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Awards & Recognition 2014 Audie Awards feat. host Libba Bray Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on April 22, 2014

Each year, the Audio Publishers Association (APA) honors the best titles in audiobook publishing at a cocktail and dessert reception and awards ceremony held in conjunction with the Audio Publishers Association Conference (APAC) and Book Expo America (BEA). This year, the big event will be hosted by beloved, bestselling author Libba Bray! A huge audiobook fan (who has even stepped behind the mic as narrator), Libba always takes an active role in her audio productions, and is the perfect hilarious host to guide audiobook fans through a fun evening on Thursday, May 29, 2014. Check her out in a divine “Making of The Diviners” video here and click here for ticket and gala information.

We’re proud to celebrate an incredible listing of 2014 AUDIE NOMINEES across our Penguin Random House Audio publishing group! See what wowed the Audie judges this year and listen to an earful of entertaining clips below:

For Distinguished Achievement in Production:
MATILDA by Roald Dahl
Read by Academy Award winner, Kate Winslet

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Also nominated in the Children’s Titles Up to Age 8 category

For Biography/Memoir:
MY BELOVED WORLD by Sonia Sotomayor
Read by Academy Award winner, Rita Moreno

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Also nominated in the Solo Narration—Female category

For Erotica:
RELEASE ME (The Stark Trilogy) by J. Kenner
Read by Sofia Willingham

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For History:
ONE SUMMER by Bill Bryson
Read by the Author

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For Humor:
SOMEONE COULD GET HURT by Drew Magary
Reads by the Author

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For Multi-Voiced Performance:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S STAR WARS by Ian Doescher
Read by Daniel Davis, Jonathan Davis, January LaVoy and Marc Thompson
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WORLD WAR Z: THE COMPLETE EDITION by Max Brooks
Read by Max Brooks and full cast

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For Narration by the Author:
GRACE: A MEMOIR by Grace Coddington
Read by the Author

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LOVE, DISHONOR, MARRY, DIE, CHERISH, PERISH
by David Rakoff
Read by the Author

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For Package Design:
THE TIME MACHINE by H.G. Wells
Read by Sir Derek Jacobi

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Request a free poster of this beautiful exclusive audiobook art by Noelle Stevenson here.

For Personal Development:
DREAM MORE by Dolly Parton
Read by the Author

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For Science Fiction:
MADDADDAM by Margaret Atwood
Read by Bernadette Dunne, Bob Walter, and Robbie Daymond

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For Solo Narration—Female:
HEARTBURN by Nora Ephron
Read by Academy Award winner Meryl Streep

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Also nominated: MY BELOVED WORLD by Sonia Sotomayor, Read by Rita Moreno

For Thriller/Suspense:
SYCAMORE ROW by John Grisham
Read by Michael Beck

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For Teens:
ELEANOR & PARK by Rainbow Rowell
Read by Rebecca Lowman and Sunil Malhotra

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Check out the BOT team posing with author Rainbow Rowell at the 2014 PLA Audiobook Supper on our Facebook page.

FAR FAR AWAY by Tom McNeal
Read by W. Morgan Sheppard

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