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John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, the 2013 Odyssey Award-winner, is the subject of my interview with Laura Grafton, who has directed all of Green’s audiobooks for Brilliance Audio. The interview appears in the current issue of Booklist magazine, but the word-count limit means that some of Grafton’s remarks had to be left out. So [...]

Dog-lover Hilary Swank on Pack of Two, by Caroline Knapp and narrator Victor Bevine, chosen by fans to voice the Dungeons & Dragons works of author R.A. Salvatore. Enjoy this twin-pack of audiobook “Behind the Scenes” from Audible!      

Pat Fraley, audio narrator guru guide, is today’s guest in an Audiobooker series that reveals just how those voices in your head learn the skills that lead to audiobook excellence. We’ve heard from audio producer/director Paul Ruben and narrator Johnny Heller. Next Wednesday, audio legend Bettye Zoller will add her perspective. Patrick Fraley has been teaching, producing and [...]

Watch & listen to VH1′s “Mob Wives” star in the recording booth as she narrates her autobiography Mob Daughter. I love seeing the director & engineer at work, and hearing a tough chapter and the emotional reactions  that won’t make it into the final polished recording. Karen, daughter of Sammy ‘the Bull’ Gravano, was nineteen years old [...]

Reflections by Weston Woods/Scholastic Audio producer on changes in audiobook creation. I asked five industry pros about the shift from studio production teams to solo narrators recording in home studios for my January “Voices in My Head” column in Booklist. Their answers are so thoughtful that I want to share every word with you, before [...]

Jane Lynch: my new BFF! Heartfelt audiobook memoir as perfect girl-talk car commute companion. The power of hearing the author sharing every detail of life’s happy accidents? You’ll be driving around the block to spend more time with Jane, as you bond together over her acting insecurities, Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, and critical success. Happy Accidents [...]

Booklist Voice of Choice Katherine Kellgren is back as the irrepressible Jacky in L.A. Meyer’s Mark of the Golden Dragon, reprising the role that has garnered multiple Odyssey Honors for Listen & Live Audio. I love to see narrators in the recording booth – the acting doesn’t stop with the voice. You can see in [...]

Report on  The Name of the Star, the newest from Johnson, as recorded by Barber in the Brilliance Audio studios, featured in this post by Sarah Debraski on “The Hub,” YALSA’s literature blog.  I especially liked Debraski’s observations on being inside the audiobook studio: There were really so many interesting things I learned about audiobooks, [...]

An insider’s look at Odyssey-winner The True Meaning of Smekday. I had the opportunity to talk with one of the very best in the audiobook business, Random House Audio’s director of studio productions Dan Musselman, after the 2011 Odyssey Award winners were announced by the American Library Association. The task of Sarah McCarville’s Odyssey committee [...]

A non-fiction audiobook with tips and guidance for young writers, in a light-hearted duet recording by authors Anne Mazer & Ellen Potter. Watch this sneak peek into the recording of Spilling Ink, from Full Cast Audio: I seem to be on a video kick this week! But I love to see & hear what goes [...]