRANCAISE (HighBridge Audio)
THE THIRTEENTH TALE (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Multi-Voiced Performance
AIRBORN (Full Cast Audio)
OPERATION HOMECOMING (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
SUITE FRANCAISE (HighBridge Audio)
THE THIRTEENTH TALE (Simon & Schuster Audio)
WORLD WAR Z (Random House Audio)
Mystery
A FIELD OF DARKNESS (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
DARK TORT (Harper Audio)
DEAD CENTER (Listen & Live Audio, Inc.)
DEFINITELY DEAD (Recorded Books, LLC)
ECHO PARK (Unabridged) (Hachette Audio)
THE CRIMES OF JORDAN WISE (BBC Audiobooks America)
Narration by the Author or Authors
MARIAN MCPARTLAND'S JAZZ WORLD: ALL IN GOOD TIME (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
SPEEDBUMPS (Penguin Audio)
TEACHER MAN (Simon & Schuster Audio)
THE MIGHTY AND THE ALMIGHTY (Harper Audio)
THE TORTILLA CURTAIN (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
Nonfiction, Abridged
JUDGEMENT OF PARIS (Audio Renaissance)
MANHUNT (Harper Audio)
SETTING THE TABLE (Harper Audio)
THE BEATLES (Simon & Schuster Audio)
THE GREAT DELUGE (Harper Audio)
Nonfiction, Abridged
BABYLON BY BUS (Penguin Audio)
NARROW DOG TO CARCASSONNE (ISIS Publishing)
STRIKING BACK (Blackstone Audio)
TEAM OF RIVALS (Recorded Books, LLC)
THE LOOMING TOWER (Tantor Media, Inc.)
Original Work
FUNDAMENTAL CASES: THE 20TH CENTURY COURTROOM BATTLES THAT CHANGED OUR NATION (Recorded Books, LLC)
SHERLOCK'S LEGACY (Family Classics/NYS Theater Institute)
STORIES FROM THE STORM (Audible, Inc.)
THE HERO OF CAPE LONELY LIGHT
WILLIAMSBURG MEN/WOMEN (HASIDIC BROOKLYN cd 1 & cd 2) (Oversampling/Soundwalk)
Package/Design
GOLDEN COMPASS, TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (Random House Audio)
THE BIBLE EXPERIENCE (Zondervan)
THE JAMES HERRIOT COLLECTION (Audio Renaissance)
THE JAMIE LEE CURTIS CD AUDIO COLLECTION (Harper Children's Audio)
ZODIAC (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
Personal Development/Motivational
BEYOND BASKETBALL (Hachette Audio)
FOR THE LOVE OF A DOG (Tantor Media, Inc.)
GOODBYE TO SHY (Listen & Live Audio, Inc.)
LETTER TO A YOUNG ARTIST (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
ON BECOMING FEARLESS (Hachette Audio)
Romance
BORN IN DEATH (Brilliance Audio)
DARKFEVER (Brilliance Audio)
DEAR JOHN (Hachette Audio)
IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW (Hyperion Audio)
THE TAVERN ON MAPLE STREET (Listen & Live Audio, Inc.)
Science Fiction
CALLAHAN'S LEGACY (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
STOLEN CHILD (Recorded Books, LLC)
STREET MAGIC (Full Cast Audio)
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
VOYAGERS (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
Short Stories/Collections
FRAGILE THINGS (Harper Audio)
GROWN-UP'S HALLOWEEN (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
PARIS STORIES (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
THE TURNING (Bolinda Publishing, Inc.)
THIS I BELIEVE (Audio Renaissance)
Solo Narration - Female
DARKFEVER (Brilliance Audio)
FORTUNATE SON (Hachette Audio)
LEAVE A CANDLE BURNING (Oasis Audio)
TELEGRAPH DAYS (Simon & Schuster Audio)
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Caedman)
TOMB OF THE GOLDEN BIRD (Unabridged)(Harper Audio)
Solo Narration - Male
DEAD YEARD (Blackstone Audio)
PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES (Brilliance Audio)
SHANTARAM (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA (Simon & Schuster Audio)
WAR AND PEACE Vol. 1 (Naxos AudioBooks)
Spanish Language
ANGELES Y DEMONIOS (FonoLibro, Inc.)
