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
Read by Sofia Willingham For History:
Read by the Author For Humor:

Reads by the Author
LISTEN TO A CLIP on Penguin Audio’s Soundcloud page
For Multi-Voiced Performance:
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
For Narration by the Author:
GRACE: A MEMOIR by Grace Coddington
Read by the Author
LOVE, DISHONOR, MARRY, DIE, CHERISH, PERISH
by David Rakoff
Read by the Author
Read by Sir Derek Jacobi
Request a free poster of this beautiful exclusive audiobook art by Noelle Stevenson here.

Read by the Author
LISTEN TO A CLIP on Penguin Audio’s Soundcloud page
Read by Bernadette Dunne, Bob Walter, and Robbie Daymond
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
Read by Michael Beck For Teens:
Read by Rebecca Lowman and Sunil Malhotra
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
