Awards & Recognition, Featured-LL American Library Association’s 2018 Youth Media Award Winners on Audio Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on February 15, 2018

The American Library Association’s 2018 Youth Media Awards were announced on Monday morning at the ALA Midwinter Convention in Denver, Colorado and we are excited to share our TWO new 2018 Odyssey Award Honors with you, as well as twenty-five ALSC Notable and YALSA Amazing audiobooks! Plus, from the Printz to the Pura Belpré, we have a not-to-be-missed list of remarkable award winners in the audio format, perfect to recommend to kids and teens at your library. Listen to clips, read reviews, and find more fun content to share below. Read more

Tagged: A BOY CALLED CHRISTMAS, ALA, ALA Awards, ALA Midwinter, Matt Haig, Michael Sheen, Odyssey Award, Philip Pullman, Stephen Fry, THE BOOK OF DUST: LA BELLE SAUVAGE, THE STARS BENEATH OUR FEET, WE ARE OKAY

Awards & Recognition 2017 Odyssey Awards Speech: Orli Moscowitz, audiobook producer of ANNA AND THE SWALLOW MAN Submitted by Kristen Luby on July 31, 2017

Orli Moscowitz is the 2017 Odyssey Award-winning producer of ANNA AND THE SWALLOW MAN by Gavriel Savit, narrated by Allan Corduner. Her speech was delivered at the American Library Association Conference in Chicago, Illinois on June 26, 2017. Read more

Tagged: ALA Annual, ALA Awards, Allan Corduner, ANNA AND THE SWALLOW MAN, awards, Gavriel Savit, Odyssey Award, Orli Moscowitz, speech

Awards & Recognition, Collection Development Hear ye! Hear ye! Are these 2017 ALA Award Winners on your audio shelves? Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on February 9, 2017

We were thrilled to join librarians at ALA Midwinter in Atlanta in January to celebrate the year’s best in books and audiobooks! View our photo album on Facebook here. We are excited to share our new 2017 Odyssey Award Winner with you! Plus, be sure to offer young patrons these other fabulous award winners in the audio format. Find audio clips, reviews, and more fun content to share below. Read more

Tagged: Adam Gidwitz, Adam Lazarre-White, Adenrele Ojo, ALA Awards, Allan Corduner, ANNA AND THE SWALLOW MAN, Ariadne Meyers, Bahni Turpin, Benjamin Bagby, Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock, Dion Graham, Dominic Hoffman, Emily Rankin, Erin Tripp, Ethan Sawyer, Fiona Hardingham, Frankie Faison, Gavriel Savit, IN THE SHADOW OF LIBERTY, Jayne Entwistle, JD Jackson, Jeff Zentner, Jorjeana Marie, Julie Berry, Karissa Vacker, Keith David, Kenneth C. Davis, Kieran Culkin, Lauren Wolk, MAGNUS CHASE AND THE GODS OF ASGARD: THE HAMMER OF THOR, Mark Bramhall, Michael Crouch, Newbery Honor, Nicola Yoon, Odyssey Award, Orli Moscowitz, Printz Honor, Raymond Lee, Rick Riordan, Robbie Daymond, THE INQUISITOR'S TALE, THE PASSION OF DOLSSA, THE SERPENT KING, THE SMELL OF OTHER PEOPLE'S HOUSES, THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR, UPROOTED, WOLF HOLLOW

Awards & Recognition, Featured-LL 2017 YALSA Amazing Audiobooks & ALSC Notable Children’s Recordings Submitted by Kristen Luby on January 30, 2017

Listening Library is proud to announce this year’s Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults and Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Notable Children’s Recordings. Share these outstanding listens with your young patrons. Read more

Tagged: ALA Awards, Allan Corduner, ALSC, ALSC Notable Children's Recordings, ANNA AND THE SWALLOW MAN, Gavriel Savit, YALSA, YALSA Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults

Awards & Recognition Celebrating four phenomenal titles named to the 2017 RUSA Listen List for Outstanding Audiobook Narration Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on January 25, 2017

This past weekend at the RUSA (Reference & User Services Association) Book and Media Awards at ALA Midwinter, we were thrilled to hear the reveal of the 2017 Listen List. This award highlights extraordinary narrators and listening experiences that merit special attention by a general adult audience and the librarians who advise them. Read more

Tagged: ALA Awards, ALA Midwinter, EVICTED, RAZOR GIRL, RUSA, RUSA Listen List, SLEEPING GIANTS, THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

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