CABALLO DE TROYA 7: NAHUM (FonoLibro, Inc.)
EL REY DE LOS PLEITTOS (FonoLibro, Inc.)
LA CENA SECRETA (Recorded Books, LLC)
LAS CINCO PERSONAS QUE ENCONTRARAS EN EL CIELO (Hyperion Audio)
Thriller/Suspense
DEAD YARD (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)
NIGHT OF THE JAGUAR (BBC Audiobooks America)
SURRENDER (Bolinda Publishing, Inc.)
THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (Simon & Schuster Audio)
THE WALL (Tantor Media, Inc.)
For more information about the Audio Publishers Association and the Audies Awards, visit http://www.audiopub.org.
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2006 Audies Awards Winners
On May 19th, 2006, the winners of the Audies® Awards were announced at a gala held in Washington D.C. by the Audio Publishers Association (APA)
Hall of Fame Award
THE HARRY POTTER AUDIOBOOK SERIES (Listening Library)
Audiobook of the Year
THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: The Tertiary Phase (The Audio Partners Publishing Company)
Judges Award: Spanish
EL CODIGO DA VINCI (FonoLibro Inc.)
Original Work
FAMOUS COMPOSERS (Naxos AudioBooks Ltd.)
Solo Narration - Male
MOBY DICK (Naxos AudioBooks Ltd.)
Solo Narration - Female
A BREATH OF SNOW AND ASHES (Recorded Books, LLC)
Narration by Author or Authors
THE TENDER BAR (Hyperion AudioBooks)
Fiction, Abridged
Q&A (The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)
Fiction, Unabridged
A SLIGHT TRICK OF THE MIND (HighBridge Audio)
Literary Fiction
UPSTATE (Audio Renaissance)
Mystery (Fiction)
SERPENT ON THE CROWN (HarperCollins)
Romance
ORIGIN IN DEATH (Brilliance Audio)
Science Fiction
MARKET FORCES (Tantor Media, Inc.)
Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction
GRACE WILL LEAD ME HOME (Recorded Books, LLC)
Classic
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (Listening Library)
Non-Fiction, Unabridged
THE WORLD IS FLAT (Audio Renaissance)
Biography/Memoir
GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES (Random House Audio)
Personal Development/Motivational
THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES (Oasis Audio)
Business Information/Educational
GOOD TO GREAT (HarperCollins)
Inspirational/Spiritual
FINDING GOD IN UNEXPECTED PLACES (Brilliance Audio)
Children’s Titles for Ages Up to 8
ARNIE THE DONUT (Weston Woods Studios)
Children’s Titles for Ages 8+
STAR OF KAZAN (Recorded Books, LLC)
Humor
THE TRUTH (WITH JOKES) (Brilliance Audio)
Short Stories/Collections
RUNAWAY (HarperCollins)
Audio Drama
THE SHERLOCK HOLMES THEATRE (Blackstone Audiobooks)
For more information about the Audio Publishers Association and the Audies Awards, visit http://www.audiopub.org.
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2006 Audies Awards Finalists
The finalists in 28 categories were recently announced for the 2006 Audies® Awards, the only accolade in the US devoted entirely to recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment. The Audio Publishers Association (APA), who have sponsored this competition since 1996, will host a gala at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on May 19th to announce and honor this year's winners.
This year, The Audies® competition considered over 700 entries, consisting of titles issued from November 1, 2004 to October 31, 2005.
Some of the finalists include:
Fiction, Abridged
Q&A (The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)
STATE OF FEAR (HarperCollins)
THE HIDDEN DIARY OF MARIE ANTOINETTE (Audio Renaissance)
THE LAST KINGDOM (HarperCollins)
YA-YAS IN BLOOM (HarperCollins)
Fiction, Unabridged
A SLIGHT TRICK OF THE MIND (HighBridge Audio)
ROAD TO PURGATORY (Brilliance Audio)
SURVIVOR IN DEATH (Brilliance Audio)
THE LAST KINGDOM (BBC Audiobooks America)
THE MOTIVE (Brilliance Audio)
Literary Fiction
BROTHER FISH (Bolinda Audio)
CASANOVA IN BALZANO (HighBridge Audio)
CLOUD ATLAS (Books On Tape)
THE HIGHEST TIDE (Audio Renaissance)
UPSTATE (Audio Renaissance)
Mystery (Fiction)
AWAY WITH THE FAIRIES (Bolinda Audio)
HIDDEN RIVER (Blackstone Audiobooks)
HOT KID (HarperCollins)
ONE DANGEROUS LADY (Blackstone Audiobooks)
SERPENT ON THE CROWN (HarperCollins)
Romance
A GOOD YARN (HarperCollins)
CHILL FACTOR (Simon & Schuster Audio)
ORIGIN IN DEATH (Brilliance Audio)
ROSIE DUNNE (Hyperion Audiobooks)
THE TEA HOUSE ON MULBERRY STREET (Listen & Live Audio, Inc.)
Science Fiction
DRAGONSBLOOD (Brilliance Audio)
MARKET FORCES (Tantor Media, Inc.)
SHADOW OF THE GIANT (Audio Renaissance)
THE ROLLING STONES (Full Cast Audio)
THE VOR GAME (Blackstone Audiobooks)
Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction
FORGIVEN (Brilliance Audio)
GRACE WILL LEAD ME HOME (Recorded Books, LLC)
JUST ABOVE A WHISPER (Oasis Audio)
LOST IN ROOVILLE (Oasis Audio)
THE ZAHIR (HarperCollins)
Classic
A TALE OF TWO CITIES (Naxos AudioBooks Ltd.)
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (Listening Library)
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD (Alcazar AudioWorks)
THE NOEL COWARD CD AUDIO COLLECTION (HarperCollins)
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Blackstone Audiobooks)
Non-Fiction, Abridged
102 MINUTES (HarperCollins)
A CRACK IN THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (HarperCollins)
CINDERELLA (Random House Audio)
LUCKIEST MAN (Simon & Schuster Audio)
THE LAST VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS (Time Warner AudioBooks)
Non-Fiction, Unabridged
A CRACK IN THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (HarperCollins)
BOYS OF POINTE DU HOC (HarperCollins)
CONSPIRACY OF FOOLS (Books On Tape)
THE TRUTH (WITH JOKES) (Brilliance Audio)
THE WORLD IS FLAT (Audio Renaissance)
Biography/Memoir
GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES (Random House Audio)
ICON STEVE JOBS (Penton Audio)
THE TENDER BAR (Time Warner AudioBooks)
THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING (HighBridge Audio)
WE ARE ALL THE SAME (Tantor Media, Inc.)
Personal Development/Motivational
HOT SEX (Bolinda Audio)
SECRETS OF THE MILLIONAIRE MIND (HarperCollins)
THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES (Oasis Audio)
WIN YOUR CASE (Audio Renaissance)
YOUNGER NEXT YEAR (HighBridge Audio)
Business Information/Educational
GOOD TO GREAT (HarperCollins)
LEADERSHIP TO SELF- DECEPTION (The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)
THE MARTHA RULES (Random House Audio)
THE MONEY BOOK FOR THE YOUNG, FABULOUS, & BROKE (Penguin Audio)
WHY BUSINESS PEOPLE SPEAK LIKE IDIOTS (Tantor Media, Inc.)
Inspirational/Spiritual
FINDING GOD IN UNEXPECTED PLACES (Brilliance Audio)
IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN (Hyperion Audiobooks)
LIFE'S JOURNEYS ACCORDING TO MR. ROGERS (Hyperion Audiobooks)
LIVING IN GOD'S LOVE (Penguin Audio)
THE JOURNEYS OF SOCRATES (HarperCollins)
VARANASI: THE CITY OF LIGHT (Soundwalk)
Children’s Titles for Ages Up to 8
A BEAR CALLED PADDINGTON (HarperCollins)
ARNIE THE DONUT (Weston Woods Studios)
BLUES JOURNEY (Live Oak Media)
ELLEN TEBBITS (HarperCollins)
ROTTEN SCHOOL #1 and #2 (HarperCollins)
Children’s Titles for Ages 8+
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (Listening Library)
ONCE (Bolinda Audio)
A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: #12: THE PENULTIMATE PERIL (HarperCollins)
STAR OF KAZAN (Recorded Books, LLC)
THE KINGDOM KEEPERS (Brilliance Audio)
WHILE I LIVE (Bolinda Audio)
Humor
CAR TALK: MATERNAL COMBUSTION (HighBridge Audio)
FIRED (L.A. Theatre Works)
NOTHING'S SACRED (Simon & Schuster Audio)
THE ADVENTURES OF GUY NOIR (HighBridge Audio)
THE TRUTH (WITH JOKES) (Brilliance Audio)
Short Stories/Collections
FACTS BEHIND THE HELSINKI ROCCAMATIOS (HighBridge Audio)
FAIRY TALES (Penguin Audio)
GIRL WHO MARRIED A LION (Recorded Books, LLC)
THE NOEL COWARD CD AUDIO COLLECTION (HarperCollins)
RUNAWAY (HarperCollins)
TRAVELING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (Tyndale/Focus on the Family)
Audio Drama
AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND (Tyndale/Focus on the Family)
FROZEN (L.A. Theatre Works)
THE BLIND ASSASSIN (BTC Audiobooks)
THE HIDING PLACE (Tyndale/Focus on the Family)
THE SHERLOCK HOLMES THEATRE (Blackstone Audiobooks)
For more information about the Audio Publishers Association and the Audies Awards, visit http://www.audiopub.org.
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2005 Audies Awards Winners
Audiobook of the Year
MY LIFE (Random House)
Judges Award: Language Learning
INSTANT IMMERSION HAWAIIAN (Topics Entertainment)
Fiction, Abridged
BRIMSTONE (Time Warner AudioBooks)
Fiction, Unabridged
THE DARLING (BBC Audiobooks America)
Mystery (Fiction)
TWISTED: Selected Unabridged Stories of Jeffrey Deaver (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Romance
KISS ME WHILE I SLEEP (Brilliance Audio)
Classics
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Listening Library)
Non-Fiction, Abridged
CHASING THE DEVIL: My Twenty-Year Quest to Capture the Green River (Time Warner AudioBooks)
Non-Fiction, Unabridged
THE ISLAND AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD (Recorded Books, LLC)
Personal Development/Motivational
THE HAPPIEST TODDLER ON THE BLOCK (Recorded Books, LLC)
Biography/Memoir
BOB DYLAN CHRONICLES: Volume One (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Business Information/Educational
DEATH BY MEETING (Audio Renaissance)
Science Fiction
LOST BOYS (Blackstone Audio Books)
Children’s Titles for Ages Up to 8
WHAT CHARLIE HEARD BY MORDICAI GERSTEIN (Live Oak Media)
Children’s Titles for Ages 8+
PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS (Brilliance Audio)
Literary Fiction
AN UNPARDONABLE CRIME (Hyperion AudioBooks)
Inspirational/Spiritual
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MR. ROGERS (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction
THE LAST BATTLE (Harper Collins Publishers)
Humor
DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM (Time Warner AudioBooks)
Short Stories/Collections
DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM (Time Warner AudioBooks)
Original Work
THE STORY OF CLASSICAL MUSIC (Naxos AudioBooks Ltd)
Solo Narration – Male
PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS (Brilliance Audio)
Solo Narration – Female
THE FULL CUPBOARD OF LIFE (Recorded Books, LLC)
Narration by Author or Authors
AGAINST ALL ENEMIES (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Audio Drama
BUDDHA BOY (Full Cast Audio)
Multi-Voiced Performance
MY SISTER'S KEEPER (Recorded Books, LLC)
Audiobook Adapted From Another Medium
LOST AND FOUND SOUND AND BEYOND (HighBridge Audio)
Package Design
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA (Harper Collins Publishers)
Achievement in Production
THE STORY OF CLASSICAL MUSIC (Naxos AudioBooks Ltd.)
For more information about the Audio Publishers Association and the Audies Awards, visit http://www.audiopub.org.
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2004 Audies Awards Winners
The Audio Publishers Association (APA©) announced the winners of the Ninth Annual Audie Awards on June 4, 2004. Awards were given in 26 categories. Winners included:
Audiobook of the Year
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX by J. K. Rowling, read by Jim Dale (Listening Library)
Fiction, Abridged
Brick Lane by Monica Ali, read by Elizabeth Sastre (HighBridge Audio)
Fiction, Unabridged
ALL OVER CREATION by Ruth Ozeki, read by Anna Fields (Blackstone Audiobooks)
Mystery, Fiction
LOST LIGHT by Michael Connelly, read by Len Cariou (Time Warner AudioBooks)
Classic
EAST OF EDEN by John Steinbeck, read by Richard Poe (Recorded Books, LLC)
Non-Fiction, Abridged
THE OPPOSITE OF FATE by Amy Tan, read by Amy Tan (Brilliance Audio)
Non-Fiction, Unabridged
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR by George Crile, read by Christopher Lane (Blackstone Audiobooks)
Personal Development/Motivational
THE ULTIMATE WEIGHT SOLUTION: The 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom by Dr. Phil McGraw, read by Dr. Phil McGraw (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Biography/Memoir
THE NAZI OFFICER'S WIFE by Edith Hahn Beer with Susan Dworkin, read by Barbara Rosenblat (Jewish Contemporary Classics, Inc.)
Business Information/Educational
USE WHAT YOU'VE GOT & OTHER BUSINESS LESSONS I LEARNED FROM MY MOM by Barbara Corcoran and Bruce Littlefield, read by Barbara Corcoran (Listen & Live Audio, Inc.)
Science Fiction
MONSTROUS REGIMENT by Terry Pratchett, read by Stephen Briggs (Harper Audio)
Children's Titles for Ages Up to 8
CHATO AND THE PARTY ANIMALS by Gary Soto, read by Luis Guzman (Weston Woods Studios)
Children's Titles for Ages 8+
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX by J. K. Rowling, read by Jim Dale (Listening Library)
Inspirational/Spiritual
THE LAKOTA WAY: Native American Wisdom on Ethics & Character by Joseph M. Marshall, III, read by Joseph M. Marshall, III (Makoche)
Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction
TREASURE OF STONEWYCKE by Michael Phillips and Judith Pella, read by Davina Porter (Recorded Books, LLC)
Humor
DAVID SEDARIS LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL, live performance by David Sedaris (Time Warner AudioBooks)
Short Stories/Collections
HOME ON THE PRAIRIE by Garrison Keillor, read by Garrison Keillor, et al. (HighBridge Audio)
Original Work
THE BRONX SOUNDWALK by Soundwalk, read by Tony Morante, BG183 aka Sotero Ortiz and The Original Jazzy Jay (Oversampling Inc.)
Solo Narration - Male
LAST CAR TO ELYSIAN FIELDS by James Lee Burke, read by Will Patton (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Solo Narration - Female
THE NAZI OFFICER'S WIFE by Edith Hahn Beer with Susan Dworkin, read by Barbara Rosenblat (Jewish Contemporary Classics, Inc.)
Narration by Author or Authors
NAKED IN BAGHDAD by Anne Garrels, read by Anne Garrels and Vint Lawrence (Audio Renaissance; A Division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC)
Audio Drama
THE COMPLETE ARKANGEL SHAKESPEARE by William Shakespeare, read by a cast of nearly 400 top Shakespearean actors, including Eileen Atkins, Joseph Fiennes, Sir John Gielgud, Ciaran Hinds, Alan Howard, Jan Lapotaire, Amanda Root, David Tennant, and Timothy West (The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)
Multi-Voiced Performance
GHOST RIDERS by Sharyn McCrumb, read by Dick Hill and Susie Breck (Brilliance Audio)
Audiobook Adapted From Another Medium
THE KILLINGS TALE by W. A. Frankonis, read by John Romeo, Mary Jane Hansen, Joel Aroeste, Joe McCormack, Robert Dalton, John McGuire, David Bunce, Carole Edie Smith, Sean Mack, Brendan McDermott, Kathryn Lange, Alain Ackerman, Ron Komora and Sara Leeseman (Family Classics/NYS Theatre Institute)
Package Design
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX by J. K. Rowling, read by Jim Dale (Listening Library)
Achievement in Production
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA by C. S. Lewis, read by the Full Cast (Focus on the Family)
More information about the Audio Publishers Association and the Audie Awards can be found at http://www.audiopub.org.
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The 2004 Audie Award Finalists
The Audio Publishers Association announced the finalists for the ninth annual Audie Awards. Here is a sampling from the 27 categories:
Abridged Fiction:
BRICK LANE by Monica Ali, read by Elizabeth Sastre (HighBridge Audio)
THE KING OF TORTS by John Grisham, read by Dennis Boutsikaris (Random House Audio)
A PLACE OF HIDING by Elizabeth George, read by Simon Jones (Random House Audio)
THE STONE CARVERS by Jane Urquhart, read by Nicky Guadagni (BTC Audiobooks)
THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE by Audrey Niffenegger, read by Maggi-Meg Reed and Christopher Burns (HighBridge Audio)
Unabridged Fiction:
ALL OVER CREATION by Ruth Ozeki, read by Anna Fields (Blackstone Audiobooks)
THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN by Mitch Albom, read by Erik Singer (Hyperion Audiobooks)
THE LAST DETECTIVE by Robert Crais, read by James Daniels (Brilliance Audio)
MONSTROUS REGIMENT by Terry Pratchett, read by Stephen Briggs (HarperAudio)
THE NAMESAKE by Jhumpa Lahiri, read by Sarita Choudhury (Random House Audio)
Abridged Nonfiction:
THE BOUNTY by Caroline Alexander, read by Michael York (Penguin Audiobooks)
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY by Erik Larson, read by Tony Goldwyn (Random House Audio)
HITLER'S SCIENTISTS by John Cornwell, read by Simon Prebble (Listen & Live Audio, Inc.)
MIDDLETOWN, AMERICA, written and read by Gail Sheehy (Brilliance Audio)
THE OPPOSITE OF FATE, written and read by Amy Tan (Brilliance Audio)
Unabridged Nonfiction:
THE BOUNTY by Caroline Alexander, read by Michael York (Penguin Audiobooks, and Books on Tape, A Division of Random House, Inc.)
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR by George Crile, read by Christopher Lane (Blackstone Audiobooks)
FLYBOYS, written and read by James Bradley (Time Warner AudioBooks)
KRAKATOA, written and read by Simon Winchester (HarperAudio)
NAKED IN BAGHDAD by Anne Garrels, read by Anne Garrels and Vint Lawrence (Audio Renaissance, A Division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC)
The winners will be announced on June 4, 2004. For more information about the Audio Publishers Association and the Audie Awards, visit http://www.audiopub.org.
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